Content Infomation - Snider/Miller

Below is specific information about what is happening in each content area.
Over the course of the year we will look back and forward to help provide some context for what your student is doing.

You are encourage to look at their assignment notebook to better understand their homework responsibilities too!

Big ideas Maths - 6th

This week students will work on finding the surface area of composite figures and find the length of figures in the coordinate plane and then find the area of those figures. They will review on Thursday and take the end of Chapter 4 assessment on Friday. 

This is the table resource students have access to each day, for this chapter. 

Here are the learning targets students will focus on this week: 

•  I can use different area formulas to find the area of a composite figure.
  
• I can find the length of line segments in the coordinate plane.
  
• I can use ordered pairs to represent vertices of polygons and find the length of the sides of those polygons.
  

ELA - reading and writing

Last week students worked with focus to reimagine a scene from The Lightning Thief, rewriting it to incorporate a new demigod or goddess based on the research from earlier in the week.

This week students will prepare to showcase their learning in a presentation as a culmination to this unit and module.

Here are this week's vocabulary terms:
Academic vocabulary: 
Domain specific vocabulary: multimedia presentation, Google slideshow ​

Second Step / SEL

Second Step: 
This is the social emotional (SEL) curriculum we use throughout the year to teach and talk about: 
Unit 2: Developing a Positive Sense of Self

These are the overarching learning goals for this unit:

• Understand diverse guiding principles
• Identify their own guiding principles
• Apply guiding principles in their decision-making process
• Think about short-term and long-term consequences associated with their guiding principles
  

EUreka Math² - 5th

Eureka²: Last week students wrapped up Module 2 with the final lessons in Topic D: Problem Solving and Line Plots with Fractional Measurements. They worked through a review packet last week Tuesday, will continue practicing tomorrow and then take the Module 2 Assessment on Tuesday. Once the assessments have been graded (likely Wednesday or Thursday), students will be expected to correct their errors and have an adult sign the feedback form.

In Module 3, students will use various methods to multiply and divide with fractions. In Topic A, students will multiply whole numbers by fractions. The Eureka² Homework Resource Folder has been updated to include materials for Module 3 Topic A.

Crew

Students who applied for a classroom job (there were 32 applicants, 17- 6th graders and 15-5th graders) will find out which job they received and begin work this week. 

With the change in temperatures, students will discuss playground opportunities and expectations during the winter, with Ms. French and Ms. Harrison this week during Community Crew. We will support and continue to build on our students' understanding and answer any questions they may have. 

SOcial studies || Science

After students investigated the physical geography of Egypt and the impact it had on the development of the civilization, they shifted to identifying key details about four main historical time periods in ancient Egypt. They'll continue this work on Monday and then will view two parts of a National Geographic Documentary titled "Drain the Oceans" to investigate a fleet of 14 ships buried far beneath the desert sands and 15 massive fortresses along the Nubian border. 

Spanish - update 11/11/24/24

5th/6th grade: 
¿Qué hemos aprendido? - What have we learned?
Students have continued to express personal preferences by presenting sentences about themselves with each other in Spanish. Communication phrases we worked on recently are different ways to message “see you later.” (hasta luego y hasta la vista.) We are currently working on high frequency words (The super 7), in order to Identify some basic facts from memorized words and phrases supported by gestures or visuals in fictional texts. 
In building our cultural knowledge, students learned about the celebration, “Día de los muertos”, a celebration of loved ones who have passed. Students also learned about European Heritage Days (an event to raise awareness of the cultural diversity of Europe) with a focus on France, and compared that to multiple cultures that are represented here in Milwaukee. 

On Friday November 15th, French students from Shorewood High School will be joining more crew to teach students some French phrases!
¡Hasta luego!
Maestra H 
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Here is the website for our Lake Bluff newspaper, The Beagle Times. We encourage you to check out and our students to contribute!

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