Term 5, Week 1

Today we began our new Unit of Inquiry:  How the World Works.  One of our concept lenses this term is connection and during social studies we began exploring how WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII are connected.  Before the reading, students discussed with others at their tables about what they thought the connections were.  After we complete the reading, we will revisit the question and complete that inquiry.

During ELA we corrected our daily grammar and we continued reading Messenger.  Students are focusing on locating text evidence and using that evidence to form logical arguments.

Homework 

Vocabulary/Spelling - Due Thursday

Math - Due Thursday

Read for 30 minutes daily

This is what Felix thinks if you don't do your homework...

Upcoming Dates

Village Gathering --- Friday, February 26th at 8:00am

 Tybee Parent Chaperone Meeting --- Thursday, March 3rd at 5:30pm

Breman Field Trip --- Wednesday, March 9th 

(Please send in your field trip form if you haven't done so already.)

Tybee Field Trip --- March 16-18

Wednesday, February 10th

Today students continued working on their summative narratives and we finished reading and discussing the first chapter of Messenger.  Then students reviewed figurative language and worked on understanding the meaning of some common idioms.  

We concluded with social studies and watching a video on the Great Depression and New Deal.  Yesterday students were instructed to bring their study guides so they could complete them as they watched the video.  I've attached it under the social studies links for students who didn't follow this direction or who didn't write the answers during class time.

Great Depression & New Deal Notes - The test is on Thursday!

Monday, February 8th

Today students began working on their summative narratives.  They are to work on their stories at school and they will have ample time to complete their stories.  We also started reading Messenger and we discussed the changes we saw in the main character.

During social studies we continued learning about the Great Depression.  We listened to one of FDR's Fireside Chats about the Dust Bowl and we began reading about his presidency.  The assessment will be on Thursday and students received their study guides today (the study guide is also due on Thursday).  Students should use their class notes, worksheets, and the quizlet to complete the guide.  We are going to cover the New Deal tomorrow, so students should bring their study guides to class on Tuesday.  

Ms. McFaddin and I are giving our end-of-term assessments this week, so please let us know if your child will be missing any days.

Literary Cafe - Thursday, February 11th

Literary Cafe' is this Thursday at 6:00pm.  If any parents want to come decorate the room for the classroom presentations, please let me know.  

Black History Bowl - Friday, February 12th

The flex team homerooms will be competing in the Black History Bowl this Friday at 9:20am.  Parents are invited to come watch our homerooms compete!

Tuesday, February 2nd

As a reminder, the Tybee Field trip forms and money are due on Thursday, February 4th.  If you need more forms, you can find them on the F.AVE curriculum page.

Term 4, Week 5 - Monday, February 1st

This week in ELA we are focusing on supporting our explanations with text evidence.  We are also going to work on understanding and using figurative language in our writing.  In social studies were are shifting our focus to The Great Depression.  Students will learn about the causes and conditions of that time and they will work with each other to understand the various perspectives of people at that time.

Homework
-Vocabulary - quiz on Friday, February 5th
-Social Studies - Great Depression Causes organizer
-Read for 30 minutes daily (yes...even weekends)
-Math homework