Last week was hard. Especially last Friday. After a whole quarter of learning new things, we are all incredibly excited, but also a little tired. This is why Fall Break was invented. As we approach the break, remind your students to finish the race strong! Push through to the end and cross the finish line at their best pace. These last two weeks contain the promise of wonderful learning yet, and then we will get a week off to rest our minds and our souls and prepare for a brand new quarter. Each and every one of your students deserves a commendation for what they have accomplished these past nine weeks. Be sure to remind them how proud you are during their break! This WeekIn Spalding this week we will be filling in some rule pages, but still expect spalding homework to be coming. In English Language Arts we will be practicing our keyword outline and summary skills. Student progression in these skills will be tested next week. In Math we will continue working on factors and multiples. Factors are numbers that you can multiply together to make a product (another number). Keep reviewing this concept. Ask your students "We are buying 2 pizzas with 8 slices each...2 and 8 are both factors of what number?" Make it as concrete and as relevant as possible so your students have concrete experiences to connect with these ideas with in the future. In Literature we will be learning about Arthur and his knight's quest for the Holy Grail. The story starts to take many a tragic turn in these chapters, but also contains a lot of exciting adventures and excellent moral lessons. Keep asking your students what it means to be a good knight, and who their favorite knight is. They can learn a lot from the examples of King Arthur's court. In History we are reviewing all we have learned this quarter. The important arc we have been tracking is the transition from the Feudal system of government that arose in the wake of Rome's collapse to the beginnings of Representative Democracy that arose in England through the Magna Carta and parliament. The ideas and truths that were discovered in the 400 year period between Charlemagne's crowning as Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D. and the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 A.D. are those that would be held as "Self-Evident" in the American Declaration of Independence. In Science we will be diving into atoms and electricity! This is a very exciting unit, so expect a lot of excited stories to come home about static electricity and circuits! Upcoming AssessmentsComments are closed.
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