WELCOME BACK! We hope you had a relaxing break!
NOTICE:
We only have a few weeks left in the trimester! Any missing or make up work needs to get completed as soon as possible! We have many missing assignments from February.
Class Updates:
Social Studies: We wrapped up the Roman Empire the week before vacation. Students were assessed on the Roman Empire on Friday 2/21. When students return in March, we will have a massive review on Monday and Tuesday on Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, and Ancient Rome. Starting Wednesday, students will begin to work on their Performance Task on Classical Civilizations. They will have Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to complete it. It is an in-class, open-note writing assignment.
Science: Students will use the spider simulation in a few more activities to review traits and reproduction in Darwin's Bark Spider. Students will then apply what they learned from spiders to running ability in humans. Students will write a final argument about running ability using the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning format.
Literacy: Unit 8 is complete, so we'll dive right into the next unit of Latin roots on Monday, with the test to follow on Friday, the 13th! We will also continue with our unit on the Art of Civil Disobedience, with another Teaching Tolerance movie and follow up writing assignment.
English: Prior to break, students worked on the following skills within The Giver: simile, metaphor, personification, hook, cliffhanger, point of view, and allusion. Students will have a skills test on Friday, March 6th. They have study guides as well as notes and extra practice from class to review. Instructions for the March IRP will be going home this week. This month, students will be creating a "book in a bag" -- be sure to check in this week and ask what book they chose!
Math: Before vacation we spent the week learning about finding surface area of rectangular prisms and triangular prisms through nets. This week we will continue to work on surface area of triangular prisms and pyramids before ending with the week with volume. Students will have a test Friday March 6th, the study guide will go home Wednesday March 4th.
