Sunday, April 10, 2016

A Peek at this Week

A Look at this Week:
Social Studies- Students will be discussing Lesson 8.3, and will be taking cause and effect notes.  They will cover the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, and the First Continental Congress.  They will also begin to write paragraphs looking at each event from both the Patriots' and Loyalists' viewpoints.

Science- Students will be picking an element from the Periodic Table and research some of its properties.  They will also finish taking Cornell notes on Lesson 14.1.    

ELA
Reading and Language Arts- We will finish our close read of "Yankee Doodle."  Then we will read "And Then What Happened Paul Revere."  Eventually we will read Longfellow's poem about Paul Revere's famous ride.
Hardship in History- Essential Questions:
How does the time period of the hardship impact future decisions and events?
How are hardships in history similar and different?
Word Work-  Students will continue to study List 10: cap, di, semi, sect, vac, and vis.  They will also be going over vocabulary for our Paul Revere story:  cargo, colonies, revolution, express, oppose, liberty, Patriots, sentries, and taxes.

Math-  Students will be taking their Math PARCC testing this week.  They will also be playing multiplication and division games.

Important Days:
Monday-  Math PARCC Testing Session 1
Tuesday- Math PARCC Testing Session 2
Wednesday- Early Dismissal
Thursday- Math PARCC Testing Session 3
Friday- Math PARCC Testing Session 4

Have a wonderful week!!