Weekly Reminders:*Lesson 20 spelling pretest on Monday.
*Chapter 15, lesson 2 science quiz on Monday.
*No school on Tuesday - Teachers' Institute.
*District spelling bee on Thursday, at 1:00 - Good luck, Declan!
*Lesson 20 spelling test on Friday.
Plan Ahead:
*Failure notices on Tuesday, February 9.
*Midwest Map test on Tuesday, February 9.
*Classroom Valentine's Day Party on Friday, February 12.
*No school on Monday, February 15 - Presidents' Day.
*Six Flags Reading Club deadline on Friday, February 19.
*Spring Pictures on Thursday, February 25.
*Ozzie's Reading Club deadline on Friday, February 26.
*Movie Night on Friday, February 26.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will continue our unit on Physical Science. Our focus will be on sources of electricity. We will cover the concepts of potential energy, kinetic energy, hydroelectric power, geothermal energy, and solar energy.
Social Studies - We will begin our study of the Midwest Region. Our first lesson focuses on how the Great Lakes were formed and their importance to the Midwest.
Spelling - We will be working with lesson 20 words this week. This lesson practices adding suffixes (endings) to words correctly. Please practice your spelling words in cursive.
English - The children will take their next English pretest on Thursday. I hope to have the pretests back to the children on Friday. This will allow them to use the weekend to choose their enrichment project idea. I will then meet with each child on Monday, February 8 to approve their enrichment choices. We will begin this next unit on Wednesday, February 10.
Reading - We will continue working on reading extended response writing. The children will also be reading a biography about Gloria Estefan.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Here is the link to Quadrilateral Quest http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/6-8/activities/quad_quest/quad_quest.html
Monday - Checkpoint on all geometric concepts we have covered to this point. HW ~ None.
Tuesday - No school - Teachers' Institute.
Wednesday - Trivia Challenge. HW ~ Place Value Review
Thursday - Congruent & Similar. HW ~ Congruent/Similar worksheet & Order of Operations Review.
Friday - Transformations & Symmetry. HW ~ Transformation/Symmety worksheet.
