T6W4

Tomorrow (TUESDAY) is picture day!

Thank you for the beautiful flowers for Teacher Appreciation Week!

T6W4 Homework - Due Thursday

ELA
We are making good progress with our novel study of Son.  This week students will begin their summative literary project and they will work during class to complete this task.

Math
Students are continuing to learn about coordinate planes and their real world applications.  The mid-module will be on Friday.

Science
The 5th grade science standards have been covered; however, students have the opportunity to either improve their grade if they earned 1s or 2s, or they can complete an extension project to earn a 4.  Several students have individually conferenced with me and designed their own inquiries.  Students who are interested should reflect on what they want to do and then come discuss their ideas with me.

Social Studies
We are continuing our unit of inquiring into modern history.  Last week students learned about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement.  This week we will continue learning about the events and notable people of the Cold War and Civil Rights Movement.  Students should study the following quizlets:  Cold War and Civil Rights/Modern History.  Students will have a short quiz for both topics and they will work on an independent performance task for their final social studies grade.  

Lastly, students have been watching the CNN 10 daily news and compiling notes.  After taking notes for several days, students worked with a partner to evaluate what they wrote. After the evaluation they compiled a product that detailed what they felt were the most important global issues right now.  Moving forward, students will have more opportunities for reflecting on current events.