Content Infomation - Snider/Miller

Below we will share 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

Last week students begin work in Chapter 4 - Areas of Polygons. They will take the mid-chapter quiz on Wednesday. Your student should ask you for a signature and complete any needed corrections on Thursday. 

Here is the Chapter 4 Table Resource that is out each day during maths for students to access. And here is the Family Letter for this chapter - Areas of Polygons. 

reading

Students' reader's notebooks were collected on Tuesday. They will get them back on Monday, with some feedback/suggested next steps. Your student should ask you to sign their rubric on Monday evening (provided they turned their notebook in on Tuesday). 

This week we are going to begin to get ready for in-school book clubs.

These will take place leading up to winter break. Last year we invited adults in to hear and support students' conversations about the book they are reading. If you think you'd like to participate, we'll share the days/times in upcoming updates. In the meantime, be sure you are approved as a Shorewood School District volunteer. 

Expedition

We need to thank our incredible PTO and our families who support our PTO! Kathleen filled out a mini grant application for paint brushes and paint for this project and it was fully funded! ❤️

Students' murals ARE hanging in the Shorewood library (adult section). Please plan a visit to see our students' efforts, understanding, and creativity on public display. 

Artist/Author/Illustrator Aaron Boyd.

EUreka Math² - 5th

This week students will continue adding and subtracting mixed numbers with related and unrelated units. They'll take the Topic C Quiz on Thursday. Over the weekend, they'll share the Topic D Family Letter. Topic D will focus on problem solving and line plots with fractional measurements. 

writing

Students will make the shift to narrative writing this week. In this unit, students will draft short stories which orient the reader by:

• establishing a real or imagined situation
• introducing a narrator and characters
• organizing an event sequence that unfolds naturally
• using narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing. 

Crew

This week students will reflect on how Trimester 1 has gone academically and social-emotionally in order to set goals for a strong start to Trimester 2. 

Second Step / SEL

After Thanksgiving/Indigenous Peoples break, students will continue to work through Unit 2.

Unit 2 - Emotion Management
Student will learn how to identify emotions in themselves and apply strategies to manage those emotions. Their learning during this unit will include:
➕ Describing a recurring situation in which they typically feel a strong emotion
➕ Recognizing what they can and cannot change about recurring situations in which they typically feel strong emotions
➕ Describing changes they will make to manage strong emotions the next time the situation occurs

SOcial studies || Science

Students will receive their science quiz back on Monday, as well as their Moon observation sheet (provided they took the quiz on Tuesday and turned in their Moon observations sheet!). 

This week students will examine the reason for lunar phases through readings, video and by creating both a 2-dimensional and a 3-dimensional model.

Spanish 

¿Qué hemos aprendido? - What have we learned?

Students have been building their spanish vocabulary working on greetings,  “buenos días, buenas tardes y buenas noches” (good morning, good afternoon and goodnight)  and ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?) Students have also identified borrowed words and cognates from Spanish and French we use in English. This will help prepare students for middle school as they have an option to take Spanish or French at Shorewood Intermediate School (SIS)!

Recently, we have been working with the song “Vivir mi Vida” by Marc Anthony. We have translated the chorus and used vocabulary from the song to build our spanish vocabulary. Specifically the future tense with “Voy a + verb” (I’m going to + verb). In the future, students will learn the cultural aspects of this song and some salsa dance steps! This is a collaborative unit students will work on in Spanish and Music class. 

If you have any questions or any cultural experiences you would like to share, please reach out! ¡Hasta luego!

Profe H  
khildebrand@shorewood.k12.wi.us

Here is the website for our Lake Bluff newspaper, The Beagle Times. We encourage you to check out!

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