History/ Literature / ELA Week of May 23-25

It is hard to believe that this year has ended. You child will hold a special place in my heart.  I will truly miss them and I wish them success in their educational career.

Remember that the last day May 25th is half a day and that is our party day.

History:  We will make and play the game "On The Appian Way" where the students will answer trivia questions about the Appian Way.

ELA: We will review the Elements of Poetry and write a poem.

Literature: We  will discuss the books that we have read and talk about our favorite book.

History / Literature / ELA WEEK Of 5/16/2016

No School Uniforms starting May 16. Free dress must comply to the School Handbook.
Please set up an appointment to go over the Test Scores.
Last day of school May 25th. Early Release @ 11:45 - This will also be the class party,

History: We will be making a volcano shaped book about Mount Vesuvius, We will discuss the daily life of Ancient Rome. We will create a Bulla and a Roman cookbook.

Literature: We will finish the book "Detectives in Togas"

ELA: We will be discussing the elements of poetry and write some poetry.

Math for Week of May 23- 25, 2016

This week in Math we will continue playing games to reinforce skills learned during the year.  Please keep practicing your multiplication facts during the summer.

Math for Week of May 16- 20, 2016

This week in Math we will practice skills we have learned during the year.  We will also play games using these skills.  

Mrs. Carroll May 9-13, 2016

This week in Chemistry we will follow the scientific method with a "gummy bear" lab.  One will be placed in water, another will be placed in salt water, and the third will not be in a solution.  We will determine the mass, length, width, height, and thickness of the gummy bear before placed in the assigned cup.  The next day we will record observations and measure each one again and complete the data sheet.  We might repeat the experiment with sour gummy bears later in the week!

History/ Literature/ELA Week of May 9-13

Happy Mother's Day! Just want you to know that I enjoy each of your children and I hope that you are having a great day.
Remember: Friday the 13th is field day. It is also EARLY RELEASE.

History:  We should finish our timeline this week. We will also finish the Greek pockets.This week we will compare the Ancient Greek and Roman Daily life and Education. Even though we are not making the Roman History pockets, we will make and discuss a lot of information in those pockets.

Literature:   We will read and discuss chapters 18-19 in "Detectives  in Togas".

ELA: We will not have any more spelling words;  however we will be reviewing the words that we have had this year.  We will learn about the stem POST, PORT, and DISC.

Math for Week of May 9-13, 2016

Monday- Lesson 7-12 Decimal Number Stories p. 261-262.  Homework- Math Box 7-12 p. 263

Tuesday Lesson 7-13 Displaying Insect Data p. 264-267.  Homework Math Box 7-13 p. 268

Wednesday- Study Guide for Unit 7

Thursday- Test for Unit 7

Friday- Test Corrections

Decimals

Chemistry May 2-6, 2016

This week we will continue identifying the metals and nonmetals on the periodic table of elements.  We are also reviewing skills we learned throughout the school year.  Students will practice the scientific method by doing a Gummy Bear Lab and completing a lab report..