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".

Valentine Cuties!

Parents, thank you so much for sending photos to celebrate Valentine's Day!

Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps

Reading:

Reading skills we are developing this week include:

• use textual evidence to compare and contrast character traits of the principal characters

•  explain and describe Sancho’s experiences as governor

• summarize a chapter of the text using key details 

Writing:

Writing skills we are developing this week include:

• write an opinion statement using supporting textual evidence

• draft the body paragraphs and conclusion of their persuasive essay

Morphology:

Morphology skills we are developing this week include:

•  review morphemes learned this year

Grammar: 

Grammar skills we are developing this week include:

• use comparing and contrasting words and phrases

Homework: Complete draft (4 paragraphs) of persuasive writing due Friday (you may need to work on this at home)

Final TYPED paper is due Friday, February 28th.

Math: Mrs. Bennett

This week in Math class we are preparing to start out next module- Understand Multiplication of Fractions. We will complete a few lessons where we review previous knowledge required to have success with multiplication of fractions. Students will interpret and represent an equal-sharing situation in which the number of portions does not evenly divide. We will use sharing sandwiches as a real-world example. Students will write and solve story problems involving the division of 2 whole numbers, leading to quotients in the form of fractions. Understanding what the numerator and denominator represents in a fraction will set us up for multiplication of fractions!

Some students are focusing on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, based on their SS Quiz results. This is a 4th grade level skill that some need to loop back to before moving forward with multiplying fractions!

Homework:

2/17- SS #63

2/18 - SS #64

2/19- Make sure you are all caught up on SS lessons! 

2/20- SS Quiz (last one of the Trimester)

Social Studies: Mrs. Crush

Global Economics, Trade, Supply Chain, We Made a T-Shirt Planet Money Activity

Students will be working on an interactive and hands-on activity that will help students to master the concept of trade, supply chain, and production as it relates to economics and personal finance. Students will use the Planet Money video series "We Made a T-Shirt" to track the complete production of making a graphic t-shirt from growing the cotton to shipping to a store near you. Students will then choose a product of their own to track and understand how it is created and possibly shipped to their homes. 

Religion: Mrs. Crush

We will begin Saints Madness and students will choose their Saints on Saint Selection Day! The timeline and rubric is below. Students will be using classtime to research and create their iMovies. 

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. 

• Saints Madness Research is due Tuesday, February 25.

• Saints Madness iMovie is due Monday, March 3.

Science: Mrs. Jackel

https://sites.google.com/ascension-parish.com/k-5science/5