Tuesday, May 14, 2019

A Peek at this Week

                                      Social Studies Chapter 9 Breakout










ELA
Reading/Language Arts- Students will continue to identify and analyze idioms, adages, and proverbs.  They will also be reading "Katie's Trunk," which shows the Loyalists' point of view at the beginning of the American Revolution.

Word Work- Students will continue to work on List 8 words:  dic, metri/meter, poly, sub, tele, and un.

Science-  We will continue Chapter 3, "Why do Salad-dressing Ingredients separate again after being mixed?"

Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 10, "Forming a New Government."  Students will be reading Lesson 1, "A Weak Government."  We will be reading about the Articles of Confederation, the Federalists Papers, Shay's Rebellion, and the challenges our brand new country faced now that it was its own independent country.


Math-  Students will be practicing the standard algorithm of multiplication.  

Important Days
Thursday- 1:00 Too Good For Drugs Graduation 
Friday- Early Dismissal

Have a great week!

Sunday, May 5, 2019

A Peek at this Week

A Look at this Week:
 ELA
Reading/Language Arts- Students are identifying and analyzing idioms, adages, and proverbs.  They are also comparing "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to the story, And Then What Happened Paul Revere?  Students will also be reciting stanzas from Longfellow's poem on Thursday and Friday.  
Word Work- Students will continue to work on List 8 words:  dic, metri/meter, poly, sub, tele, and un.

Science-  We will continue Chapter 3, "Why do Salad-dressing Ingredients separate again after being mixed?"

Social Studies- We will finish Chapter 9, "The Revolutionary War," and take a test on Friday.

Math-  Students will be learning how to multiply using an array.  Then they will see how the array matches up to the standard algorithm.  

Important Days
Monday- Reading MAPs Testing
Wednesday- Choir Field Trip
Thursday- Math MAPs Test 
Friday- Family Fitness Event

Have a great week!