La Lectura

• End of Unit 3 –  Expository Writing Assessment. Drafting/Editing/Revising/Publishing
• Unit 4 overview “Retos”. Students get familiar with the theme of the unit and the main activities.
• Cite relevant evidence from the text
• Determine the author’s point of view
• Review the characteristics of informative texts
• Read a text and paraphrase sections to check for comprehension, explain thinking and negotiate meaning.
• Spelling: words with ll /

 

Ciencias

This week students continued to work on their science research projects. The objectives for this project are:

• Select an organism.
• Identify the features of the organism, structural and behavioral characteristics such as eye color, fur pattern, timing of migration, etc.
• Identify the different variations, the range of expression of a feature within a population, such as all different eyes colors, all the different fur patterns, etc.
• Describe the impact of the surroundings, including biotic and abiotic factors, and the adaptations that affect the survival of organisms in a sensitive ecosystem.
• Explain how adaptations helped this particular organism survive, or not, in its environment.

Dear families! Students will be doing their science presentations next week. You all are invited to attend and see the great work your child is doing in class! Presentations will be at 2:30 in the following order:

Thursday 7th: Lily, Maddie, Tamra, Evan, Rafa

Friday 8th: Christian, Jack, Juliette, Sophia, Sophie

 

Mathematics

This week we learned about linear equations.

• We learned how to write linear equations

• How to solve simple inequalities

• How to plot with coordinate plane.

(Written by: Lily Hubbard)

History & Geography

This week we learned about the French Revolution.

• The Oath of the Horatii was a painting by Jacques-Louis David.

• The Reign of Terror was when the Jacobins (extreme radicals) took control of the government and executed everyone who was remotely against the Revolution.

• Maximilien Robespierre completely supported the Revolution and was a Jacobin.

(Written by: Sophie Jacobs )

English Writing & Spelling

In writing this week we continued working on our argumentative writing piece.

• • We practiced on using transition words.

• We made corrections to our argumentative writing pieces.

• We worked on making our reasons more clear.

(Written by:Christian )

Specialists

Art with Ms. Kelly

Our art projects this month were:

Clay Masks with Miss Karen

LOVE Designs

Learn about Robert Indiana’s LOVE designs and sculptures.

Use letters and patterns to create artwork.

Portraits in the style of Picasso

Learn about the different styles of portraits created by Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, and American artist Lois Jones.

Create an abstract portrait by using various diagonal lines from folded paper.

Add colors and patterns to the portrait.

The students designed some very colorful, creative portraits!