Monday, April 23, 2018

Week of April 23 - 27

TESTING DATES
April 30th:  Milestones Practice @ 8:00 am
May 1st: Milestones ELA Section 1 @ 8:00 am
May 2nd:  Milestones ELA Sections 2 and 3 @ 8:00 am
May 3rd:  Milestones Math Section 1 @ 8:00 am
May 4th:  Milestones Math Section 2 @ 8:00 am
May 10th:  MAP ELA @ 8:00 am

IMPORTANT DATES
April 30th: All Pro Dad's Breakfast; Willy Wonka Performance at NOHS
April 30th:  Willy Wonka Performance - NOHS @ 1:00 pm
May 3rd:  Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast @ 8:00 am
May 7th:  New Parent Orientation @ 6:00 pm
May 11th:  Field Day
May 14th:  Field Trip
May 16th:  End of the year assembly
May 17th: History Museum 
May 18th:  Last Day of School/Class Parties

MATH
Block 1
We are finished with all math units for the year!!! We will review in class daily and weekly homework will be given as a review.

HOMEWORK:
NONE



Block 2
MD.1 - Relative units of measurement
MD.2 - Word problems using the four operations, to include distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, mass, money, with fractions and decimals; also represent measurement using diagrams
MD.3 - Area and perimeter of rectangles
MD.4 - Use line plots containing fractions to +/- the fractions
MD.8 - Area

*We are working through our last unit during every segment of class this week!!! We will be reviewing past standards as well.

HOMEWORK:
NONE

SCIENCE
Both blocks have finished all units for science this year!  

Block 1
We will be working on 'passion projects' during our science block for the rest of the school year.  Math will also overlap into our science block as we continue to review for Milestones.

Block 2
We will be working on our final unit of the year during this time.  We will also be reviewing for Milestones.

HOMEWORK:
NONE

Social Studies
BLOCK 2 ONLY
SS4H6 - Effects of Reconstruction, to include:
Purpose of 3th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, Work of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen’s Bureau), Sharecropping replacing slavery, Freed African Americans or Blacks being prevented from exercising their newly won rights, and Effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.

SS4E1c.e.f - Specialization improves standards of living
.

*We will be using our social studies time this week to finish math standards and review for Milestones.

HOMEWORK:
Work on History Museum Project - NIGHTLY!!!!






Monday, April 16, 2018

Week of April 16 - April 20

IMPORTANT DATES
April 16:  MAP Reading
April 19:  MAP Math
April 20:  Relay for Life
April 30: All Pro Dad's Breakfast; Willy Wonka Performance at NOHS
May 1 - May 4:  Milestone Testing
May 11:  Field Day
May 14:  Field Trip
May 17: History Museum (Information coming home soon about this!)  
May 18:  Last Day of School

MATH
Block 1
We are finished with all math units for the year!!! We will review in class daily and weekly homework will be given as a review.

HOMEWORK:
IXL REVIEW - B.7, B.9, C.5, C.7, H.1, K.2, L.6, L.7, and L.8
(Due NEXT Wednesday, 4/25)



Block 2
NF.4 - Fractions multiplied by whole numbers; includes word problems
NF.5 - Denominators of 10 and 100 as equivalent fractions
NF.6 - Decimal notations for fractions with denominators of 10 and 100
NF.7 - Compare two decimals to the 100ths by size

*We will begin reviewing on Monday for our Summative on Friday. We will work on the review sheet in class.

**Knowing multiplication facts is extremely important for this unit. Practice them nightly!!!**

**Fraction and Decimal Summative: Friday, 4/20**

HOMEWORK:
Milestone Review Packet - Page #1 
(Due Friday...we will check over this in groups!)

SCIENCE
Both blocks have finished all units for science this year!  

Block 1
We will be working on 'passion projects' during our science block for the rest of the school year.  Math will also overlap into our science block as we continue to review for Milestones.

Block 2
We will be finishing up our fraction unit and moving into our last math unit of conversions during our science block.  If time permits, we will also work on 'passion projects'.  

HOMEWORK:
NONE

Social Studies
BLOCK 2 ONLY
SS4H6 - Effects of Reconstruction, to include:
Purpose of 3th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, Work of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen’s Bureau), Sharecropping replacing slavery, Freed African Americans or Blacks being prevented from exercising their newly won rights, and Effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.

SS4E1c.e.f - Specialization improves standards of living
.

*We will begin our unit on Reconstruction this week.

HOMEWORK:
Work on History Museum Project - NIGHTLY!!!!





Monday, April 9, 2018

Week of April 9 - April 13

IMPORTANT DATES
April 16:  MAP Reading
April 19:  MAP Math
April 20:  Relay for Life
April 30: All Pro Dad's Breakfast; Willy Wonka Performance at NOHS
May 1 - May 4:  Milestone Testing
May 11:  Field Day
May 14:  Field Trip
May 17: History Museum (Information coming home soon about this!)  
May 18:  Last Day of School

MATH
Block 1
We are finished with all math units for the year!!! We will review in class daily and weekly homework will be given as a review.

HOMEWORK:
IXL - A.4, A.11, A.12, and A.15
(Due Friday)



Block 2
NF.4 - Fractions multiplied by whole numbers; includes word problems
NF.5 - Denominators of 10 and 100 as equivalent fractions
NF.6 - Decimal notations for fractions with denominators of 10 and 100
NF.7 - Compare two decimals to the 100ths by size

*We are moving through our decimals section of the fraction unit very well! This week we will focus on generating equivalent fractions and decimals with denominators of 10 and 100. We will also begin comparing two decimals.

**Knowing multiplication facts is extremely important for this unit. Practice them nightly!!!**

HOMEWORK:
IXL - T.3, T.4, T.5, and T.9

SCIENCE
Both blocks have finished all units for science this year!  

Block 1
We will be working on 'passion projects' during our science block for the rest of the school year.  Math will also overlap into our science block as we continue to review for Milestones.

Block 2
We will be finishing up our fraction unit and moving into our last math unit of conversions during our science block.  If time permits, we will also work on 'passion projects'.  

HOMEWORK:
NONE

Social Studies
BLOCK 2 ONLY
SS4H5 - Causes, major events, and consequences of Civil War, to include:
Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin  and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, Issues of states’ rights and slavery, Major battles, campaigns, and events – Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House, Roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and William T. Sherman, and the Effects of the war on the North and the South.

SS4E1c - How specialization improves standards of living, ie: differences in the economies of the North and South.


*We will be reviewing for our Civil War Summative this week.

**Thursday, April 12th: Civil War Summative**

HOMEWORK:
Look over Civil War Study Guide and notes in SS journal (NIGHTLY)