Updates and announcements

I apologize for the late blog! I was out sick today, so I am just getting to this.

I hope everyone enjoys their break!

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Our week in learning

This week, students will learn about the idiom “A miss is as good as a milel”.

Students will recite “The Snowstorm” on 11/28. PLEASE NOTE: though it is not long, this is a tricky poem to memorize last minute because it does not rhyme. Students should work a little every night to memorize this beautiful poem.

The roots quiz for last week’s roots will take place on Tuesday, due to the long break. Students will learn about the roots agon, dromos, and mons. There will be a roots quiz over these next Wednesday, following the same schedule as last year. Students should expect a similar roots quiz every Wednesday over the roots learned the previous week.

In Literature, we will continue reading “Where the Red Fern Grows”. Students will continue their journal entries. For every chapter, students will write one 5-6 sentence paragraph about a virtue a character showed during that chapter. We will read through chapter 15 by the end of the week. We will be looking out for foreshadowing and figurative language.

In Writing and Grammar, we will finish writing narratives on a time the students showed courage. They will share their final draft papers on Friday. We will learn about interjections and possessive possessive words. There will be a short quiz on Friday.

This week in science, students will finish our Classification Unit with their unit test on Monday. Science fair essays are due Monday, and poster boards will be due Tuesday. Students will present their projects to the class the week after Thanksgiving break, and should be prepared to give a 3-5 minute presentation that covers all the major components of their project and answer questions from their classmates. We will begin our next unit on cells after Thanksgiving break-stay tuned for updates!

This week in History, students will learn about King Charles I, and Oliver Cromwell, who succeeded him as Lord Protector of England after the civil war. Tuesday will be a catch up day. We will be taking our test on England: Golden Age to Glorious Revolution next Friday, November 30^th. Study guides will be passed out on Friday, November 16^th and are due the day before the test, on Thursday, November 29^th. This will give students an opportunity to get caught up with what we’ve learned in this unit thus far, so they’re not tempted to do homework over our R&R Thanksgiving break. Students will also be given a writing assignment on Monday about King Charles I that is not due (in rough draft form) until Tuesday, November 27^th but, again, they are not expected to work on this over break.

In math, we will continue with our unit on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. Students will work on word problems that deal with fractions. Please note that we will have frequent quizzes in math. When a “b” quiz comes home for homework, that means there will likely be a quiz the next day. This means there will be frequent, low stakes math quizzes. We will not have math groups this week.