We had a great time over the past two days meeting with parents and setting some great goals for the rest of the school year. Thanks for taking time out of your days to meet with us! Look for copies of the conference notes in Friday Folders this week.
This Wednesday, Nov. 5 is a short Wednesday. Students will be dismissed at noon. On Wednesday students will participate in a cultural exchange simulation all morning. This will set the stage for our Social Studies unit on the Age of Exploration! What happens when European cultures met the Native cultures in North America?
Some other Essential Questions we will discuss and answer in this unit are: Why did European countries compete for power in North America? What were the obstacles faced by the explorers? What were the accomplishments of the explorations? What regions of North America were settled by France, England, and Spain? What regions were explored by Portugal? How did the American Indians and Europeans interact with each other? What impact did Europeans have on Native American cultures? What was the importance of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai? How did West African empires impact European trade?
In Science.... We will continue exploring matter by defining properties of ocean water and see (through experiments) how properties like salinity, temperature, and pressure affect ocean water. We will also begin our element video documentaries by creating our scripts and story boards! Students will need to visit ANGEL and download the electronic version of the story board on a computer in order to type in their script in each of the 6 boxes. We will work more on the rough draft on Monday in class. Students should print out the story board with text or email it to Mrs. McCann by Wednesday, Nov. 12.
In Math... we will begin our new unit on NUMBER SENSE -- this includes place value, decimals, adding and subtracting.
Wednesday - No math due to Cultural Exchange Simulation
Thursday -No Homework
Friday - No Homework
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