Great Hearts Day is tomorrow, thank you to parents who have offered to bring in snacks. We will have a normal day until noon, and will spend the remainder of the day in activities celebrating the virtue of friendship.
Friday is Field Day. We are Macedonia and our color is blue. Please encourage your child to wear a blue shirt that day and comfortable shorts or pants. They are welcome to wear athletic clothing and shoes that is free of pop culture references, but brand names are fine! Be sure to bring a water bottle that day and I would suggest sending in a small bottle of sunscreen to apply before we head outside. We will be eating lunch in our classroom that day, so please be sure to send in a sack lunch.
We still need one rolling cooler for our water bottles. If you have one you could share, please just shoot me an email.
That was a lot of info, so please let me know if you have any questions!
ELA
We are enjoying reading and discussing The Secret Garden; we will continue this novel study for about two more weeks.
Students should have completed an outline of the body of their paragraph at this point. This week we will be completing our rough drafts and peer and self-editing and will be ready to type essays in class the following week.. Students should be working on their projects at home. We will begin presentations on Tuesday, February 21st. Please let Mrs. Anderson know if you have any questions regarding these!
We will have our quiz over Roots 62-65 on Wednesday. Students should study these nightly!
We introduced our new poem, I, Too, by Langston Hughes last week. We will recite these poems on Friday, February 17th (Note the date change!).
Math
We are continuing our study of decimals this week and will be practicing multiplying decimals by decimals. As we prepare for AZMerit, we are aiming to complete this chapter in a timely manner and therefore will not be having math groups this week. We will keep you posted on the next time they are scheduled!
History
This week, students will finish learning about the Age of Exploration. We will learn about Sir Francis Drake’s journey around the world, the French and Dutch explorers, and the growth of slavery during the Age of Exploration. Please note that the topic of slavery is very serious and we will be discussing the brutality of the middle passage. This chapter will be discussed with homeroom teachers on Friday. Students will be getting their study guides on Monday, 2/13, due on Wednesday 2/22. The test will also be on Wednesday 2/22. We will go over the study guide on Tuesday, 2/21.
Science
This week in science we will be reviewing plant anatomy, taking a quiz Tuesday, and then learning about Photosynthesis for the rest of the week.
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