Week 25 Newsletter

Announcements

2/13 – Thursday – Chic-Fil-A Spirit Night

2/13 – Thursday – Bring Valentine’s & boxes

2/14 – Friday – Valentine’s Day

2/17 – Monday – President’s Day – No School

Homework

·       **2 Achieve articles – Due Friday WITH PARENTS SIGNATURE

·       ** Bring device every day CHARGED – We will be researching

Reading

In reading this week we learned about the structural elements of poetry. We discussed rhyme scheme, stanzas, lines/verses, and finding meter (rhythm). Together, we read several poems and discussed the elements of each including theme and locating text evidence to support our theme. We also did some comparing and contrasting between the elements of dramas and poetry. Next week we will move onto distinguishing between firsthand and secondhand accounts.

Writing/ELA

We finished up relative pronouns (THANK GOODNESS!). Next week students will begin learning how to order adjectives… yes that is a thing. J

In writing this week students continued to work on the body paragraphs of their historical figure informational piece. We also talked about how to write conclusions. Students were given a list of possible conclusion transitions and were shown a model on how to restate the topic sentence and subtopics in the conclusion. Overall, the conclusion should restate the topic sentence, explain what the person is remembered for, and briefly restate the subtopics. There should be NO NEW information given it the conclusion.

Next week, we will begin writing informational pieces to text. This is the type of writing they will encounter on the GMAS.

Social Studies

We continued reviewing the Constitutional Convention compromises and began talking about the branches of government. This week we started with the legislative branch, and next week we will move onto the judicial and executive branches.