Thursday, April 27, 2017

Week of May 1-5

Language Arts

On Monday, the students will present the advertisement for the product they created with their partner for a major grade.  Wax Museum book is due in class for a daily grade as well.  On Wednesday, we have library, so please make sure your child brings their library books. We are asking our students to recheck out their biography/autobiography book for Wax Museum.  On Wednesday and Friday, we will begin working on our Research paper for Wax Museum, and the students will be selecting their Portrait of their "person" which is due on Monday, May 8th. After your child finds their Portrait here at school with us, they can then print it at home in color.

Homework


Homework will be given on Monday and due on Friday.  Please make sure your child is completing their Reading Project at home.  The project is due Friday, May 19th along with the Reading Log. (both are major grades)


Social Studies

On Tuesday, we will finish Ch. 11 over Industry and Immigration.  We will have a test over Ch. 11 on Thursday, May 4th.  Students were given study guides on Thursday, April 27th.  Our end of the year social studies benchmark will be given the week of May 15th.  A definite date has not been set.  The benchmark will cover concepts from the entire school year.  Students will be given a study guide covering concepts from the school year next week.  We will be reviewing the study guide in class.  Students will also need to study for the benchmark at home as well.  I will announce the exact date when it is established.  

Homework for this week is to study for the Ch. 11 test on Thursday.