We have made it through a 2 day week and a 3 day week...now we are ready for a 4 day week! I hope everyone enjoys the 3 day weekend and takes time to reflect on the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. We will be reading through his I Have a Dream speech in reading next week!
Writing- We are going to continue studying some "mentor poems" and looking at techniques that poets use to add figurative language and imagery to their works. We will practice rewriting some poems at the beginning of the week and end the week by trying sonnets and ballads.
Reading- As we are writing poetry, we will also be reading it! We are going to do some close reading of Langston Hughes's poems. We study his contributions to the Harlem Renaissance in Social Studies as well.
Math- We have started working with fractions. We will be looking at converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and improper fractions to mixed numbers. We will also work with equivalent fractions and finding common denominators as we get ready for adding and subtracting fractions.
Social studies and science- At the beginning of the week we will wrap up World War I and the Roaring 20s. This unit has been split up between breaks so we will not have a summative assessment on this topic. We have had several formative checks along the way. On Thursday, we will kick off our next science topic: Constructive and destructive forces.
Friday is hat day if your student would like to participate!
Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your continued support!
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