Week of Dec. 7 - 11

MATH:
We have finished our unit in Fractions. Most students did fairly well on the last assessment.

We have now started a new unit in measurement. Although we finished with the fractions unit, we will continue using fractions as we explore fractional parts of an inch. This is something that most students have struggled with. We started on Friday and continued again today. This may be something students need to work extra on at home (ex: 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 of an inch, plus measuring and rounding to the nearest 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8).

Tomorrow we look at exploring feet, yards, and miles. This will conclude our measurement unit for this chapter (9) in our text. Wednesday will be review and Thursday will be a measurement quiz.

Friday we begin Chapter 10, which further explores fractions and measurement; beginning Friday with adding fractions.

Thursday will be our regular Timed Test - this week focussing on the 7s and 8s time tables.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Tomorrow, Diary Situation #3 (journal #2) is due at the beginning of the day. This is a 2 page reflection that they have had 2 periods to work on in class. Any work needed to be finished must now be done at home.
We have taken some time off from our simulation to review the learning we have recieved through the game, but this week will in fact return to the game.

GRADED PAPERS:
Packages should be sent home today or tomorrow, must be signed and returned to school.

LITERACY:
Students are working on presentations about the Middle Ages. These are projects they have been working on as groups in class. Presentations will take place tomorrow.

Students must continue with the daily reading and journal entries.

Ms. Leary will return to school Thursday or Friday of this week.