Field Trip Information
The Badgers will be going on a field trip on May 1st. Click here to download the information and permission slip. Students all have paper copies. Money and permission slips are due on April 12th.
T2 report card grades close on Monday, March 18th! Please be mindful of your school work as this date approaches!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Timing for vacation definitely worked out well for us in Social Studies as we were able to start a new unit when we returned--the Middle Ages. Students spent most of the week watching videos, analyzing maps and paintings, along with question storming. We will begin the early part of the Middle Ages, often known as the Dark Ages, when we come back next week.
Science: This week in science students have spent some time researching adaptations. We finished the week figuring out that organisms have traits that help them survive. Next week we will dig deeper and look at historical examples of adaptations; the peppered moth and Darwin's finches.
Literacy: As always, the Badgers are aligned, as Literacy class also completed a practice module for the statewide assessment. Students read a couple of nonfiction articles, and then completed a writing assignment. Their work was submitted and graded by the state, and we can then go over their results, so that they will have a firm idea of expectations when they take the real assessment in April. Dashing through Latin Unit 9, and the Mastery test will be Friday, March 15. Next week, we'll continue our unit on Social Injustice reviewing Mother Jones, the Triangle Fire and they'll see the Teaching Tolerance movie, SELMA: The Bridge to the Ballot.
English: Welcome back, Badgers! We stopped by the computer lab this week to practice a reading module for our statewide assessment. We also continued reading The Giver and discussed simile, metaphor, and personification during class. Students also received a new project for the month of March called "Book in a Bag." Please ask your student what this project entails. Students should be reading their March independent reading books at home in order to prepare for this project. Next week we will shift gears and work on narrative and persuasive writing.
Math: We will continue to work on the percent equation this week, this is a topic that benefits from lots of practice. We use the percent equation for the entire percent unit, so having a solid understanding now will be to your benefit. Later this week we will learn about percent of change. Students have a quiz Friday, March 15th on both the percent equation and percent of change.
