About the Week of March 23 and looking ahead...

About the Week of March 23 and looking ahead...

Monday March 30- HIV/AIDS lesson. Parent info page comes home with this.

  Your child has been bringing homework assignments for some of our puberty lessons. Thursday students will be separated by gender and we will watch videos about changes in boys and girls as they grow up. We will have a discussion and answer questions. Mr. Tebo will be leading this with the boys from Mrs. Custer's class and ours for the boys. Mrs. Custer and I will talk with the girls. All week we have been having a question box. If a student asks a question that is not something we should be answering, we let them know that they should be asking their trusted adult(s).  

CONFERENCES: March 30 and 31

   I look for ward to visiting with you about your child next week. I would like your child to join us and share his/her presentation with you and discuss goals and all the things that your child is doing well. It is great to include your child in the conversation about his/her learning and school life. 

** NOTE: These conferences are only 15 minutes and there is no 5 minute break built in as there was at the elementary schools. I need to stay on time in order to not make others late for their conference and possibly other children's conferences. You are welcome to schedule another conference and/or call if you need more time! 

HOMEWORK:  

1) Page 131 & 132 in the workbook- all.

For all:  Reading: Read every day.

For all:  March Book Project- Due March 30 - Students will present that day.

April Book Project: Students will be choosing a biography to read over spring break. We will be writing biographies (in class) based on these when they return from break. 

MATH:   

 We took the test on Thursday. I will have these for you at conferences. Friday we played a computer quiz game (Kahoot!) to review past concepts. Monday we will begin our new unit, Algebra, Patterns, and Coordinate Graphs.

 
 READING:  

We began Book Club on Friday. Students are in groups reading, discussing and working on comprehension strategies. I sit in with groups each day, listening in and joining the discussion. They will choose a project to complete and have an assessment at the end of their book. This book club may require homework on occasion if students are unable to finish in class.  
  Thursday we are watching the Sign of the Beaver movie and comparing it to the book. If students earned sit and sip, they may bring a drink for the movie. Everyone may bring in some popcorn to eat during the movie!

WRITING:

Students shared their Superhero brochures for the superhero they created! They were awesome and included the values a hero has, superpowers, and how he/she can help others. We studied Idioms such as "When pigs fly." and "Cat has your tongue". Students illustrated the idiom and wrote what it really means. We reviewed figurative language such as idioms, simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and alliteration.

Spelling  Students took Spelling Test 24 on Friday.This week there will be no spelling lesson.