Spelling/Vocabulary: We finished up our last week of spelling words before the vocabulary test which is Friday, March 11th. Students need to be sure to be studying the word definitions, antonyms, and synonyms. Make sure you STUDY!!!
Reading: We've been doing some fun comprehension lessons with visualization. One of our favorite lessons used the book Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook. We continued reading the Lightning Thief. We started making modern gods/goddess with partners. Look for these to be hanging in the hallway during SEPs.
Writing: We continued to respond to daily Lightning Thief journal prompts. We also did a couple of "quickwrites" where we wrote everything we could think of about a topic for one minute. This will help students develop writing fluency. We learned about the "RAFT" method of writing. Ask your student what they did for their "RAFT" assignment.
Math: Students were very busy this week taking their integer test on Monday and their 7th grade math placement test on Tuesday. We will not be finding out their scores for a very long time. They also started graphing functions this week.
Science: The students took their end of Unit test on Moon Phases. They will start learning about the Solar System next week with Mr. Groneman.
Social Studies: We have started watching Ben Hur. This is a long movie that was filmed in 1959 but I feel that it really helps the students see what Rome was like at that time. They see what the places looked like, get a feel for how the people lived, dressed, fought, and what they did for entertainment.
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