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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:

•  explain and describe Sancho’s experiences as governor

• identify and discuss the author’s use of figurative language, specifically the use of metaphors

• use textual evidence to support the final characterization of Don Quixote

Writing:

Writing skills we are developing this week include:

• publish final copy of a persuasive essay 

Morphology:

Morphology skills we are developing this week include:

•  create words using the prefixes il–, ir–, and inter–; the suffix –ness; and the root tract.

Grammar: 

Grammar skills we are developing this week include:

• use comparing and contrasting words and phrases in sentences

• correctly use commas to separate items in a series in a sentence

Homework:  Final TYPED persuasive essay is due Friday, February 28th.

(Rough draft and graphic organizer are to be turned in as well)

Math: Mrs. Bennett

This week in Math class we are starting out next module- Understand Multiplication of Fractions. We will start with an investigation where students explore the concept of determining part of a part, or multiplying 2 fractions, by folding pieces of paper into equal parts several times. With each fold, students further equipartition parts they have already made and are challenged to keep track of how many parts they have made before unfolding to check their predictions. As students name the parts they made and explain their predictions, they are invited to use the language of fraction multiplication. Throughout the week, we will continue to explore real-world scenarios in which you are taking a part of a part, or multiplying 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:

2/24- SS #65 & 3 Reflex Sessions due Friday!

2/25 - SS #66

2/26- SS #67

2/27- SS #68

2/28 - No SS Quiz

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 continue 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:

• 3rd 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, May 14. 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