Happy Friday!
The students are really looking forward to the Hawaiian themed dance tonight and finding out who the special guest will be. I am looking forward to seeing them there before we all head into the weekend!
English Homeroom:
Students have been continuing our mythology unit this week, building on last week's work and beginning to explore the structure of myths so they can write their own. Yesterday, we had a rich discussion about the difference between fate and free will, and students began drafting a mini modern myth in which they create their own mythical character, problem, and solution. We will continue with these next week.
English Differentiation:
Students completed their final spelling quiz of the year this week! For the remaining spelling lessons, students will be working on a mini morphology project in which they create their own root morpheme and origin story. We will continue working through this project next week.
Math:
Students continued practicing how to find the percentage of a number, as well as how to name and identify 3D polyhedra by their faces, edges, and vertices. Reteaching sheets came home this week covering all topics from our final test, which will take place next Thursday, 11.06.26, during our double math hour. Topics include: percentages (Topic 14), customary and metric measurements (Topic 16), and an introduction to polyhedra (Topic 18.1). The students are very excited that this will be our last math test of the year!
Social Studies:
This week we began exploring the Greek Olympics in more detail. Students presented their creative chants in class on Thursday, and we will make our final selection next week for the chant we will learn and perform at the opening ceremony. Toward the end of next week, students will begin signing up for events, and we will go over the format of each event and start practicing ahead of the big day.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!