Math

This week in math, students will continue working in groups on their Geometry City. This project focuses on map skills, geometry concepts, vocabulary, and teamwork. Students will work through this project in phases and have already completed Phase One. They will begin Phase Two this week which focuses on the blueprint and outline of their city. In Phase Three, students will build 3D nets of their structures and start "building up" their city from a blueprint.

The Unit 8 Geometry and Measurement test will be on 4/21.

For homework this week, students will use the starred concepts in IXL and get a score of 80% on at least 3 concepts.

Science & Social Studies

This week in Science, we are launching our fun content review stations! We cover so much material over the course of the year, so it's time to start refreshing stuff we learned early on. These are engaging and hands-on ways to review the material as we prepare to wrap up our year!

In Social Studies this week, we are continuing our study of the 20th century. We will quickly catch up on the Cold War and the Korean conflict that we did not finish last week. This week we will also explore the Arms Race and Cuban Missile Crisis, and wrap up with Neil Armstrong and the Space Race

Reading/ Writing

This week students will begin a whole class novel called Number the Stars. We will be listening to this novel in class. Students will have comprehension questions that they will be responsible for completing as we listen and discuss this book. We will finish this book this week!

Students will receive new spelling words this week. Their activities will be due Thursday the 28th. Their spelling test will also be Thursday the 28th. This will be their LAST set of spelling words that they will receive this year!!

We will have Camp Thurman this Friday!!! More information about what to bring will be sent in an email this week so be on the lookout!

Book Talk #4 is due Friday April 29th. This will be our final book talk of the year. This will be a "bag" book talk, which means that students will bring in 5 different items in a paper bag that are meaningful in their story. As they do the book talk, the students will pull out the items and share/ explain them.