Current+Topics+in+Class

This page is to help you know what we are currently covering in class. In this way, you can discuss it at home or visit the library or Internet to learn more information about each topic.

Esta página está dedicada a los temas que estudiamos cada semana en la escuela. Así, ustedes pueden hablar de los temas en casa o visitar la biblioteca o internet para aprender más sobre cada tema.


 * Nov. 18-30 **

(reading, grammar, spelling) || Making inferences while reading and proving it with quotes from the text. Spelling- Spanish- palabras diacríticas (spelled the same but one has an accent and it changes the meaning of the word) ||  ||
 * Subject || Topics of Study || Resources ||
 * Math || Chapter 5: Percents- find percents of a number, change fractions, decimals, and percents into different forms ||  ||
 * Science || How microbes are helpful and harmful and how science has helped overcome negative effects of microbes ||  ||
 * Social Studies || Ancient Greece and Rome ||  ||
 * Language
 * Writing || How to make a 5 paragraph outline and use it to write an essay ||  ||


 * Nov. 4-15 **

Presentation of At-Home Experiments ||  || Ancient America ||  || (reading, grammar, spelling) || How to use graphic organizers to help understand reading- creating an outline for a paragraph Finding the main idea and details while reading Asking questions while reading, finding the setting, visualizing by drawing pictures of specific scenes in a story Spelling- Spanish- palabras ||  ||
 * Subject || Topics of Study || Resources ||
 * Math || Starting Chapter 4- Ratios and Rates ||  ||
 * Science || How to summarize at the end and write a simple conclusion referring to the hypothesis.
 * Social Studies || Ancient India
 * Language
 * Writing || Writing summaries from an outline- creating an outline of different lengths ||  ||


 * Oct. 28-31 (end of term) **

Benchmark Test- Wed- includes questions from chapters 1-3 ||  || Observations on home experiment should be done- in class we will talk about how to do the summary ||  || (reading, grammar, spelling) || How to use graphic organizers to help understand reading- creating an outline for a paragraph Finding the main idea and details while reading Asking questions while reading, finding the setting, visualizing by drawing pictures of specific scenes in a story Spelling- Spanish- palabras esdrújulas y sobreesdrújulas ||  ||
 * Subject || Topics of Study || Resources ||
 * Math || Chapter 3 test on Tuesday- rational numbers, plot points on coordinate grid
 * Science || How to do observations in an experiment, summarize at the end and write a simple conclusion referring to the hypothesis.
 * Social Studies || Ancient China ||  ||
 * Language
 * Writing || Revising a personal narrative by adding detail (working on personal narrative in Spanish). || [|Writing a personal narrative]

Student models of writing ||


 * Oct. 7-11 **

Basic features of the types and kingdoms of microbes (fungi, protozoans, algae, bacteria, etc.) || Micro Information || Physical Features on a map and how those features affected ancient civilizations || [|Su nombre en jeroglificos]
 * Subject || Topics of Study || Resources ||
 * Math || Chapter 2: Meaning of Division with fractions (fraction divided by whole number, whole number divided by fraction and fraction divided by fraction- Mixed number divided by mixed number) || Division of Fractions Learnzillion Videos ||
 * Science || How to do observations in an experiment, summarize at the end and write a simple conclusion referring to the hypothesis.
 * Social Studies || Studying Ancient Egypt and its culture

Landforms || (reading, grammar, spelling) || How to use graphic organizers to help understand reading Finding the main idea and details while reading Asking questions while reading, finding the setting, visualizing by drawing pictures of specific scenes in a story Spelling- Spanish- words derived from latin (cantante, artista, etc.) ||  ||
 * Language
 * Writing || Revising a personal narrative by adding detail || [|Writing a personal narrative]

Student models of writing ||


 * September 30 - Oct. 4 **

Estimation with fractions problems with multiplication and division (1/4 ÷ 1/3 or 4/5 x 6/7) || Division of Fractions Learnzillion Videos || Basic features of the types and kingdoms of microbes (fungi, protozoans, algae, bacteria, etc.) || Micro Information || Physical Features on a map and how those features affected ancient civilizations || [|Su nombre en jeroglificos] || (reading, grammar, spelling) || How to use graphic organizers to help understand reading Finding the main idea and details while reading Asking questions while reading, finding the setting, visualizing by drawing pictures of specific scenes in a story Spanish- Conjugating basic verbs in present tense (review) Spelling- Spanish- words derived from latin (cantante, artista, etc.) || Spanish regular verbs ||
 * Subject || Topics of Study || Resources ||
 * Math || Chapter 2: Meaning of Division with fractions (fraction divided by whole number, whole number divided by fraction and fraction divided by fraction
 * Science || How to do observations in an experiment, summarize at the end and write a simple conclusion referring to the hypothesis.
 * Social Studies || Beginnings of Egypt
 * Language
 * Writing || Revising a personal narrative by adding detail || [|Writing a personal narrative]

Student models of writing ||
 * Computers || Create a shortcut on the desktop and save a document in the main drive ||  ||