Week of 12/9 - 12/13
Week of 12/9 - 12/13
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Important Dates:
Important Dates:
Dec. 9-13– EMS Out of Uniform for students who sold 15 tickets.
Dec. 11– Field Trip~"Presents with a Purpose Program" *Students must be in uniform.
Dec. 11– Jack's Birthday
Dec. 11– Eli's Birthday
Dec. 11– Tech Rehearsal for Christmas Program 1:45-3:30p.m.
Dec. 12–K-5th Christmas Program 6:30p.m. in Gym
Dec. 18– Open Mic Poetry Slam, 12:30-1:30p.m.
Dec. 20– 12:30p.m. Dismissal
Dec. 23-Jan. 3– Christmas Break
Jan. 2– Collins' Birthday
Jan. 6– Return to School
Important Reminder:
We will send home graded/completed work on Wednesdays. There will be a green sheet for you to sign weekly showing that you have seen (and removed) all of their work. Forms from the office will also be included. Students have labeled the front pocket in their binder "Take Home".
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps
Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps
Reading:
Reading skills we are developing this week include:
use text evidence to make inferences
identify parallel structure and analyze its use to compare and contrast scenes
analyze a poem and identify poetic devices such as personification and extended simile
Writing:
Daily writing opportunities this week involve the following:
compose a poem that includes a personally created motto or slogan
create and share an original poem utilizing parallel structure to contrast scenes
apply learned poetry skills to compose a final, original ars poetica (a poem about the craft of poetry)
Speaking and Listening:
Development of speaking and listening skills include:
read their poem aloud to a partner and offer positive feedback about their writing
Homework: Final poem and reflection sheet due Friday
**Also, submit a final draft (typed or neatly written) of a poem for the Poetry Slam if you plan to read one by Friday
Math: Mrs. Bennett
This week in Math class, we are focusing on wrapping up our Chapter on Multiplying Decimals. Students will focus on real-world scenarios that require multiplication of decimals. Students are designing a Holiday Village. Each activity/station in the village takes up a certain amount of the total land. For example, students will add a christmas market to their village, but it only takes up 0.3 of the land. Therefore, students will use multiplication to determine how much 0.3 of 20.4 acres would be and draw it on their blue print. Students will rely on estimates to help them place their decimal correctly in the product.
*Students will have a test the week before Christmas Break. Students will have access to a study guide, and time in class to review! Date it TBT, but I will let students know in the next couple days. The test will cover the following:
Understand Decimal Multiplication Patterns
Assess Reasonableness of Products
Multiply Decimals by 1-2 Digit Whole Numbers
Multiply Decimals
Multiply Decimals with Zeros in the Product
Homework:
12/9 - SS #37 & 3 Reflex Sessions due Fri.
12/10- SS #38
12/11 - SS #39
12/12 - SS #40
12/13 - SS Quiz
Social Studies: Mrs. Crush
Students will the following in Social Studies this week:
Identify and describe the rights, roles, responsibilities, and limitations of citizens, women, slaves, and foreigners in Classical Athens.
Compare and contrast the life of a slave (like Elpis) and a citizen in Classical Greece.
Reflect on how citizenship in Classical Greece differs from modern concepts of citizenship.
Religion: Mrs. Crush
We will be focusing the next few weeks on Advent. The students will be researching a saint from Advent and how that helps us know that our participation in Advent prepares us for Christ's Second Coming and for the celebration of His first coming at Christmas. They will learn that the third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday, a day of rejoicing.
***We had four students from Ascension whose images were selected for the "Saints for Kids" section of Youth Focus in The Record Newspaper. Reagan L.'s image was selected to be printed in the newspaper and Maddie, Madeline, and Amelia's images are found online: https://therecordnewspaper.org/how-to-celebrate-our-lady-of-guadalupes-feast-day/ So proud of all the students!
Important Announcements:
2nd Trimester Service Hours and Reflections: Each student is asked to complete two service hours, with at least two different experiences per trimester. Their 2nd Trimester Service Hours and Reflections are due Wednesday, February 12. This will be complete on Google Classroom.
Science: Mrs. Jackel
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