Week of 1/16 - 1/20
Week of 1/16 - 1/20
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Jan 9- Feb. 3 MAP Testing
Jan.23-27 8th Grade Grand Canyon Fundraiser, free dress for $1 per day
Jan. 28 - Feb 3 Catholic Schools Week
Jan. 28 Father/Daughter Event
Jan 31- Open House
Winter Map Testing is underway! Students will take one test a week, spread out over a few short sessions. This will, hopefully, eliminate testing fatigue.
MAP Testing Schedule
Winter 2023
1/10-1/12- Language
1/17-1/19- Reading
1/24-1/26- Math
1/30-2/3- Science
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
LA - MRS SCHMITT
MAP Testing will take place this week during Language Arts.
This week students will continue their focus on the essential questions:
How can I briefly and accurately express the main ideas and supporting details of the text?
How can using the text to justify my answers help me better understand what the author is saying?
Students will be focusing on the following skills:
Identify the main idea and themes
Explain how details are needed to support the main idea
Summarize text with key supporting details
We will be reading informational texts, specifically biographies, as a class to practice strategies in determining the importance of a text. Students will also be reading leveled texts and informational passages with the use of graphic organizers to synthesize and summarize their thinking using text evidence.
Students will be identifying and using roots and affixes, as well as begin learning about prepositional phrases. Students are practicing these skills on IXL, Khan Academy, and Freckle Apps.
Homework:
Weekly Reading Log for week of 1/17-1/20. Due by Friday 1/20. The form is posted on their Language Arts Google Classroom.
Unit 8 Vocabulary Test will take place on Thursday, January 26. Vocabulary words have been posted on Google Classroom.
MATH: MRS. BENNETT
This week in Math class we learning how to measure to the nearest inch and half inch using a standard inch ruler. Students are measuring the length of each line segment in their constellation to the nearest inch. Then recording the length in a table. Students will also practice how to measure to the nearest quarter inch.
*Please ensure you are checking your child's Simple Solutions lesson nightly for accuracy and completion. I have noticed an increase in the number of questions incorrect in recent lessons. These skills are important building blocks for students math journey and it is important they take their time to learn and practice these skills correctly. I appreciate your support at home!*
Homework:
1/17 SS #73 & HMH dashboard assignments due Friday 1/20
1/18 SS #74
(Lesson #75 will be done at school due to the short week)
1/19 SS #76
1/20 SS Quiz & HMH Dashboard Due!
SOCIAL STUDIES: MRS. CRUSH
We will continue our unit of Geography of the United States. Students will understand that the United States has a diverse geography and various maps can be used to represent and examine the geography. They will identify and map major physical features, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and large bodies of water. They will also examine climate and vegetation maps to explore the relationship between physical features and vegetation/climate. We will begin our studies about the Midwest Region. Students will be assessed on the Midwest Region State Capitals + States on Thursday, January 19. We will complete our presentations their Midwest Region landmarks this week.
We will also begin our Research Project on Kentucky Counties. Each student will be assigned a cluster of counties. They will focus on places, government, people, and events in their cluster. Students will be working on this research project in both Social Studies and Technology for the next several weekends.
Test on Thursday, January 19: Midwest Region State Capitals + States
RELIGION: MRS CRUSH
We will continue Ch. 6, "Baptism in Christ," in our Blest Are We workbooks. The students will discuss experiences of belonging to a group, realize the significance of the gift of Baptism, learn that in Baptism we are united with Christ and the Church, and understand our call to live Christian lives.
Test on Tuesday, January 24: Chapter 6 Test, pages 97-106
HW: 2nd Trimester Service Hours due Friday, February 17 (Students may turn in on Google Classroom or fill out paper copy)
FAMOUS KENTUCKIAN TIMELINES~Math Workshop
SCIENCE: MRS JACKEL
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