Our week in learning 12/4

The antepenultimate week of school this semester has arrived! This busy time of year brings many projects. I will continue to post important due dates on the right-hand side of the blog for your reference.

This week in language arts,

students will take their mid-year grammar test on Tuesday.

Students will begin their next writing project this week on Persuasive Writing. They’ll write an essay as a turkey to a farmer entitled “Wait, wait! Don’t Shoot!” As pre-writing and rough drafts come home, please help your child edit for spelling and grammar errors.

This week in science, students will consider the benefits and harm that eukaryotic protists can potentially bring to mankind, incorporating these viewpoints into a class discussion. Students may use this web site as a resource for the discussion worksheet: https://www.ck12.org/biology/protists-and-disease/lesson/Protists-and-Human-Disease-BIO/

Additionally, students will learn about how prokaryotic organisms choose to live together in a colony. Finally, students will be introduced to the stages of mitosis. They will take a short quiz over mitosis next week.

In literature this week, students will finish Where the Red Fern Grows. The 100-point project and packet are due on Thursday. Students will present their projects to the class on Thursday and Friday.

In history, students will study Feudal Japan, working in groups to present the unit to their classmates.

In math, students will continue the geometry unit by finding the area of perimeter of a rectangle and using the formula 1/2 base x height to calculate the area of a triangle. Math groups will take place on Wednesday.