Dear Parents,
We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements:
Reader’s Workshop
The kids will reflect on their identity (what makes them who they are) and think about the characteristics that make up their lives as a way to study how we can do that same kind of thinking for characters. This will lead up to our 6th Grade Deep Study of Character Unit which will take us to spring break. In this unit we will analyze characters in depth and how characters interact with setting and theme.
Writer’s Workshop
We will do some reflection on the identity of characters we will study in reader’s workshop and then we will begin our 6th grade unit on Literary Essay. Much of this work will hinge on the work being done each and every day in reader’s workshop. Students who are doing 6th grade level work in reading will benefit in writing.
Math
We will continue our expressions and equations (algebra) unit this week. We will begin to solve equations that contain a variable.
History
We will do a short unit (just this week) on Alexander the Great and ask the question, “Was Alexander the Great really great?”. We will look at documents and argue a side.
Science
We will continue working on the water cycle unit.
Thank you,
Mr. Gray
