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Students made Social Studies Posters with Mr. Adams!
Week of December 4th
Important Dates:
December 5-- Early Dismissal
December 7-- Bowling permission slips are due
December 19-Holiday Movie Trip to see Wonder
December 5-- Early Dismissal
December 7-- Bowling permission slips are due
December 19-Holiday Movie Trip to see Wonder
December 21-- Bowling
Reading: We will finish up our newspaper article called "A Star with a Heart." Then the students will be introduced to the world of mythology. The first myth they will read is The Myth of Hercules. They will compare and contrast their views of a hero and evaluate whether or not they feel that Hercules has the traits to consider him a hero.We will continue our unit on Mythology. This week the students will become familiar with all aspects of a given myth (characters, setting, events, theme, etc). Students will work in a small group or individually to complete a project that summarizes a myth in a chosen format. After reading and researching a myth, they will create a project that will be presented to their classmates.
Reading: We will finish up our newspaper article called "A Star with a Heart." Then the students will be introduced to the world of mythology. The first myth they will read is The Myth of Hercules. They will compare and contrast their views of a hero and evaluate whether or not they feel that Hercules has the traits to consider him a hero.We will continue our unit on Mythology. This week the students will become familiar with all aspects of a given myth (characters, setting, events, theme, etc). Students will work in a small group or individually to complete a project that summarizes a myth in a chosen format. After reading and researching a myth, they will create a project that will be presented to their classmates.
Time For Kids: The students will be given a TFK magazine on Monday. There will be a quiz on the cover story on Thursday.
Spelling/Vocabulary: We will complete a two week spelling/vocabulary unit on Mythology. There will not be a test this week. The students will learn that many English words have Greek roots and many of them come straight from the names of myths of certain gods, titans and mythological characters. We will also focus on allusions. An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place or literature. The students will find there are many allusions to Greek Mythology.
Social Studies: The Ch. 6 Test is Monday, Dec. 4th. Then we will complete our study of the Southeast with a scrapbook. The students will be assigned a state and will create a scrapbook using their chromebooks. Class time will be given for this however some may be homework.
Science: We will continue a unit on Life Cycles of Plants and Animals. We will begin learning about animal life cycles. We will read and learn how some animals grow and develop. We will also learn about the different stages in the human life cycle.
Mrs. Krasnodebski's and Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: We will continue Unit 3, Module 2. Students name fractional parts of the geoboard and describe the parts’relationships to one another. Their observations are then extended into comparing fractions with unlike numerators and denominators, and adding fractions with like denominators.
