Welcome back to another week of school! We are still in the green and this is a great news.

 

This week in Middle School Science we are going to talk about human consumption of resources. We are going to learn what this looks like throughout the world and how are resources will be affected because of this. We will also discuss whether resources are being used up quickly or slowly or if it depends on the type of resource. 

 

The 5th graders are continuing a new unit about Cultures in Conflict. This week we will discuss oral traditions about the Native American groups. We are going to be learning about linking verbs and helping verbs this week. We will continue our practice with cursive. We are studying plant and animal extinction. We are researching  an animal that is extinct and creating a poster all about that animal to explain how fossils help us understand animals that once lived on the earth. We are researching a Native American group and completing a poster to teach the class all about this Native American group. 

 

Thursday and Friday we will be completing the Winter NWEA for reading and Math 

Welcome back to another week of school! The weather was beautiful this weekend and I hope everyone enjoyed it. 

This week in Middle School Science we are beginning our new unit. We are going to be learning about Earth's resources. We will be learning what natural resources and looking at rocks and minerals. We will determine what affect human consumption of materials has on the environment and  we will discuss rock layers and what those layers tell us about the earth. 

 

The 5th graders are continuing a new unit about Cultures in Conflict. Currently, we are studying the westward expansion and how this changed the lives of the Native Americans. We are working on a writing piece that discusses how the Lewis and Clark expedition started some of these changes. We are going to be learning about linking verbs and helping verbs this week. We will continue our practice with cursive.  We are studying plant and animal extinction. This week we will begin to research an animal that has gone extinct and create a poster to teach others about this animal and why it did not survive.We will be researching a Native American group and teaching the class about that group.