Friday, May 29, 2015

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:
Social Studies- Students will take a test on Chapter 10 on Wednesday.
  
ELA
Reading- We will discuss Manifest Destiny.  Students will break into groups and create a slide presentation either for or against westward expansion.  
Essential Questions:  How does the time period of the hardship impact future decisions and events?
How are hardships in history similar and different?
Word WorkSpelling:  We are done with Spelling for the year!
Vocabulary-  Students will play word games on the iPad and Scrabble.
Language Arts- We will be working on argumentative or persuasive writing, as it ties into our discussion on Manifest Destiny.  

Science- Students will take an open-note quiz on Lesson 15.3 "Heat Transfer" on Tuesday.  Then we will read and discuss Lesson 15.4 on conserving energy.

Math-  We will be learning about volume.  Students will be finding the volume of prisms.

Important Days:
Tuesday- Public Libraries Visit about Summer Programs
Friday- 5th Grade Bowling Field Trip 

Have a wonderful weekend!