Our week in learning 3/20

Welcome to the fourth quarter! This quarter, students will be busy preparing for
 the AZMerit, polishing their writing, and focusing on precise note-taking. Also this
 week, our new assistant teacher, Mrs. LaVell, will join us for the rest of the year!

This week in science, students will begin their anatomy unit by learning about the
 skeletal system. Students will label the different bones of the human body, be able 
to locate them on themselves, and will take notes on their different functions.

In math this week, we will start our unit on data analysis. Students will identify 
mean, median and mode, and interpret histograms, line graphs, and pie charts. 
We will also begin our formal test prep for the AZMerit by working through targeted 
packets for bellwork. We will go over the bellwork at the start of each day. As we 
get closer to the test, we will transition to more test prep during the school day. 
Because we are starting a new unit today, there will be no math groups this week. 
We will start back up with math groups on 3/28.   


This week in history, students will continue learning about the Civil War. Students 
will be learning about the beginning of the Civil War, Fort Sumter, advantages and 
disadvantages of the North and South, military strategies, the reason why it was 
called a “Brother’s War”, the Peninsular Campaign, the battle of Antietam, and 
General McClellan. Please note that when students have a summary paragraph 
for homework, that should serve as their notes for that chapter. 

This week in Language Arts, students will review transition words and practice 

using appropriate transitions in their writing. They will also begin sentence stretching

 exercises to add details to their writing by answering the questions: Who? What? 

When? Where? Why? And How? Finally, students will complete a writing workshop 

on Friday, spending the majority of the morning composing a full five-paragraph essay

 from beginning to end. Students will meet with a teacher briefly to help coach them in their writing skills.

In literature, please send in Across Five Aprils--students will begin their new 
literature selection this week!