Holy Week update

On this short Holy week we will follow a normal schedule.
5th and 6th grade are both completing projects that go along with the novels we have read.

Before we left for break, I returned to all the students their final literature test on the novel we read, and the grade sheet for 3rd quarter book report.  Hopefully these came home so you can look over them.

**Just remember - there will not be a formal written book report for 4th quarter, however we will do Book Talks, so each student will still need to read a book of their choice and be ready to report on it orally to the class.  Students can sign up for more than one book talk for extra credit.

5th Grade Language Arts:  Spelling follows normal schedule this week.  Pretest on Monday with pages assigned and graded with final test on Thursday.
Grammar skills Tuesday and Wednesday with homework on Thursday and quiz on Friday.

Literature:  We will write, edit and assemble our digital magazine this week based on The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.  We will share the link in next week's blog.
We will be going back into the Treasures book for a few stories after this.

5th grade social studies:  The debates were a wonderful activity.  The students learned so much and were able to express what they learned in the form of debate questions and answers.  Thank you to all those that were able to attend.  I will continue to post some pictures and short videos of the two classes' debates.
We will move on to chapter 12 and The Declaration of Independence.  These chapters will contain several activities but chapter tests as well.

6th grade Literature:  Just before break we watched an excellent movie that paralleled the book Number the Stars.  This week we will finish the group projects we have been working on as we research more in depth the Holocaust.  Groups have been assigned a topic and they are developing a presentation that includes a map, timeline, Animoto video, symbol research and a person associated with their topic.  We will be presenting to the 7th grade history classes the week after Easter.  I will let you know the exact dates and time and parents are welcome to come and view the presentations. I hope to show them the documentary "Paper Clips" as we finish this unit and discuss the lessons that we have learned from this time in history.

We will then move to a quick unit on Greek mythology before reading our final novel.

**Joining us the Tuesday after Easter is Miss Brittany Sell.  She is a senior at Concordia Wisconsin and will be student teaching with me during the 4th quarter.  We look forward to the new ideas and enthusiasm she will bring to our classes.
I hope spring break has blessed each of your families with rest and time together.  I look forward to jumping back into it when we return.

Mrs. Brown