Reading:
This week we continued finding the main idea of an article. We also read our Scholastic News article and answered questions.
The students participated in another debate this week: Should girls and boys be taught separately? If they haven't already discussed this with you, please have your child share with you their answer. Our goal with the debates is two-fold: strengthen their accountable talk (disagreeing/agreeing respectfully) and supporting their opinions with evidence.
Students had a spelling test on Thursday. They will receive new words on Monday, January 23.
They received new Latin/Greek and will take a test on 1/26.
Writing:
Students continued moving through the writing process for their first informational paper. They are turning out nicely and have done a good job using evidence-based terms to cite their sources.
Projects:
We continued our Earth Systems project. Your children are becoming very knowledgeable on the earth systems and how they interact to form weather. It's quite impressive! This week they continued working on their system poster and we did a demonstration on how clouds make precipitation.
Misc:
Next year's school calendar was approved, please check your email.
A yearbook order email was sent out.
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