Cluster 3
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February Update
To Parents, Guardians, and Care Takers,
We have begun Quarter 3. Students have new WIN and Special classes. These changes can be found on the students schedule in PowerSchool.
Please let us know how your student is doing, especially at home. We are here to help via email or a quick talk at school.
Thanks! Cluster 3
Math with Mr. Casciano
Hello Cluster 3 Families!
We are finishing Unit 4: Proportional Relationships and Percentages. Students have completed a few lessons using an online tool called Jamboard involving real life situations with percentages. Students also completed a review day in preparation for the unit test. We will be having our end of Unit Test on Monday 2/6.
After completing this test next week, we will move onto our next unit which is Unit 5: Operations with Positive and Negative Numbers.
Here is a link to our Unit 4 Family Resource Information Sheet.
Here is a link to our next unit's family resource guide: Unit 5 Family Resource Information Sheet.
Social Studies with Mr. Kirkaldy
Learning Targets:
- I can describe the government, social structure, art, writing, and technology of the Shang Dynasty
- I can analyze artifacts to draw conclusions about the Shang Dynasty
This week we finished looking at artifacts from the Shang Dynasty in China to see what they show us about this ancient civilization. Next week we will be learning about three Chinese philosophies that influenced government in China: Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.
Check out our School Friends' Smores
EDL & PHONICS CLASSROOMS - https://www.smore.com/1a8k7
SPECIALIST'S CLASSROOM - The Specialist S'more
READING CLASSROOMS - https://www.smore.com/5r0sb-reading-classes
MS. SORENSON'S CLASSROOM - https://www.smore.com/enhsa
ELA with Ms. Fitanides
ELA
Classes are finishing up their final projects for their social issues book groups and will move on to a personal narrative writing unit.
Standards:
I can write narratives to develop experiences or events using effective literary techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured sequences.
Science with Ms. Smith
I CAN identify that valence electron
determine an atom’s chemical
property, including reactivity.
I CAN interpret the arrangement of the
Periodic Table to explain how properties
are used to classify elements (including
groups and periods).