Monday, November 27, 2017

Our week in learning 11/27

Welcome back! I hope Thanksgiving break was joyous and refreshing.


This week in History, students will continue our unit on “Golden Age to Glorious Revolution”. We will discuss King Charles II and King James II, and the monarch’s that brought on the revolution-William and Mary. Students will complete the final draft of their Charles I articles due on Thursday. Study guides for the Glorious Revolution test will go home on Monday, 11/27, and are due on Friday, 12/1. The Glorious Revolution test will take place on Monday, 12/4.

Students have finished the 50 states unit and will demonstrate their knowledge by creating a brochure for a randomly chosen state. States will be chosen and information given on Monday. Their final brochure is due for presentation on Wednesday, 12/13. We will present on their states until Winter break.

This week in Math, students will review multiplying and dividing fractions, and solving word problems using division and multiplication of fractions. Students will test over Unit 4 on Thursday, 11/30. On Friday, students will begin learning about area, perimeter, and surface area.

This week in science, students will begin studying animal cells. They will learn the functions and locations of organelles in the cell. There will be a short quiz on Friday.

In grammar, students will be introduced to independent clauses and will be able to identify the differences between dependent and independent clauses. They will also be introduced to elements of a persuasive essay. In literature, students will read the next two chapters of Where the Red Fern Grows and continue to work on their 100-point projects. They should have completed at least 60 points' worth of projects by the end of this week. 

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