Peek at the Week

21st Cent. Class: Coding

Specials:

Monday & Tuesday: STEAM

Wednesday - Friday: Art

Misc:

*Hearing and Vision screenings will be on Tuesday

Ms. Morgan's Math:

*Math's Mate Term 3 Sheet 2 is due Friday

Chapter 7: Fractions & Decimals

We will continue our division skills throughout this chapter by designing a movie theater!

*Fractions & Division - Monday

*Greatest Common Factor - Tuesday

*Simplest Form - Wednesday

*Problem Solving Day - Thursday

*QUIZ - Friday

Read & React:

Vocabulary Unit 8 - Test is on February 1st

*Practice activities are in their Flocabulary site

*Hands-on Vocabulary Games are within the classroom for your child's use if they'd like as well to support them with their study habits

*Ask your child to show you how "Heads up, Seven up - Vocabulary Style" works!

Read Aloud: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by: Chris Grabenstein

*Discussion Question: Charles says, "You should never help your competition." Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

*STAR Reading on Wednesday

Creative Writing:

This week's skill:

*No specific skill will be taught this week as the students will be working on applying the skills they've been taught the last few months in their middle of the year writing anchors.

Zebra on the Loose Article

*Students will be given multiple fictional interviews about a zebra on the loose. They will collect as much information as they can from the interviews they read and then create a newspaper article based on their findings using text evidence.

*Once students have analyzed interviews regarding a "Zebra on the Loose", they will then write an article from a journalist's perspective based on what they were told and could infer

*Finals will be due this Friday (We ran out of time to complete this assignment last week)

Exploration:

Essential Question: How have places and regions in the United States been influenced by the physical geography of North America over time?

*Monday (1/13) Schedule:

Northeast 1:25 - 1:40 (Howard) Midwest 1:25 - 1:40 (Morgan) Southeast 1:45 - 2:00 (Howard) Southwest 2:05 - 2:20 (Howard) West 1:45 - 2:00 (Morgan)

--->If you need help or have questions Ms. Morgan will be available for questions at 2:00.

President Research Project

*Students will be researching a president/vice president of their choice and then will be given three options on how they can present their research. Their research will begin this week.

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