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

Students will receive their end of Chapter 1 assessment back on Monday. They are expected to use the cover sheet to rework any problems they got work. Revisiting their answers, organization, and methods are all part of the learning process. They should also ask you to sign their cover sheet. Please do not sign it until they have completed any needed corrections.

We are shifting to Chapter 2 - Fractions and Decimals. Here is the table resource students have access to throughout this chapter. They will receive the family newsletter on Monday and should store it in an accessible spot at home. 

This week I will show them how to access their textbook online for those who don't want to carry their textbook between home and school (or for those who forget their textbook!). Also, they will work with a partner at their table to access and work through each day's Activity or Lesson together. No longer will we be working all at the same pace. This allows me to move from group to group supporting, guiding, and coaching them when they need it. 

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

•  I can multiply fractions.
• I can divide fractions.
  
• I can multiply mixed numbers. 

ELA - reading and writing

Students will receive their mid-unit assessment on Monday, prior to taking the end of unit assessment. Following the structure of the curriculum, they will analyze what went well and areas for growth. We will provide them with exemplars so they can better understand what they are striving for. 

This week students are reading chapters 12-14 in The Lightning Thief. They will determine the theme and summarize chapter 13. This week will finish with a close read of "Theseus and the Minotaur" and identify a theme and summary of it. 

Here are this week's vocabulary terms: 
Academic vocabulary: inconvenient, indignantly, insane, intensive, invisible, rational, summary, alter, ambition, dreadful, exuberance, hubris, judgment, opinion
Domain specific vocabulary: 

Students received their October reading log and a book log to track the books that they read both in and outside of school. ​

Second Step / SEL

This is the social emotional (SEL) curriculum we use throughout the year to teach and talk about Unit 1: Mindsets and Goal Setting
Unit 2: Developing a Positive Sense of Self
Unit 3: Thoughts, Emotions, and Decisions
​Unit 4: Managing Relationships and Social Conflict

​After Wednesday's lesson, students should be able to:

• Break a big, long-term goal down into smaller, short-term goals. 

EUreka Math² - 5th

Students continue to review and practice place value concepts and operations with whole numbers in Module 1. Thank you for taking a quick look at each quiz and signing the coversheets as they come home with your student. On Thursday students will share what they've learned about dividing whole numbers as they take the Topic C Quiz. Topic D focuses on solving multi-step problems with whole numbers.

Here's a link to a folder with Module 1 homework resources. You'll find a Practice Partner PDF with a detailed review of the day's lesson, helpful explanations, visuals, and vocabulary along with a Solutions PDF for each lesson. 

Crew

Each student wrote their appreciation and turned it in to us. We didn't have time for our appreciation circle because of the evacuation drill. Nonetheless, every student received an appreciation. Students are still working on making sure their spell their peer's name correctly and rereading their appreciation to check for simple edits. Overall, the quality of their appreciations was thoughtful, specific, and kind. We're off to a great start!

This week students will continue to practice, verbally crafting a fictional appreciation, being sure to include all of the necessary components (it includes a character trait, the action that was witnessed, when and where it happened, and how it positively impacted them, or someone else). 

SOcial studies || Science

Last week students took a social studies quiz focused on Stone Age concepts and vocabulary. They'll receive their graded quiz tomorrow (Monday) during class. We'll ask them to take their quiz home, share it with an adult, and have them sign the space at the top of the first page.

Before we shift to science next week, students will explore the physical geography of Ancient Greece. Here are the learning targets for the week:

• LT: I can create a neat and accurate map that shows the geographical features of Ancient Greece.  
• LT: I can explain how geography impacted the development of Ancient Greece.

Spanish - updates to come from Profe hildebrand!

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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