December 5-- Early Dismissal
December 7-- Bowling permission slips are due
December 21-- Bowling
Reading: We will continue our unit on Mythology. This week the students will become familiar with all aspects of a given myth (characters, setting, events, theme, etc). Students will work in a small group or individually to complete a project that summarizes a myth in a chosen format. After reading and researching a myth, they will create a project that will be presented to their classmates.
Time For Kids: The students will be given a TFK magazine on Monday. There will be a quiz on the cover story on Thursday.
Spelling/Vocabulary: We will complete a two week spelling/vocabulary unit on Mythology. There will not be a test this week. The students will learn that many English words have Greek roots and many of them come straight from the names of myths of certain gods, titans and mythological characters. We will also focus on allusions. An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place or literature. The students will find there are many allusions to Greek Mythology.
Social Studies: We will complete our study of the Southeast. The students have been assigned a state and will create a scrapbook using their chromebooks. Class time will be given for this however some may be homework. The Scrapbooks are due Tuesday, December 12th.
Science: We will continue a unit on Life Cycles of Plants and Animals. We will begin learning about animal life cycles. We will read and learn how some animals grow and develop. We will also learn about the different stages in the human life cycle. The chapter test is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, December 13th.
Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:. We will continue Unit 3, Fractions and Decimals. The students will be introduced to decimals. They will use the base ten pieces as a visual anchor to comparing decimal numbers and to investigate the relationship between tenths and hundredths.
