Week of February 2nd

Reading: We will FINISH our poetry unit this week. We will be focusing on comprehension with a variety of poems and finishing our poetry notebook. Students should be practicing their Poetry Café poem EVERY NIGHT!!!

Writing/Language:   In preparation for the ACT Aspire writing test, we will continue looking at on-demand writing while presenting our action plan projects to the class! We will also be studying homophones.

Math: We will continue in our unit on fractions this week by multiplying whole numbers and fractions.

Science/Social Studies: In science we will begin our astronomy unit by discussing the inner and outer planets. In social studies we will begin our unit on government by comparing the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution.       Anchor Down these Assessments/Due Dates Poetry notebooks due Friday- some students may have to finish at home Be practicing for our Poetry Café- Students will present poems FEB. 13!!   100 Book Challenge Goals: Good- 244 steps Better- 460 steps Captain of the Week:   This week’s Captain of the Week is Nathan Bishop! Nathan is always on his best behavior and is a great role model for others. He displays the character traits of cooperation, respect, responsibility, and caring.  To see what Nathan is learning throughout the week, follow us on Twitter @glay_jessica (Note- Twitter has not been working! SORRY!       Reminders from the Marina: *PTA Meeting/Science fair- Feb.  2nd at 6:30 *Jump Rope for Heart week- Week of February 9th *Valentine’s Day party- February 13th *Poetry Café- February 13th at 10:00 in OES library *Interims go home- February 13th *Late start day- 2 hr delay for students- February 18th