Social Studies News: Week of 12/14

This week in Social Studies, we'll be wrapping up our unit on Ancient Rome.  We finished our Trial Simulation Project on Wednesday.  The students did an awesome job in playing their roles!  Ask your child what their role in our simulation was if you haven't already! :)

We'll have 2 more assignments due this week (one Tuesday and one Thursday) related to Rome and then we'll spend a couple of days reviewing.  We're looking at having our Rome unit test on Friday, Dec. 18th.   

ELA News week of Dec. 14

Nightly homework:  Students should be finishing their Newbery book.  The book and packet that goes with it will be due on Monday, December 14.  Students also have a biography book to read once they finish the Newbery book.  Biography books are for a research paper we will write after winter break.  There is NO December one pager. 

Monday- Wednesday: Work time on Newbery book project
Thursday: Present Newbery projects
Friday: Finish presenting projects, fluency groups

Winter Art Show - Thu Dec 17th

Please come admire artwork from first semester students on the night of the winter concert; Thursday December 17th. The show will open at 6:15 and be located between the gym and the elevator. It will be taken down after the concert.

Hope to see you there!

Art - Artists Observe due Tue 12/8

Art student will be learning about artist statements today and writing an artist statement to go with their Artists Observe project. The project and statement will be due the end of class on Tuesday 12/8.

Our next unit will begin on Wednesday and include a few different types of sculpture. The theme for the big assignment will be Unique Point of View.

Math News Week of December 7

We will be continuing our focus on algebra as we begin Chapter 6 this week, which focuses on solving equations. Here is a list of our upcoming assignments for this week.

Lesson 1A        Pg 316-317 #13-33 odds, 37- 45 odds

Lesson 1C-D    Pg 324-326 #1-21 odds, 29-37 odds

Lesson 1E-F     Pg 330-331 #7-29 odds

Mid-Chpt         Pg 332 #1-20 all

Science News- Week of Dec. 7th

In science, we have been learning about the properties of color and light. We will finish this up this week and take our color and light test on Friday. 

Monday: Mixing Light Beam Lab/Conclusion

Tuesday: Vision Notes, Color Blind Activities

Wednesday: Color Blind Non-Fiction Text/ Write-Up, Study Guide 

Thursday: Study Guide, After Image Lab

Friday: Color and Light Test, Sound Reading

ELA News week of Dec. 7

Nightly homework:  Students should be reading their Newbery book.  The book and packet that goes with it will be due 12/14.  Students also have a biography book to read once they finish the Newbery book.  Biography books are for a research paper we will write after winter break.  There is NO December one pager.

Monday: Citing text evidence, being/linking verbs
Tuesday: Verb tenses, fluency groups
Wednesday: Perfect verb tenses, non-fiction text headings
Thursday: Week 4 paragraph due by Fri (done in class), regular & irregular verbs
Friday: Subject-verb agreement, citing text evidence