Our week in learning 5/14

It is incredible that our final week of five full days has already arrived!
Next week brings promotion and our end-of-year celebration. I am so
proud of how far all our scholars have come.

This week in Language Arts, students will take their end-of-year grammar test 

and begin learning about myths, legends, and tall tales. At the end of the week, 

students will begin composing their own such fiction!

In Across Five Aprils, students will add finishing touches to their literature 

project on Tuesday to turn in on Wednesday.

• A title
• A summary of a Civil War battle or event (2 paragraph minimum)
• An opinion article (see handout for prompt; must include 2 quotations; 
  2-3 paragraph minimum)
• A Civil War era photograph to accompany the summary
• An advertisement of a Civil War era product

The project will be due on May 16th.

In history, students are wrapping up their exciting unit on 
Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts. Students will learn about
 the Indian Wars, the Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer, Wovoka, and the 
Battle of Wounded Knee. The study guides are due Wednesday, 5/16 
and the test will be on Thursday, 5/17. On Friday, students will begin 
our final, short, non-tested unit on Russia.

This week in science, students will take their final unit exam of the year over
 the nervous system. On Tuesday, students will watch a short film about the 
chemist Percy Lavon Julian, and will have the opportunity to use biographical 
material to research his life and contributions to science. In groups of two, students
 will produce an illustrated children’s book about Julian’s life. They will have two 
full in-class days to complete this project, and should not need to work on it at 
home. The finished book is due next Monday. 

This week in math, students will complete their end-of-year Singapore math test.
This will not be taken for a grade. They will also complete some brainteasers
and learn about famous mathematicians.