NEWS: More and more parent essays, "In a Million Words or Less," have been turned in this week. We really appreciate learning more about your child. Not only do we have a great group of students, but we have a great group of parents, too. So, thank you!
Thank you to our JoMaNa students who have volunteered to be peer helpers. Your support is noticeable and appreciated.
ACADEMICS:
Language Arts: 1) Vocabulary due Friday; Test Friday (words are at the bottom of this post). 2) "The Important Thing About Me . . . " poem is due tomorrow - this is the rough draft, edited. Final will be written in class tomorrow.
Reading: 1) Continuing Seedfolks as a class. 2) Ms. Conklin gave a book talk today. Students will be given their Independent Reading Project requirement sheet tomorrow. The genre of the month is Fiction, and the theme is Identity/Adolescence. Students will be choosing their book, and will have 3+ weeks to complete the Independent Reading Project.
Math: 1) Blue worksheet due Friday.
Science: 1) In-class work in lab book. Unit is Diversity of Life. Starting with Characteristics of Life.
Social Studies: 1) Current events due Friday. 2) Given Interactive Notebooks for the study of Australia and Oceania. This notebook will stay in class.
Vocabulary Words to study (spelling and definitions)
1. traits
2. conventions
3. diversity
4. community
5. identity
6. mean
7. median
8. mode
9. statistics
10. Australia
11. indigenous
12. Oceania
13. Ms. Jorgensen
14. Ms. Matson
15. Ms. Naputi
Assignment: 1) Definitions 2) Write descriptive sentences 3) Write words 3x each
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