Friday, January 6, 2017

January 2017-Happy New Year!

Congrats, AJ on being our PRIDE Award 
Winner for November!!!
 Congratulations to our Straight A Winners for the 1st Trimester!!!!




 


 The PV and LV Choir performing at Yorktown Mall!!!




 Off to Drury Lane Theater to see A Christmas Carol!!!


















Holiday Concert at PV!!!  Nice performance!!!













Bowling FUN!!!!


































Reading: Theme: Challenges
We will be reading and discussing how challenges relate to the songs.  We will then look at a chapter from a book called, Spirit Bear.  We will discuss challenges that the main character, Cole, is facing.  We will end our Unit 1-Challenges with a Glogster Poster about a famous person who had challenges and overcame them to become successful.

Language skills:  Theme, Conjunctions and Interjections.


Social Studies: Chapter 6-"Life in the Colonies "

Lesson 1-1700s-West Africa-The slave trade continues to grow.
Lesson 2-1723-Philadelphia-Benjamin Franklin moves to Philadelphia and works as a printer.
Lesson 3-1735-New York-The trial of John Peter Zenger wins the first victory for freedom of the press.
Lesson 4-1739-South Carolina-Enslaved people clash with slave owners in the Stono Rebellion.



Science: Chapter 15-Energy-"Energy exists in many forms and can be changed from one form to another."

Lesson 1-What Are Kinetic and Potential Energy?
Lesson 2-What Are Some Forms of Energy?
Lesson 3-How Is Heat Transferred?
Lesson 4-How Do People Use Energy Resources?


Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class:  Unit 2:  Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Session 1- Using a Money Model
Session 2-Unit 2 Pretest---Money and Fractions, Fractions and Mixed Numbers, Fractions on a Clock Face, Clock Face Fractions, Adding Fractions, Equivalent Fractions on a Clock, Comparing Fractions, Subtracting Fractions
Session 3-Clock Fractions
Session 4-Introducing the Clock Fraction Game
Session 5-Which Model Works Best?

Unit 2 Math test is Friday, January 13th!

Spakausky's Scoop Oct. 16th

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