Week 31: Apr 21-25
Events the week of 4/21-4/25
Wednesday 4/23: Conferences
Thursday 4/24: 1/2 day, Conferences
Friday 4/25: 1/2 day, Popcorn Day
Spring conferences are on April 23rd and 24th and I would like students to participate in these conferences because we will be discussing recommendation into the accelerated classes at the middle school. It’s a big decision and I want students to get a full understanding of what they’re committing to. With that said the 4th quarter will be a great way to assess the students’ level of commitment and ability to succeed in accelerated classes at the middle school.
ELA
During Reading and Writing Workshop students are continuing to craft argument paragraphs by examining the prompt of year-round school. This week’s activities include…
Students will learn how to evaluate credible sources and cite sources. More specifically students will know when to use in text citations, avoid plagiarism, and paraphrase secondary sources correctly. In addition students will learn how to organize a works cited page and how to cite a multitude of sources which include websites, periodicals, and books. Throughout the remainder of the week students will revise throughout the drafting process. When students have completed a draft, they revisit all the components of the piece to make sure it is as persuasive as possible. Students will be reviewing a rubric to ensure their paragraphs are complete and well developed.
SOCIAL STUDIES
They will examine the British Parliament’s attempts to tighten control from the early Navigation Acts and the Proclamation of 1763 to the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, the Townsend Acts, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts. Students will explore how colonists responded to the increasing control by Britain and analyze conflicting accounts of a variety of events such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. In doing so, students analyze how colonial and British views on authority and the use of power without authority differed. They will
read biographies of significant colonial leaders and compare their contributions during the Revolutionary War era. Students also focus on the role of political ideas, such as liberty (unalienable rights), representative government, and consent of the governed (social compact) as they analyze colonial disputes with Great Britain.
SCIENCE
In Science we will be examining the ideas of symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Symbiosis is a relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over a period of time. Mutualism is the relationship between two kinds of organisms that over time benefits both organisms. Parasitism is a relationship in which one kind of organism lives on or in another organism and may harm that organism. Parasites are the organisms that live on or in other organisms. The hosts are the organisms that the parasites feed on. Fleas are parasites of dogs and cats. Commensalism is the relationship in which each organism benefits from another without harming or helping it. An energy pyramid shows that less and less food and energy are available as you go from the base to the top of the pyramid. Changes in a food web will affect humans because humans are the consumers.
MATH
This week in Math we will be reviewing sections 1.1 and 1.2 in our new 6th grade book Big Ideas. These two sections focus on the concepts of evaluating and writing expressions. In 5th grade Math we touched on these concepts however we will be taking a more in depth look this week. Next we will be learning the properties of addition and multiplication along with the distributive property to solve equations. There will be a quiz on sections 1.1-1.3 to assess student comprehension. Students would pass the quiz will move on to 1.4 which is working with the distributive property, but those who do not pass will receive re-teaching and then be re-tested before moving on. After each lesson students will be assigned problems to begin in class and
will most likely have to complete the ones they don’t finish for homework. Even if your child finishes during class I am still requiring them to take their work home so parents can check that the work is getting done.
Events the week of 4/21-4/25
Wednesday 4/23: Conferences
Thursday 4/24: 1/2 day, Conferences
Friday 4/25: 1/2 day, Popcorn Day
Spring conferences are on April 23rd and 24th and I would like students to participate in these conferences because we will be discussing recommendation into the accelerated classes at the middle school. It’s a big decision and I want students to get a full understanding of what they’re committing to. With that said the 4th quarter will be a great way to assess the students’ level of commitment and ability to succeed in accelerated classes at the middle school.
ELA
During Reading and Writing Workshop students are continuing to craft argument paragraphs by examining the prompt of year-round school. This week’s activities include…
Students will learn how to evaluate credible sources and cite sources. More specifically students will know when to use in text citations, avoid plagiarism, and paraphrase secondary sources correctly. In addition students will learn how to organize a works cited page and how to cite a multitude of sources which include websites, periodicals, and books. Throughout the remainder of the week students will revise throughout the drafting process. When students have completed a draft, they revisit all the components of the piece to make sure it is as persuasive as possible. Students will be reviewing a rubric to ensure their paragraphs are complete and well developed.
SOCIAL STUDIES
They will examine the British Parliament’s attempts to tighten control from the early Navigation Acts and the Proclamation of 1763 to the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, the Townsend Acts, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts. Students will explore how colonists responded to the increasing control by Britain and analyze conflicting accounts of a variety of events such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. In doing so, students analyze how colonial and British views on authority and the use of power without authority differed. They will
read biographies of significant colonial leaders and compare their contributions during the Revolutionary War era. Students also focus on the role of political ideas, such as liberty (unalienable rights), representative government, and consent of the governed (social compact) as they analyze colonial disputes with Great Britain.
SCIENCE
In Science we will be examining the ideas of symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Symbiosis is a relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over a period of time. Mutualism is the relationship between two kinds of organisms that over time benefits both organisms. Parasitism is a relationship in which one kind of organism lives on or in another organism and may harm that organism. Parasites are the organisms that live on or in other organisms. The hosts are the organisms that the parasites feed on. Fleas are parasites of dogs and cats. Commensalism is the relationship in which each organism benefits from another without harming or helping it. An energy pyramid shows that less and less food and energy are available as you go from the base to the top of the pyramid. Changes in a food web will affect humans because humans are the consumers.
MATH
This week in Math we will be reviewing sections 1.1 and 1.2 in our new 6th grade book Big Ideas. These two sections focus on the concepts of evaluating and writing expressions. In 5th grade Math we touched on these concepts however we will be taking a more in depth look this week. Next we will be learning the properties of addition and multiplication along with the distributive property to solve equations. There will be a quiz on sections 1.1-1.3 to assess student comprehension. Students would pass the quiz will move on to 1.4 which is working with the distributive property, but those who do not pass will receive re-teaching and then be re-tested before moving on. After each lesson students will be assigned problems to begin in class and
will most likely have to complete the ones they don’t finish for homework. Even if your child finishes during class I am still requiring them to take their work home so parents can check that the work is getting done.