Week of January 9 - 13, 2017

Happy January, Parents and Families:
       Just a few things to note for this week -

•        Conference forms were sent home Wednesday. 1/4/17 and were due back by Friday. If you have not reserved a time for your child's 2nd nine weeks conference, please do so at your earliest convenience and return the form to school.
•      These conferences will be held with your child's homeroom teacher only. If you have concerns regarding other academic areas, please email that teacher to set up a separate conference time.
•       Re: Current Events - this is an ongoing assignment for Social Studies and is due every Friday. Each child received a guideline for the format with which it is to be completed as well as having access to it on Google Classroom. Our classroom policy is that assignments given on Google Classroom are to be submitted on Google Classroom. This has been the policy since the beginning of the year but needs restating as many students are not completing this assignment on a weekly basis. Thank you in advance for your support.
•       Please check your child's planner daily and go on to his/her Google Classroom to be aware of the work that is due this week.
•      Report cards will be sent home this week. They do not need to be signed and returned.

Assignments for this week:

Monday, 1/9:

ELA: We are reading the book, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen this week. Your child should have their own copy (physical or downloaded). We will read Chapters 1 - 4 this week (one chapter per day) with journal questions and have a QUIZ Friday over these chapters.

SS: We are studying the biomes of South America this week. The students are using the newly purchased Waseca Montessori materials to learn more about this continent and will be doing a mix of material and textbook work. Students need to continue working on their Biome Maps during class and, if they are done. complete the South America Biome Worksheet on Google Classroom.

HW: Read Chapters 1 - 4 of Hatchet as well as any work not completed by Friday (Current Event #1, Family Essay, and Poetry Comparison essay (2 paragraphs).

Tuesday, 1/10:

ELA: Read Chapter 2 of Hatchet in class. Lesson given on figurative language (this is a PowerPoint that has already been attached to your child's Google Classroom). 

SS: Continuing our work on the biomes of South America as well as completing a worksheet on Google Classroom about the Atacama Desert, tropical forests. and mountains.

HW: Read Chapters 1 - 4 of Hatchet as well as any work not completed by Friday (Current Event #1, Family Essay, and Poetry Comparison essay (2 paragraphs).

Wednesday, 1/11:

ELA: Read Chapter 3 of Hatchet in class. Review lesson given on author's point of view.

SS: Students should be finishing their Biome Maps. working on the South America Biome Worksheet on Google Classroom, and may begin individual research on the other biomes of South America: ocean, grasslands, wetlands, and temperate forests.

HW: Read Chapters 1 - 4 of Hatchet as well as any work not completed by Friday (Current Event #1, Family Essay, and Poetry Comparison essay (2 paragraphs).

Thursday. 1/12:

ELA: Read Chapter 4 of Hatchet in class.

SS: Biome research continues.

HW: Study for QUIZ Friday on Chapters 1 - 4 of Hatchet and complete all journal questions (4).

Friday, 1/13:

ELA: Quiz on Chapters 1 - 4 of Hatchet.We will being the Writing Workshop program today (so excited)!

SS: Students should be completing their South America Biome Worksheet on Google Classroom and beginning individual biome research on the biomes listed above.

HW: Any work not completed in class.