Social Studies News Week of: May 16th

This week's Social Studies test on our Rome unit has been moved to Tuesday 5/17.  We'll be reviewing for that test on Monday.  Students went home on Friday with a study guide for the test.

The rest of the week will be spent introducing and starting our last unit of the year which is on the Middle East--certainly an important topic based on the large number of current events that happen in that region of the world.

ELA News week of May 16

Nightly homework:  Read!  Students have literature circle books and May one pager books to work on!

Monday: Literature circle meeting, fluency groups, grammar review
Tuesday: Scope non-fiction article & text evidence analysis, grammar review
Wednesday: Literature circle meeting & STAR reading test
Thursday: "I am From" poems, poetry showcase
Friday: Literature circle meeting, week 5 paragraphs

**Since we have our final STAR assessment of the year on Wednesday, it is really important to help your child get to bed early the night before and have something for breakfast that day so that they are able to do their best on the test!  Thanks for your support with this!

Math News Week of May 9th

This week in math, we have continued to learn about finding the probability of certain events happening. We have looked closer at finding the probability of independent and dependent events. Later in the week, we will also start spending some time reviewing concepts we have learned throughout the year. Here is a list of this week's assignments.

Due 5/10 Lesson 2A-B Pg 734-736 #1-13 odds, 15-16, 19-23

Due 5/11 Lesson 2C-D Pg 740-742 #1-5, 8-16 evens, 20, 22, 25-33 odds

Due 5/12 Lesson 3A Pg 745-747 # 1-10, 14-15, 18-22, 24-27

Due 5/13 N&O Review #12 and #14 from pages 34, 40, 52, 58, 100, 108, 114, 128, 132

Due 5/16 Ratio Review #10 and #12 from pages 152, 160, 167, 176, 183

Social Studies News Week of: May 9th

This week in Social Studies, we'll be finishing up our Ancient Rome unit and preparing for the unit test--which is tentatively scheduled for Monday the 16th.  We'll have a few assignments due this week as well:

Monday in class (due Tues.)--Ch. 7 Sec. 4 Assign.
Tues. & Wed. in class--1 page essay on Julius Caesar
Thurs.--Ch. 7 Sec. 5 Assign.

ELA News week of 5/9

Nightly homework:  Read!  Students have survival literature circle books and also need to be reading a May one pager book.

Monday: Literature circle meeting, fluency groups
Tuesday: Scope debate articles & scavenger hunt
Wednesday: Literature circle, week 4 paragraph
Thursday: Scope debate Socratic circle discussion
Friday: Literature circle, types of poetry notes

Science News- Week of May 9th

Monday: Sound Video, Wave Review Packet

Tuesday: Nature of Sound Reading/Notes, Vibrations Activity

Wednesday: Properties of Sound Reading/Notes, Tuning Forks/Palm Pipes Activity, Practice Benchmark

Thursday: Sound Stations, Sound Study Guide

Friday: Sound Test, Deforestation Article/Write-Up

Math News Week of May 2

This week we will begin our final unit of the school year, which is focused on probability. In addition to learning about how to find different probabilities, we will also create and conduct our own probability experiments in class. Here are a few of our upcoming assignments.

Due 5/3        Lesson 1A-B    Pg 714-716 #1-6, 8-21, 27, 32-35

Due 5/4        Lesson 1C        Pg 721-723 #1-2, 7-13 odds, 18, 20-23
Due 5/5        Review             #7 and #17 from Pg 82, 140, 192, 306, 358, 434 and #8 from Pg 514, 590, 636

Due 5/6        Lesson 1E        Pg 728-730 #1-15 odds, 19, 22-25

Due 5/9        Mid-Chpt        Pg 731 #1-15