Robert Crown Field Trip
Students need a sack lunch on the day of our trip since we may not be back in time for a school-purchased lunch. Also, each student will receive a booklet from the Robert Crown Center about the program that he/she attended. The booklet is a great resource about the material covered during the program, but I encourage parents to also have a discussion with their student to field any questions he/she may have.
Junior Achievement
During session 4, Mr. Blocker taught the students about finding a job. He discussed the importance of choosing a profession that you enjoy, the ability to communicate your strengths to a potential employer, and a common set of skills that employers look for when hiring. Mr. Blocker also gave each student a CD with games and activities related to this week's concepts. We will have our final Junior Achievement session on Monday. The students will receive a certificate of completion, and the class will present Mr. Blocker with a card and gift as a token of appreciation for all of his hard work. Hopefully, students will use some of the concepts taught during Junior Achievement as they prepare for our upcoming trade fair!
Subject Update:
- Spelling - No spelling lesson next week. For the week of November 26, the Lesson 11 pretest will be given on Monday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words, and a final test will be given Friday.
- English - Students will do some writing activities and begin our next grammar unit on nouns.
- Reading - The students will be starting the novel, Jacob’s Rescue. This book is historical fiction, but based on a true story of a Jewish boy named Jacob in Poland during the holocaust.
- Science - The students are currently learning about different types of symbiosis. Next, we will learn more about predator-prey relationships and how ecosystems change over time.
- Social Studies - To understand better about working and trading in Colonial times, we will hold a Trade Fair on Wednesday, November 28. Students have received a hand-out with guidelines to follow, and their idea for what will be made along with the bottom portion of the hand-out is due by Tuesday, November 20!
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class -We have started Chapter 4 - Expressions and Equations. The first lessons cover order of operations, translating multi-step word phrases and expressions, evaluating algebraic expressions, and working with equations and inequalities.
Mark Your Calendar:
Nov. 19 - Junior Achievement (Final Session)
Nov. 20 - Robert Crown Field Trip (Need Sack Lunch!)
Nov. 21 - Nov. 25 - Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 28 - Mrs. Strong's Classroom Trade Fair
Nov. 29 - Picture Retakes
