Badgers will complete our state testing Tuesday through Friday of this week. They need to be alert and well rested, so be sure they turn off the electronics, movies and games early, to get a good night's sleep. Make sure to eat a good breakfast! We will have a new schedule this week and will be eating lunch later in the day, so bring a snack!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: We spent all of last week researching and investigating the impacts that the Crusades had on medieval times. Students began to make connections to today and started to realize how the Crusades shaped many aspects of our world that we live in. Ask your child about it!
Science: This week we figured out that toxins can accumulate in the bodies of organisms and move through the food chain. Click HERE to see more about what we are doing in class. Next week we will complete our final assessment for the Trout Mystery.
Literacy: We turned our sights to current events this week, to round out our discussion of social activism, and read about brave high school students marching to raise awareness about gun control laws. Next week, students will be assigned a writing assignment about social activism, and will have one double class this week to begin. The final product, revised and perfected is due April 20!
English: Students began the week learning about sentence structure, and then on Tuesday they began to present their March IRPs. The students were very respectful of each other and came up with lots of interesting connections in their presentations. The students continued to read and analyze The Giver on their own as homework. The April IRP, which will be the last IRP, was assigned on Friday and will be due Monday, May 7th. This week the students will be continuing to read and analyze The Giver, and will be exploring memory preservation in our society and comparing it to Jonas's role as Receiver of Memory in this story.
Math: Last week the April Go Figure was handed out, it will be due Friday, April 20th. Just a reminder students are welcome to pass the project in early, or have it checked prior to being passed in. Due to testing we will have a light work week, don't expect much math homework! The topic of discussion this week is Percents.
