Week of January 27, 2020

Assalamu alikum,

***Quick Note: Missing work reports and detention slips(for some) went home last week stapled in the student's planner. Detention for those with a slip is on Monday from 3:30 to 4:30pm ***

Here is what we are doing in class this week.

English-Language Arts
This week students will continue their novel studies. We will begin writing our research papers on our science fair topics.

Math
Tigers and Lions are both diving into division with remainders using concrete, pictorial, and abstract problem-solving strategies. Pistons are pressing on with double digit multiplication using area and box method.

Science
We will continue to work on our sound and light unit. We will also wrap up with collecting science fair data for our experiments. It is expected that experiments and data collection take place in class and not at home.

***Note: Some students have not brought in materials for their experiments. For those students who have not brought in materials, after this week we will not use class time for data collection. That means students who haven't begun collecting data will need to stay after school to complete their experiment and collect data.***

Social Studies
We are continuing to learn map basics such as the cardinal direction on the compass rose, the Earth's hemispheres and our continents and oceans.

 Public Service Project Part 2
The second activity our class chose to support the homeless community was blessing bags. Blessing bags are small bags with basic toiletries. The cost of the bags will be about $1.50 per bag. Our goal is to make around 150 bags. This means we need to raise $200. We will be doing this through hot chocolate sales at lunch. More details will come home soon after a class discussion and planning session.

Jazak Allah Khayr,
Sister Patti Picard