La Lectura y Ciencias

This week students did their science presentations. Students were introduced to ten new ecosystems in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Each student used a variety of resources, including the Internet and print materials, to research one of the ecosystems. The ecosystems all have an issue that poses a potential threat to the vitality of the system, such as acid rain, mineral extraction, habitat reduction, and so on. Students investigated and described the ecosystem, including food webs and abiotic factors. Each student prepared an individual report and participated in presentation of their findings. Once again, they outdid themselves!

Mathematics

This week we wrapped up our chapter on Percents. Our objectives were:

• solve real-world problems
• review understanding percents, writing equivalent fractions,percents, and decimals, and performing calculations with percents

Over breaks students should practice their math skills on Prodigy. This is their only English homework to keep their math skills sharp!

History & Geography

This week we finished our unit on the Enlightenment. Our objectives were:

• explain how the ideas of the Enlightenment helped inspire American leaders to declare independence
• recognize specific Enlightenment ideas reflected in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution
• Explain how the American patriots Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison each embodied the spirit of the Enlightenment
• Demonstrate understanding of the unit on the unit test

English Writing & Spelling

This week we focused on cycl, circum, and centr

Students completed their second Narrative writing piece this week. They will finish one more after break then we will move on to Argumentative writing!