Last Day

The last day of school- June 1st- will no longer be an early release due to snow days/late starts and needing to make up some time.  All grades will be dismissed at 2:45 and will ride one bus route. 

ELA News week of 4/30

*Students have been making personal reading goals.  Many of them are working on a goal to make a habit of reading outside of school.  Please ask your child about their goal and support them in starting to read at home if they are not already doing so.  Even just a few pages per night is a great starting point! 

Monday: Settings can change over time
  **Fine Arts Night**
Tuesday: Characters acting as a group can wield enormous influence
Wednesday: Scope activity (substitute teacher)
Thursday: Settings can change- and can bring in a backstory
Friday: Readers share their work and reflect on challenges

ELA News week of 4/23

Nightly homework:  students should be reading at least 20 pages at home. 

Monday:  Considering the pressures acting on characters
Tuesday: Readers reflect on their novels & reading lives
Wednesday: Characters are shaped by the mood or atmosphere of the setting
Thursday: Readers attend to the precise language authors use to describe the setting
Friday: Characters are torn by competing pressures, including pressures of a place

Math News Week of 4/16

This week in math we will be continuing to learn about statistics and different ways of displaying data. Here is a list of upcoming assignments for this week.

Due 4/17 Real World Statistics Project

Due 4/18    Pg 659-660 # 1-7 odds, 8, 10-11, 13-16

Due 4/19    Pg 663-665 #1-2, 4-6, 13-17

Due 4/20   Pg 667 #7-10

Due 4/23     Pg 670-671 #1-9, 11-15

Science News- Week of April 16th

We are currently in our Physics Unit learning about the forces and motion of roller coasters and amusement park rides!

Monday: Friction Notes/Activities

• Assignment: Friction Lab Conclusion- Due Tuesday

Tuesday: Gravity Notes/Activities

• Assignment: Ocean Tide Article - Due Thursday

Wednesday: Gravity Notes/Activities

• Assignment: Ocean Tide Article - Due Thursday

Thursday: Spring Force and Tension Notes/Activities

Friday: Buoyancy Notes/Activities

• Assignment: Boat Challenge Reflection- Due Monday

ELA News week of 4/16

Students should be reading at least 20 minutes every night at home!

Monday: Develop individual reading plan
Tuesday: Noticing less likable traits in characters
Wednesday: How character traits can influence the plot
Thursday: Writing about reading
Friday: Consider the pressures acting on characters

Math News Week of 4/9

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, we will be taking the math portions of the state Forward Exam. The rest of the week, we will be beginning to look at different statistical concepts. Here is a list of this week's assignments for math.

Due 4/10 Lesson 1A-B Pg 646-648 #5-7, 9-19 odds

Due 4/11 Lesson 1C-D Pg 652-654 #1-9, 13, 15, 22-23

Due 4/16 Lesson 1E Pg 656 #5-10

ELA news week of 4/9

Nightly homework:  Read at least 20 min!

Monday: Forward Exam
Tuesday: Forward Exam
Wednesday: Examining character traits- get new books
Thursday: Revise your thinking about a character as you accumulate evidence
Friday: Develop a reading course of study (reading plan) and continue character analysis with reader's notebook

*Please note that our state testing (the Forward Exam) will be happening on Monday and Tuesday for the ELA portions of the test.  Remind your child to get a full night of sleep before each test, eat a balanced breakfast, and wear comfortable clothing.  Also, encourage them to be confident and to try their best on this very important assessment!  Thank you! 

Social Studies News Week of: Apr. 3rd

This week in Social Studies we are finishing up our unit on Ancient Greece.  We'll be having our Greece unit test on Friday, April 6th.  Students have gotten a study guide to take home that will help them focus their studying. 

Students also had an essay on Alexander the Great due by the end of the block on Tuesday.  You can check the parent portal to make sure your student has turned theirs in--I'm still missing a handful.  I've been very impressed with the essays so far!