Headlines 12/5

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and was able to enjoy some R&R and quality time with family.  I cannot thank you enough for your patience as I was gone and especially the parents who came in and volunteered their time.  We had a wonderful trip!

We are starting a few new things this week and still have lots to accomplish before the end of the year.  Continue to encourage your student to put forth their best effort as we make a strong finish to the first semester!

Math:
We will be studying how to divide a fraction by a fraction this week and today students will take a short quiz over multiplication of fractions.

ELA:

This week we will begin our final writing assignment for the semester, a five paragraph persuasive essay. We will begin by looking at the organization of the essay and then will do research and begin our pre-writing.

In literature this week we are beginning a short unit over Poetry. We will be studying various poetic devices and students will choose a poem to recite the week of December 19th.

100 Point projects are due on Friday!  If your child has recorded a skit please make sure to either email or send in a thumb drive.  We will begin presentations this week!

Students will be tested over the helping verbs on Tuesday, you can check out the link here to help study!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=helping+verb+blues+youtube&view=detail&mid=0C0AB49C35090405B2B70C0AB49C35090405B2B7&FORM=VIRE

We will also have our roots quiz on Wednesday.

Science:
In science, we will be learning about cell division and doing a lab about bacteria!

History:
This week, students will learn about other prominent reformers: Zwingli, Calvin, and Henry VII. Students will also learn about actions the Catholic church took during the Counter-Reformation. We will continue working on their foldables. Study guides will go home this week. The unit test on the Reformation will be on Friday, December 16th.