Team Donations: Our team supply of tissues and hand sanitizer seems to be dwindling, especially as we approach flu season. If you would like to donate these items, please send them to school with your child. Thank you to the families who have donated supplies thus far! We are most appreciative!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: We continued our research and discussions about the two major Greek city-states Athens and Sparta. On Friday, students mapped Ancient Greece and described how geography impacted the way that Ancient Greeks lived. When students return on Monday, they will take an assessment on early Greek Civilizations with a focus on Athens and Sparta.
Science: Check out student bone models on our science blog. Students have come far since their initial models but still need to figure out why the bone cell has the shape that it does. We'll jump right into the cell this week to figure out what is going on in there.
Literacy: Collaboration at its best! We spent three days discussing the vocabulary associated with the roots from Unit 4. One word was prospect - as in pan for gold, and another was hyperbole, and another vacuole, a cell part! Perfect timing for English and Science! It was a fantastic week for Literacy, as my room got a huge make-over thanks to a donation from Brady & Sullivan here in Nashua. I have wonderful, gently used tables! This means that all the tables in my room match, they're clean, and sturdy. Thanks to Brady & Sullivan for the donation, and even more to our custodian for hauling out all the old tables, and assembling and moving the new furniture in to The Mansion! Next week? Latin Unit 4 test on Friday!
English: This week, students read an informational text called "Call of the Klondike" and a narrative poem entitled, "The Cremation of Sam McGee." We discussed primary sources, text structure, personification, and hyperbole. Next week students will continue working with these texts and their new contextual vocabulary words. Just a friendly reminder, IRP projects are due on Wednesday, October 31st. Book orders are also due that day!! A Christmas Carol is on sale for only $1! This is our next class text, so students may want to take advantage and buy their own copy!
Math: Friday we tested on adding and subtracting rational numbers, overall the students did very well! Grades are in X2. This week we will be starting our new unit, multiplying and dividing rational numbers. There will be a quiz on Friday for multiplying and dividing integers.
