Ancient Greece

Because half our class was away on a soccer trip, we had a bit of a different day in class. Students attended French with Mme. Villeneuve this morning. Instead of having gym class, they had an extra inquiry period with Ms. Kominek and Ms. Ymbang. During this time they began the KWL chart for ancient Greece, where they recorded what they already know about ancient Greece as well as questions they have about this civilization. They used devices and dictionaries to look up geography terms they will be encountering this week. Students that got all this work done began working on the Greek activity pages for today.

In math, students corrected the quiz they wrote last week to show their understanding of sorting figures. They then worked on a new quiz to show their understanding of constructing figures. Students are still finding this work to be challenging. Once they had completed this third quiz, students began work on the nets lesson we began in class yesterday. They cut out figures, folded them, and then explained if they were or were not nets. Students are asked to complete practice problems on p. 100 & 101 of the MMS textbook.

With half the class gone, we formed one super-group to discuss chapter 6 of The Lightning Thief.  With more students in the group, this took longer than usual. There was not enough class time to finish reading chapter 7. Students used recess time to read chapter 7. For homework, they are asked to reflect on chapter 7 using the new role they were assigned today. We will have our next literature circles group meeting tomorrow.

I continued the second round of conferences with students about their electric cars. Two students were ready to meet with me. All students should bring in their cars and engineering design portfolios to show their progress. Students are to keep working on their cars. All students are asked to complete test 3 by Monday, November 2, at which point we will have conferences again to check on and discuss progress.

We had more inquiry time at the end of the day. We continued reading from The Greek Gods. Yesterday we heard about Poseidon. Today’s chapter was about Hades. Students shared what they know about ancient Greece and questions they have from what they recorded in their KWL charts this morning. They then were partnered up with someone different to begin researching and recording their findings.

Please note that there is a fundraising bake sale taking place tomorrow and Thursday. $1 - $2 should be enough to buy a treat. Students that were at school today had their pictures taken. Students who were away on the soccer trip will have their pictures taken on the re-take day.

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Homework & Reminders

·         Science Fair: Keep working on your electric car. Have test 3 done by Monday, November 2
·         MMS p. 100 - 101 Test on Monday, November 2
·         The Lightning Thief: Complete your literature circle response for tomorrow’s discussion on chapter 7
·         Complete Greece activity pages 11, 78 - 79
·         Tomorrow is Casual Day.
·         Tomorrow & Thursday – Bake Sale
·         Friday, October 30 – Halloween Spirit Day, ROM trip forms and payment due