For those who celebrate, we'd like to wish everyone a Happy Easter and Passover.
Grade Information: Trimester two report cards will be emailed to parents on Wednesday, April 15th.
Enrichment Work: We have put together a new Google Classroom for students who finish their class work early and are looking for additional ways to stay busy. Mrs. Simeone, Mrs. McGuire, and Mrs. Folini have come up with an interdisciplinary project that ties in all three subjects. Each Monday we will post the week's mission. Students are encouraged to work virtually together, or they can choose to work alone. This page is intended for students who are caught up with all their work in each class. Moving forward, this will be an optional, UNGRADED assignment. The code to join What's Cookin' Badgers? is: dl2hnrf
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Students did a great job researching and learning about Feudalism this week. They learned how Feudalism worked in Europe and what it looked like in Japan. There will be an assessment on this topic Monday.
Literacy: The greatest challenge we face is crafting assignments which will challenge, and deliver the standards we teach, without having our students in front of us. Continuing to teach the Latin Root curriculum is paramount in my mind, because it is the foundation of the Literacy curriculum. It is hoped that families are encouraging their children to treat remote learning with the same respect as in school learning. Students will only benefit from what teachers provide, if they learn and test with fidelity, and honesty. Google Form quizzes and Google Doc tests are only valuable to those who study, learn and demonstrate what they have learned. To copy and paste the words of others is plagiarism, and your children have been taught this. To share test documents is equally unacceptable. Next week, we will begin Latin Unit 11!
Science: This week we evaluate evidence and look at claims about why the moon jelly population is increasing. This information is then used to write a CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) paper.
English: We've officially finished reading The Giver! Students did an excellent job reading from home and answering the follow-up questions this past week. This upcoming week, we will be discussing etymology and conflict, as well as reviewing for our unit test. Students will be assigned their unit test on Monday, April 20th. I will discuss details with students and offer review material this week.
Math: Students are working through probability. We spent last week discussing theoretical probability, and will start talking about experimental probability this week. Students will have a short quiz on Thursday April 16th. I will be available everyday at 11 for extra help, the link to the Zoom call is in their daily assignment each day.
