PTA Update Week 6

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All students are required to have a school issued lock. All students going to Philadelphia must bring money for lunch. (Dinner is included in the cost of the trip.)

ART: 

We are working on the shields. Color is the key to this weeks success, finding an exciting color scheme for the drawings they worked so hard to perfect.

ENGLISH:

The independent reading assignment was due October 16th. Please encourage your child to get it in if he/she didn't already do so. This coming week, we will complete Workshop 1 and take our second Inquiry test on the last three readings of the workshop. This will be on Tuesday the 22nd. At the end of the week we will take an end-of workshop skills test. Some of the skills tested will be vocabulary knowledge, finding evidence in text, identifying main ideas and details, and author's purpose. We continue to research different topics using Expert Space online. This past week, they were assigned a career information search. Upcoming this next week, they will research Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. using the Expert Space information. Please go to www.expert21.com/student , log in and follow instructions. Students were given login information. If there is difficulty accessing the site, students can see me to verify their username/password information, or they can do the assignment during an extra help (Wednesdays and Fridays). Finally, although the independent reading assignment is completed, please encourage your children to read every day. Research has shown that consistent readers make consistently stronger learners!

MATHEMATICS:

Accelerated: We will start Chapter 4 on Friday.  There will be a Spiral Review Quiz on Monday.  Our first Common Assessment Exam will be on October 30th.

Math 7: We will start on Chapter 3 on Friday.  There will be a Spiral Review Quiz on Monday.  Our first Common Assessment Exam will be on October 30th.

SCIENCE:

Science Fair topic ideas. The focus in science this week was to begin to research topic ideas for science symposium. Students had the opportunity to go to the library computer lab for two class periods this week. The first deadline for the project timetable will be: Tuesday, October 22. Three possible topic ideas and selection of partner(s)- if working in a team of 2 or 3. Students have the option of working independently.
The first unit exam will be next Thursday, October 24. Biological Sciences, Life Functions and Scientific Method will be the topics to study. Extra Help will be given: Tuesday and Wednesday after school and Thursday morning at 7:20am.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

This week students will be exploring the impact of the Colombian Exchange on America. After examining how cultural differences created misconceptions, students will work with the online textbook and in the library to enhance their google drive skills. Extra help will be Tuesday for 1 hour this week.