Updates and announcements

We have a busy week coming up! I will be out of the classroom at a math conference on Monday and Wednesday. Our students will be safe in Ms. White’s capable hands. Due to this, I may be slow at replying to emails, so I apologize in advance. Rest assured, I will be at our Archway music concert this Wednesday, 11/15/17, despite being out during the school day.

The Fall Festival is this Saturday!

Our week in learning

This week in language arts, students will continue crafting their personal narratives, moving from abstract ideas to rough and final drafts.

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 recite their poems, “The Road Less Taken”, on Wednesday, November 15^th.

This week in science, students will take the unit test on Classification on Tuesday, 11/14. Study guides are due Monday, 11/13 and will be reviewed in class. Students will begin their next unit on cells by reading a selection of a text by Robert Hooke, a scientist from the 17th century who first looked at cells under a microscope. Students will compare prokaryotic cells (cells with no nuclei) to eukaryotic cells (cells with nuclei) and will begin to study the difference between plant and animal cells next week.

This week in History, students will begin our unit on “Golden Age to Glorious Revolution”. We will discuss the monarchs of England starting with Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) and Queen Elizabeth I. We will also go over England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake, and the English Civil War, focusing on King James I, King Charles I, the Cavaliers and Roundheads. Please note that there will be a 50 states location test before Thanksgiving Break on 11/21. The study guides for this 50 states test are due on 11/20. Here are some online resources for students to use to study: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_GL_click_1024.html

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Matt/find_the_states

https://www.bls.gov/k12/content/games/geography-quiz/geography-quiz.htm (This one lists statistics about the state.)

This week in Math, students will continue to learn about multiplying and dividing fractions. Students will divide a whole number by a fraction and divide a fraction by a fraction. There will be no math groups this week.