Week of March 30

Spring Break is next week!

We've got five days before break. We're going to work hard!

Reading and Writing: We're working on pronouns. Subjective, Objective, Possessive, and how to use them correctly.

Math: Math Test on Friday. Our last unit! When we get back from break we'll review for the SAGE.

Science: We've completed rotations and will start our review this week!

Social Studies: Finish up a short unit on Shakespeare. We'll start into Modern World History when we get back from break.

Let's work hard this week and have some fun!

Week of March 23

Welcome to Spring!

Hope you had a great weekend with the great weather!

Reading: We are working on pronouns this week! Recognizing them, using them, understanding them.

Writing: We'll finish up our essay on The Seasons this week, spend some time revising and editing it to make it better.

Math: We've just started the second half of our unit on Statistics. We will take the test the day before we go to Spring Break (April 3).

Science: Last week of Science Rotations, then we'll start reviewing for the SAGE Science test.

Social Studies: Although we will not be performing a Shakespeare play as a class, we are learning about him and many of his plays.

FIELD TRIP on Wednesday, March 25! The bus will be leaving promptly at 9:20. If your student is on B-Track they may come as early as 9:00 to get ready to go. If they don't come early, PLEASE make sure they are on time. We need to leave right on time to be to the presentation on time.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to be a chaperone. I've already talked with the parents who are going to come, so if you didn't hear from me, I don't need you. I appreciate your enthusiasm and support!

SAGE Testing times are still being sorted out, but here the tentative dates:

April 20 - 24: Science

April 27 - May 1: Language Arts

May 4 - 8: Math

If students will be absent during these weeks, please let me know in advance and we will schedule another time for them to take it.

I will let you know as we get closer more exactly when we will be testing.

Thanks for all you do!

Week of March 16

Here we are at another week!

Reading: We will be working with Central Theme and Author's Purpose this week.

Writing: We are writing an informational essay on why we have the seasons (Science Curriculum).

Math: Math Test on THURSDAY. Dot Plots, Histograms, Frequency Tables, Mean, Median, and Mode.

Science: Microorganisms with Mr. Brady.

Our Field Trip to the BYU Planetarium is NEXT Wednesday, March 25. If your student hasn't turned in their permission slip, please ask them about it. They will not be allowed to go if they don't have parent's permission.

Week of March 11

Hope you had a great long weekend!

Reading: We will be focusing on finding the central theme of a text and backing up our conclusion with text evidence.

Writing: We will actually begin writing information essays on our Science Standards.

Math: Statistics! Definitely new - it doesn't seem like it's math sometimes. That makes if fun! We will test next week sometime.

A few students are struggling to turn in their math homework, or are not completely it. 
Please check on your students that they are being responsible and completing and turning in their homework.

Science: Microorganisms

Still working on our video. Trying to have a lot of fun and be productive!

Remember that our fieldtrip to the BYU Planetarium is coming up on March 25. Permission slips and $5 are due ASAP.

Week of March 2

Welcome to March!

Reading: We are taking our reading to a deeper level and noticing what we call "Signs and Signposts". They are just specific things we can notice in fiction texts that help up think deeper about what the author is trying to communicate.

Writing: We will start some information writing on our Science core topics to help prep us for the upcoming Science SAGE exams. (Not until after Spring Break).

Math: We will take our Chapter 11 test on Wednesday, March 4. It is on surface area, and volume.

Science: Microorganisms rotation with Mr. Brady.

Social Studies: We have just started talking about the Renaissance as we move out of the Middle Ages.

Character Trait Video: As a class we are making a Character Trait Video for the month of April to show the whole school at our Character Trait Assembly the first Monday of April. It is all about being Positive. Your students are really being creative and coming up with some amazing ideas. We will be filming and creating the video throughout this month.

FIELD TRIP! We will be taking a field trip to the BYU Planetarium to have a "Space Experience" on March 25. A permission slip will be coming home this week. Please sign, attach money if possible, and return.