Updates and announcements

I hope everyone had a wonderful 3-day weekend. I enjoyed having my in-laws in town for my husband’s second doctoral trombone recital. If you want to see some great trombone music, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbZJJyeGpl8

We have an exciting week ahead of us with MAP testing, spirit wear day, and a movie night, all happening on Friday. Please make sure students come to school after a good night’s sleep and balanced breakfast on Friday.

Our uniform tip of the week is to make sure girls’ nail polish is either light pink or clear coated.

Our week in learning

This week, students will compose their own five-paragraph essay based on the outlines and texts used in class.

In literature, students will continue reading up to chapter 23 of the Secret Garden.

The weekly roots quiz will be on Wednesday.

This week in science, students will receive the study guide for the plant unit test, which will take place on Tuesday, February 27. The study guide is due Monday, February 26. We will play a review game in class before the test. Students will begin wrapping up their plant unit by studying the two different types of seed plants, monocots and dicots.

This week in history, students will finish learning about Westward Expansion before the Civil War. Study guides are due Wednesday and the test will be on Wednesday. Students will participate in a socratic discussion on Thursday and begin learning about the Civil War on Friday. Please note that there is sensitive material regarding slavery throughout the unit, particularly during the lessons on Friday, 2/23 and Monday, 2/26.

In math this week, we will finish learning about measures and volumes. We will work on solving word problems that involve converting units and finding the volume of a rectangular prism. The test for this unit will be on Thursday and we will do a short lesson on composite volumes on Friday. Math groups will take place this week on Wednesday, 8:00-9:15.