Updates and announcements

Our fourth quarter is off and we have a busy month ahead of us! We have some important dates coming up, such as Fine Arts and French Night and AZMerit testing.

We take our first AZMerit test this Friday on Writing. Please be sure students are well rested and have a healthy breakfast in preparation.

Our week in learning

This week in language arts, students will review in preparation for the AZ Merit Writing Test on Friday. They will review the elements of narratives, opinion writing, and informative writing, and continue to practice stretching the ideas in their sentences using “Who,” “What,” “When,” “Where,” “Why,” and “How” questions. By the end of the week, students should have read through chapter five of Across Five Aprils.

This week in science, students will learn the locations of the major muscles in the body. There will be a muscle anatomy quiz on Thursday.

This week in history, students will continue learning about the Civil War. Students will be learning about women in the war effort, the battle of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Address, mounting problems for the Confederacy, the end of the war, and the death of President Lincoln. Please note that when students have a summary paragraph for homework, that should serve as their notes for that chapter. Students will have their Civil War test on Wednesday, April 18th. Because this is in the middle of our two AZMerit test days, we are taking 2 ½ days to review for their test IN CLASS.

In math this week, we will start a brief unit on Average and Rate. There will be no unit test for this unit. We will continue daily AZMerit practice until we take our tests on 4/17 and 4/19. You may see some practice worksheets coming home to serve both as a review and a guide to see what kinds of questions will be on the test. We will have math groups this week on Wednesday 8:00-9:15.