Week of April 19th - 23rd

 We have been having fun learning about the fairness and equality with the principles and founding ideals of democracy. We had students engage in a Ancient Athens trial, which left many students questioning how this was the preliminary model of democracy. We have been having fabulous discussions!

In mathematics, we are coming to the end of our Order of Operations investigations and practice. We will be moving on to multiplication, division, area, perimeter and volume.

In Science, we are still exploring air and flight through Bernoulli's principle. However, later this week we will begin to explore how things fly, including birds and insects.

This last week, students explored hyperbole through a writing assignment in connection to our reading of Underground to Canada. This novel is spurring some fabulous discussions, questions, and wonderings; as well as helping use to explore inclusive language.

Here is the agenda for this coming week:

Agenda for April 19th - April 23rd

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• ELA - Underground to Canada Chapter 9 and Quiz

• ELA - Characterization Summary

• Social Studies - Fairness and Equity - Part B

• Math - Order of Operations - Simplify Exponents

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fab Fitness Variety and May the Force Reflection

Tuesday:

• Math - Order of Operations - Planning for Kahoot Tournament

• ELA - What are Human Rights? - Part J-1

• Social Studies - Fairness and Equity - Sharing - Part B

• Phys.Ed/Health  - Fab Fitness Variety

Wednesday: 

• ELA - Chapter 10 - Human Rights - Part J-2

• Math - Order of Operations - Leaf

• Social Studies - Trial of Athens Group Planning

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fab Fitness Variety

Thursday:

• ELA - Chapter 11 -  Red Light, Yellow Light

• Math - Order of Operations - Kahoot Tournament

• Social Studies - Ancient Athens Escape Room

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fab Fitness Variety

Friday:

• ELA - Reading Comprehension

• POTW - Winner

• Phys. Ed/Health - Fab Fitness Variety

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by April 27th except MathBeat/YouthBeat is due on APRIL 29th. May the Force reflection is due May 19th. 

Thank you for all that you do!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton

Week of April 12th - 16th

Welcome back!

This last week went by incredibly fast. But it was so lovely to see students with more energy and sharing their ideas and thinking more in class. Hopefully everyone had a fabulous Spring Break!

Here is our agenda for the coming week. 

Agenda for April 12th - April 16th

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

Monday:

• ELA - Underground to Canada Chapter 6 and Quiz

• Science - Bernoulli’s Principle

• Social Studies - Present our ideas about democracy and the trial of Athens

• Math - What is the difference between an expression and an equation?

• Phys.Ed/Health - May the Force Fitness

Tuesday:

• Science - Bernoulli’s Principle Quiz

• Math - Intro to Order of Operations - Part 2A and 2B

• ELA - Chapter 7 and visualization - Using figurative language to capture a scene/setting

• Social Studies - Fairness and Equity - Part A

• Phys.Ed/Health  - May the Force Fitness

Wednesday: 

• ELA - Chapter 8

• Math - Multiplying and Divide BEFORE - Part 3

• Social Studies - Fairness and Equity - Part B

• Health - Qualities/Virtues

• Phys.Ed/Health - May the Force Fitness

Thursday:

• ELA - Chapter 9 

• Math - Order of Operations: From LEFT to RIGHT (Part 4)

• Music - YouthBeat/MathBeat - Create your own song!

• Social Studies - Create your own studying guide - partners

• Phys.Ed/Health - May the Force Fitness

Friday:

• Math - Order of Operations: (...) FIRST! (Part 5)

• ELA - Underground to Canada - Comprehension Quiz

• ELA - S.T.E.A.L.

• May the Force Fitness

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by April 19th except MathBeat/YouthBeat is due on APRIL 29th. 

This past week, we completed our work with multiplying and dividing decimals in math. We continue to read Underground to Canada, discussing the social justice issues and how our society changes over time. We are still exploring cultural understandings and how democracy works as we explore the events and time of Underground to Canada. In science, we are finalizing our understanding of the properties of air, by exploring air compression. To help students continue to understand the abstract principles of air pressure, please help them discover how many wonderful everyday technological advances work in our everyday lives (taps, water pressure, washing machines, driers, tire pumps, gas pumps, and so forth). This coming week we are moving on to learn about Bernoulli's principle of aerodynamics.

Thank you for all that you do! You are sincerely appreciated!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton