Book Orders!! New orders went home this week in English and are due back on Wednesday, January 16th! If you'd rather place an order online, please click here and follow the book club instructions.
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Last week we started our new unit on the Roman Republic. This week students researched and discovered a war that used war elephants--this war is known as the Punic Wars. We spent the majority of the week on this topic as it is one of the major conflicts that the Roman Republic was involved in. Students were assessed on this topic on Friday.
Science: This week in science class we have been very busy figuring out the differences between DNA, chromosomes and genes. How do we get our genes is the question we are ending the week with. Students are in the middle of a flower dissection that will lead them to answer this question next week. Check out pictures of our flower dissection on the science blog!
Literacy: In addition to beginning Latin root unit 7 this week, and receiving the Google Classroom assignment for their Historical Fiction project, we began to discuss human rights and social injustice. This begins a unit in which students will learn about how brave Americans have fought to correct social injustices in our country. Next week we will take a close look at how the work of thousands of children from Alabama helped to change history! And on Friday, Latin 7 Mastery Test!
English: This week we concluded our character change unit with A Christmas Carol and students had an opportunity to work on their January independent reading projects during class. Together we discussed the various ways Scrooge changed his character throughout the text and how people, in general, change their ways for the better. Next week we'll be in the library all week with Ms. Sand, working on an interactive character change project.
Math: Last week we started working in inequalities to wrap up our equations unit. Students will receive a study guide on Monday to start preparing for their test on Wednesday, January 16th. After we are going to start our geometry unit with circles.
