Our week in learning 2/12

This week of school is the beginning of crunch time. The history study guide will be sent
home today. Great Hearts Day is this Wednesday, February 14.

This week in history, students will continue learning about Westward Expansion 
before the Civil War. Students will learn about the idea of Manifest Destiny, the 
additions of Texas and Oregon, the War with Mexico, and settling the far west, such
 as the movement of the Mormons to Utah. The study guide will go home on Monday, 
February 12th and is due on the day of their test, Wednesday, February 21st. While 
there is an R&R weekend before the test, students will still have 5 non-R&R days to 
complete the study guide and prepare for the test.

In math this week, we will start learning about measures and volumes. We will begin 
with converting units and work towards finding the volume of a rectangular prism. This 
is a short unit, so there will be a test next week. There will be no math groups this week, 
as we are just starting a new unit. 

In science this week, students will continue to explore angiosperms, or flowering plants, 
by studying pollination, dissecting a flower, and watching a video about pollinators. There 
is a short quiz on parts of a flower on Tuesday. 

This week, students will practice creating outlines from short essays. They will focus on 

identifying the main idea and supporting details of each paragraph. Next week, they will 

practice writing from outlines.

In literature, students will continue reading up to chapter 21 of the Secret Garden.