We hope everyone has recovered and rested after almost a week off! Please note the following:
Social Studies: Creating a New Government: Describing the principles embedded in the Constitution including: purpose of Preamble, separation of powers, branches of government, and checks and balances.
Derry: The preamble quiz is Friday which is orally and written. We have been working on citing text evidence in Social Studies and in Reading. We are starting Social Studies Weekly 21. Reminder all Social Studies Weekly's can be completed for extra credit points.
Reading: Derry: We are finished Johnny Tremain today and will be watching the movie this week. They will have a project on Johnny Tremain that will be done in class. This is an overall test grade/project grade. There will be more details coming this week.
Johnson: We are finishing Johnny Tremain this week. The kids have really enjoyed reading this book and have had some great insights and discussions!
Derry: We will be having "Test Thursday's". This is a comprehension test on a reading articles randomly selected.
ELA: Identify and use contractions and negatives correctly in a sentence. Johnson: Johnson's classes will have a Greek & Latin roots test Friday over Week 13 roots.
Derry: We are discussing Black History Month and this week will be focusing on the Struggle of Equality in small groups. We are also reading: "Sweet Clara and The Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkinson. This book we will focus on what Clara's main goal is and what traits make people successful at achieving their goals.
Writing: We are working on "quick writes" and analyzing writing written by other students.
Science: Energy mini unit. Please check with your child's teacher for specific assignments. Mrs. Fortson's class will be doing energy centers this week. They are due on Thursday. There will be a unit test on Thursday for Mrs. Fortson's classes. Please check with your child's teacher for specific assignments and due dates.
Math: This week, we will continue with Module 5- Fractions. Students will be working through lessons 17-19. We will have some Valentine's Day activities on Tuesday and an assessment over this last topic on Friday in all math classes. Don't forget that last week's morning work packet (classwork) is due this Friday.
