Updates and announcements

Our field trip to the Renaissance Fair is tomorrow! Students should bring only a backpack to school to hold their lunch, water bottle, and sunscreen. They can also bring a camera and up to $20 for souvenirs or snacks. STUDENTS MUST BRING THEIR OWN PACKED LUNCH. Students are not to buy any weapons, including the wooden swords.

Our week in learning

This week, students will learn about the idiom “Well begun is half done”.

The roots test over #51-75 will be on Wednesday, 3/6.

In Literature, we will finish reading “The Secret Garden”.

In Writing and Grammar, students will review the rubrics with their pets essay on Monday. Students will begin working on reading passages and answering questions for comprehension. This week, we will focus on fiction regarding poetry, drama, and analyzing fiction.

Due to the Renaissance Fair field trip, this is a very short week of science! On Monday, students will be outlining their paragraphs about George Washington Carver. Students will write their final paragraphs on Thursday, and have time to present their writing to their peers on Friday. There will be plenty of in-class time for writing, but unfinished outlines or paragraphs will be assigned as homework on Monday and Thursday, respectively.

This week in History, students will finish learning about the precursors to the American Civil War. Topics include the political differences that began separating the United States into North and South and the life of Abraham Lincoln before he was President. On Monday, students will be given a study guide for the quiz they will have on Friday. This quiz will cover items related to the American Civil War before the War began.

In math, we will finish a short, fun unit on Percentage. Students will solve word problems involving finding percentage of a whole and interest rates or percent discounts with increase and decrease. The test for this unit will be on Friday, 3/8. ALL workbook homework assignments will be half of every type of problem. There will be no math groups. Math groups will be sparse this quarter due to AZMerit preparations.