Happy Friday! We can't believe another week of November has gone by! It was so great getting to meet with you all in person or virtually on Wednesday. We loved getting to talk to you about your kids and know that working together is helping us start the second quarter strong! Here are a few updates and reminders for next week: - Social Studies Newspaper Project = due Monday, November 22nd - Argumentative Quiz (201) MOVED = Tuesday, November 23rd - Wednesday, November 24 = No School - Thursday, November 25 = No School - Happy Thanksgiving! - Friday, November 26 = No School - Wednesday, December 1st = Candor Health Education will be at Coonley to present their program, Puberty I - Understanding Changes, to 5th grade students. Please see the attached PDF to learn more Here are some academic updates from this past week: - ELA (201) = We finished our Wordly Wise unit 4! We have continued to analyze argumentative writing to see different viewpoints. Then, we worked on picking a side to write a response. - ELA (217) = We finished our Wordly Wise unit 4! We started to learn about argumentative versus persuasive writing. We also focused on understanding the different features of argumentative writing. - SS = We have been working on analyzing documents to help us write a response about why so many colonists died in early Jamestown. - Math (201) = This week we extended the number line to compare positive and negative numbers. We learned what opposites are and how to find absolute value of numbers. We are going to start comparing decimals and fractions next week! - Math (217) = This week we started adding and subtracting integers. We found patterns in the problems we solved and are developing algorithms for solving these types of problems. - Science = This week we took the unit test for Patterns of Earth & Sky and were assigned the final unit project. Students have chosen a constellation and will be creating a brochure about it. Presentations for their projects will be Monday 11/29 for 217 and Tuesday 11/30 for 201. We hope everyone has a great weekend before our short two day week! Thank you, Mrs. Kovar & Mrs. Parsons
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