Ms. Harris' Weekly Update
April 9th-13th
What's Going On This Week:
- Ms. Harris' Science: This week we will start Lessons 2 and 3 on the water cycle and clouds. We will learn how the water cycle causes weather to occur. Students will also learn how to identify clouds and predict weather. A quiz over Lessons 1-3 will be Tuesday 17th.
- Ms. Harris' Social Studies: This week we will finish our last SS unit on the Civil War. We will start with the causes of the war, looking at the differences between the Northern and Southern states. We will also identify certain abolitionists and their impacts.
- Mrs. Thurston's Math/ELA:This week we will finish our novel studies and work on our end of novel “Amazon Listing Novel” projects! We will continue figurative language! We are also continuing to work on our TDA unit. We are learning how to find evidence in the text to get us ready for our EOY tests. Spelling words will be given T-F and tests will occur next week T-F! In math this week we will continue with Geometry. We will review how to use a protractor to measure angles with a short quiz on Wednesday! We will then discuss how to find missing angle measures!
- Ms. Harris' GT Math/ELA: This week in math we will continue with our unit on Geometry. Students will identify polygons and quadrilaterals. We will also review triangles, angles, and lines. In ELA, we will start our unit on poetry. Students will identify the parts of a poem, such as stanzas, rhyme, and rhythm. In writing, we will be learning about different types of Figurative Language. This week we will analyze and write similes and metaphors. There is no spelling this week.
Friday is the Glow in the Dark Dance
Admission is free, but you need to pay ahead for food. the dance is 6-8 pm and students must be accompanied by a parent.
MAP Testing Starts Next Week
MAP reading is Thursday the 19th and MAP math is Monday the 23rd. We will also be taking STAR tests in both reading and math sometime in April.
Rescheduled Golf Field Trip is 5/23
New permission slips with the new date will be going home this month. Please sign and return those. If you already paid for the original trip, you do not need to pay again.
Upcoming April Dates
- 4/12: PTO Mtg 9:30 ALL ARE WELCOME!!
- 4/17: School Spirit Night at TCBY
- 4/21: Spirit Day at Mr. Putty's
- 4/27: School Spirit Day/School Store is Open/last day to check out books from the library