Thursday, October 18th

ELA - I introduced the fundamentals of opinion writing while students took notes.  

Science - Ms. Karably taught a lesson about DNA and did a DNA extraction activity.

Social Studies - We continued to review our Civil War information.

Students have all been given a red homework folder (except for the students who already had their own homework folders).  Students are expected to carry their ongoing work and study materials in this folder.  It needs to come back to school every day.

Assessment Schedule

Monday -- Civil War Vocabulary, Start Reconstruction Opinion Essay, Start Microorganism Science Project

Tuesday -- The Giver Assessment (part 1), Math Assessment

Wednesday -- The Giver Assessment (part 2)

Thursday -- Social Studies Assessment (part 1), Science Assessment

Friday -- Social Studies Assessment (part 2) , Reconstruction Opinion Essay Due, Microorganism Science Project Due (students will NOT have class time on Friday due to the afternoon field trip)

Students will have class time to work on the essay and the microorganism project.