Our week in learning 3/27

 The AZMerit is coming up soon, and this Monday students will have the 
opportunity to take a practice AZMerit writing exam. The first AZMerit 
writing exam takes place on Friday, April 6. Please make sure your
student has headphones/earbuds to take the AZMerit tests.

Math tutoring will commence after school this week. Tutoring will take place
on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:05-3:40. All students are welcome to
attend for extra math practice. The data analysis unit quiz will be this
upcoming Thursday.

This week in science, students will finish learning about bones, joints, and 
vertebrae. They will take a skeletal system anatomy quiz on Wednesday. 
They will be expected to know the location of each of the bones we have 
studied. On Thursday, students will begin learning about the muscular system.

This week, students will continue to practice using transition words to connect 

ideas and stretching simple sentences into longer ones using relevant details. 

Please help coach your students as they compose their practice sentences at 

home! On Monday, students will take the practice AZ Merit writing test to 

familiarize themselves with the AZ Merit’s tools and format.

In literature, students will continue reading through chapters 2-3 in Across Five Aprils.

This week in history, students will continue learning about the Civil War. Students 
will be learning about the Emancipation Proclamation, General Lee, General Grant,
 and the draft. Please note that when students have a summary paragraph for 
homework, that should serve as their notes for that chapter.  


In math this week, we will start our unit on data analysis. Students will work with 
pie charts using fractions and percentages. We will take the unit test on Thursday,
 then transition into AZMerit practice until we take our tests on 4/17 and 4/19. We 
will have math groups this week on Wednesday 8:00-9:15.