Greetings Families,
We are entering week nine of the second quarter, and winter break is almost upon us. I encourage you to keep your students focused during this time as we have some important assessments coming up.
Here are the lessons for the week.
Assessments at a Glance
Monday: None
Tuesday: Caesar's Test
Wednesday: None
Thursday: Pinocchio Project Due
Friday: Pinocchio Test, Spelling Test, & Poem Recitation
Lessons
Language Arts:
Our journey with Pinocchio is coming to an end with a discussion of the virtues we've seen in the book, and we will have an end of the unit test on Friday. We will share our marionettes in class on Thursday! Grammar will consist of noun, and verb review with practice in sentence diagramming. In writing we will continue our summaries of stories about Ancient Africa. Our individual poem recitations will take place in class on Friday.
Math:
We will begin a new unit on interpreting data; constructing bar graphs and tables will be our focus.
History:
Our discussion on the Caesars comes to an end with our test on Tuesday, and we will then begin our discussion on Roman conveniences and architecture.
Science:
Our look at the central nervous system continues with an in depth look at vocabulary terms as well as activities to reinforce learning.
Best,
Michael Naaktgeboren