Monday, April 2, 2012

April 2-5


This Week's Academics
MUR -This week we will be reading the story, "Thunder, Elephant, and Dorobo." It is an African Folktale told by Humphrey Harman. We will work on asking, answering, and formulating good interpretive questions. We will also work on finding theme and symbolism in poetry to help prepare for the MCAs that are right around the corner.

 
Science - This week we will be wrapping up or short unit on chemistry. Students will be given two days of review, and we will take the quiz on Thursday the 5th. 
Study guides will be handed out on Monday. 
 
Writing - This week we will continue to do our research for the biographies that we are writing. We will work on the biographies for the next few weeks.
 
Read Aloud - We continue to read Treasure Island this week.

MUM -This week we will be moving into data analysis. Students will be analyzing tables and graphs. We will learn about line graphs, bar graphs, pictographs, pie charts, and stem and leaf plots.