Progress Report Envelopes are due to Advisories!
Advisories are also collecting Box Tops!
Advisories are also collecting Box Tops!
Book orders are due to Mrs. McGuire on Wednesday, February 13th!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Students spent the week researching a topic of their choice in relation to Ancient Rome. As they gathered research, students were asked to put together a slide show to display the new findings on their topics that they acquired via research. This was due on Friday. Please check the gradebook! Next week we will learn what ultimately caused the Roman Empire to fail.
Science: This week in science students took the Genetics Assessment. We started a new unit too. Students are working on a real world science problem, "Why do our fingers and toes get wrinkled when we put them in water?"
Literacy: Work focused on structure of the text in informational text, using Junior Scholastic Magazine. Students worked hard to convert facts into key concepts, or big ideas. Working from the same materials, we analyzed primary source materials, like editorials and historical journals. Their Historical Fiction projects were due Friday, by 11:59 pm! If they were not turned in, they will be marked as miss in the grade book. I will certainly accept them late, but they will not receive full credit. Presentations begin on Monday! Latin 8 Mastery Test, Friday, February 15th!
English: This week classes were busy in the world of Study Sync, and more specifically, analyzing point of view. Ask your students about the different points of view authors use in a text. Together we discussed the point of view Lois Lowry uses within The Giver as well as the benefits and limitations. Next week we'll dive back into the book! There will be a quiz on the point of view skill on Friday, February 15th.
*Note: there is NO February IRP due this month! Students may begin reading their independent reading books for their March IRP if they want to get a head start! I will be taking classes to the library on Friday, February 22nd.
*Note: there is NO February IRP due this month! Students may begin reading their independent reading books for their March IRP if they want to get a head start! I will be taking classes to the library on Friday, February 22nd.
Math: Students are wrapping surface area and volume. We have learned about nets and surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms and will finish up with volume of rectangular and triangular prisms. The study guide for this unit will go home on Monday and the test is Friday, February 15th. Extra study materials are on Google Classroom.
