Updates and announcements

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I spent mine working on a quilt for my in-laws and taking luxurious naps with my cats.

We have our first “normal” week for a while! We are excited to get back to a routine schedule-wise for the next three weeks.

Students have some big assignments coming up. We will be finishing units and the end of the quarter always has loose ends to tie up-meaning final tests and assignments to turn in before break. Please carefully read the “Our week in learning” section for more information on due dates for these assignments.

Our week in learning

Students will be introduced to direct objects and take a brief quiz tomorrow over Monday’s lesson.

Students will complete a weekly literature summary from last week’s reading of Where the Red Fern Grows, and continue to read the next three chapters of the book.

Students will continue their 100 point project this week based on Where the Red Fern Grows. Look for an information packet coming home! Students are given a number of mini-assignments work various point values ranging from 5-40 points, and must complete any assignments whose value adds up to 100 points. This will be primarily the student’s responsibility, and they will have until December 7th to complete it. I will give students some time in class to work on this, but it will primarily be homework.

Students took a roots quiz last week, so they will learn their new roots this week and resume quizzes next week.

Keep an eye out for the new poem coming home.

This week in science, students will begin studying animal cells. They will learn the functions and locations of organelles in the cell. There will be a short quiz on Friday.

This week in History, students will continue our unit on “Golden Age to Glorious Revolution”. We will discuss King Charles II and King James II, and the monarch’s that brought on the revolution-William and Mary. Students will complete the final draft of their Charles I articles due on Thursday. Study guides for the Glorious Revolution test will go home on Monday, 11/27, and are due on Friday, 12/1. The Glorious Revolution test will take place on Monday, 12/4.

Students have finished the 50 states unit and will demonstrate their knowledge by creating a brochure for a randomly chosen state. States will be chosen and information given on Monday. Their final brochure is due for presentation on Wednesday, 12/13. We will present on their states until Winter break.

This week in Math, students will review multiplying and dividing fractions, and solving word problems using division and multiplication of fractions. Students will test over Unit 4 on Thursday, 11/30. On Friday, students will begin learning about area, perimeter, and surface area.