Math
This week in math, we will begin diving into chapter 2 lessons and concepts. After completing a preassessment and vocabulary last week, students are ready to start learning about decimals, percents, and fractions. MOST of this is not new to students, as they have worked on these skills in past years. On Monday and Tuesday, our focus will be converting between fractions and decimals. For the rest of the week, students will start learning how to show those same values in another way: percents. This fun song can help students remember how each part works. Science The Earth, Sun, and Moon are the first stops on our science journey this year! With fresh textbooks and lots of online resources, students will begin learning about the effects of the motions of the Earth and Moon. Rotations, revolutions, days, years, and seasons are all on the agenda for this week and next. There is not frequent homework in science, but students will be asked to create vocabulary flashcards for each lesson. This week, these are due on Wednesday. Please click here to learn how to log into math and science textbooks, along with ALEKS. These important resources can be used from home to make up missed work when absent or complete homework when a book is left at school. Tutors, extra help, and additional practice pages are great tools to have available to students. English Language Arts. Reading and History Writing- Students will be preparing a long paragraph on an Unforgettable Event in their lives. For this assignment, I would like to see the final copy (neat, best spelling and grammar, and in ink from a pen or a computer) due on Friday. We will work on some parts of this in class Reading- We have begun book discussion groups based on the Massachusetts Reading Book Awards to practice reading fluency. Students will also have an assignment to practice identifying important information from a non fiction text. This will be done in class. History- Students will be digesting information of some of the groups of the Ancient Middle East in small groups in preparation for teaching the class. The exercise focuses on the content of the Ancient Middle East and skills such as note taking , paraphrasing, public speaking and preparing an class presentation. Most of the assignment will be done at school but students are welcome to take their parts home for an extra polish. Comments are closed.
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