Language Arts:

In the new year, the students will select a new book to read.
In writing, the students will be practicing creating narratives.

Math 5th/6th:

The students will be learning about equivalent forms of numbers.

Math 7th/8th:

The students will be learning about solving multi-step equations.

Language Arts:
In writing, the students are completing their essays about homelessness in America.
In reading, the students have completed The Boy Who Dared and will be starting a new book, after the holiday break.

Math 5th-6th:

The students are learning how to change numbers into different forms: fraction-decimal-percent.

Math 7th-8th:

The students are learning how to solve equations that are multi-step.

Language Arts:

The students will be writing essays about "how to help homeless people in America."

In Reading, the students are continuing to read The Boy Who Dared.


Math 5th-6th:

The students are learning how to compare and order decimals.


Math 7th-8th:

The students are learning about compound events and probability.

Language Arts:
This week, the students are learning about irony.
They will also be completing their music lyrics projects.
The students are continuing to read The Boy Who Dared.


Math 5th/6th:
This week, the students are learning how to compare and order decimals.


Math 7th/8th:
The students are learning about probability.

Language Arts:

Writing:  The students are working on a project involving figures of speech and song lyrics.
Reading: Currently reading, The Boy Who Dared

Math 5th/6th:

The students are learning how to round whole numbers and decimals.


Math 7th/8th:

The students are learning how to use the distributive property and combine like terms.

Language Arts:

The students are doing a great job editing their persuasive essays.

In reading class, the students are learning a lot about WWII Germany, from the book,
The Boy Who Dared.



Math 5th/6th:

Fifth and Sixth grade math students have been working on a Thanksgiving dinner decimal word problem project. All of the students worked very hard to complete the projects.



Math 7th/8th:

The students have been working on solving multi-step problems with positive and negative integers.

Language Arts

The class is currently reading The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

Next week, in writing the students will be practicing how to write essays that compare and contrast facts and ideas.


Math 5th/6th

The students will be practicing how to write and solve word problems that involve decimals.


Math 7th/8th

Next week, the students will learn how to multiply and divide using negative and positive integers.

Language Arts:

The students completed their WANTED posters. The posters were spooktacular!!!!

Next Week the class will begin reading The Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti.



Math 5-6

The students are continuing to study decimals.



Math 7-8

The students are studying rational numbers. They are learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative numbers.

Language Arts:
*The students are writing descriptions of original Halloween characters and creating WANTED posters for them.

*For Red-Ribbon Week:  In reading class, the students have been reading about and discussing  the dangers of smoking and doing drugs.


Math 5-6:
*The students are learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals.


Math 7-8:
*The students are learning how to draw: line plots-   stem and leaf plots-  and box and whisker plots. They are also learning how to interpret the graphs in order to find measures of central tendency.

Language Arts:

*The students are beginning to work on writing Halloween essays.

*In reading, the students have just completed the book, The Giver. A new book will be started, soon.

*The students have completed beautiful posters about the parts of speech.


Math 5/6:

*5th and 6th grade students have been studying Mixed Numbers.

*The next topic will involve decimals.


Math 7/8:

*The students are currently learning about scatter plots.

*The next topic will be determining measures of central tendency.

Language Arts:

In writing class, the students are preparing a MyAccess essay about a person that they respect.

The book, The Giver, is coming to an end. The students have written predictions about how they think the story will end.


5th/6th Math:

At this time, the students are learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide mixed numbers.

Next week, the students will begin learning about decimals.



7th/8th Math:

Recently the students have been working with functions. They are learning how to determine rules-complete tables-and graph the functions.

Next week, the students will be working on a variety of charts-tables-and graphs.

Language Arts:

The students have been working with the MyAccess computer program, in order to improve their writing. They seem to be excited to be using the program and their scores are going up!


In reading class, the students have been reading about memories. They are currently writing descriptions about their favorite memories.



Math 5/6

At the moment, the students are learning about adding and subtracting mixed numbers.



Math 7/8

The students are learning how to create and complete function tables.

Language Arts:

**The students are continuing to read The Giver . They have recently completed projects involving creating a job that would benefit their community.

**"Myaccess" is a computer based writing program; which the students have recently started using. At this time, persuasive essays are being worked on using "Myaccess."


Math 5th/6th:

**The topic that the students are learning about is multiplying/dividing fractions. They are also practicing reducing their answers.



Math 7th/8th

**The students are identifying rational and irrational numbers. They are learning how to compare fractions and decimals.

6th-8th Language Arts
The students are writing persuasive essays about using animals to test harmful products.
In reading, the students are creating jobs for their own community. ---reading The Giver


5th-6th Math
Next week, the students will learn more about fractions.


7th-8th Math
Next week, the students will explore "real numbers."

WELCOME BACK!!!!!

6th-8th Language Arts

*The students will be having vocabulary/spelling tests on a weekly basis......coming soon



5th-6th Math

*The students are currently learning about multiples and factors.
*Next week, the students will be learning about fractions.


7th-8th Math

*This year, the students will be learning topics pertaining to Algebra.
*The students are currently learning how to write algebraic expressions.

3rd and 4th Language Arts


Book Projects are due June 4th

The students are learning how to edit "run-on" sentences.

The students are writing "how to" essays.




5th - 8th Language Arts

Book  Projects are due June 4th

The students are working on MARE projects.

The students are writing persuasive essays.


Math

The students are learning how to solve equations.

3rd and 4th Language Arts

*The students are writing narrative essays.

*The students are practicing using adverbs in their writing.

*Book Project due June 4th





5th-8th Language Arts


*The students are currently working on MARE projects.

*The students are writing persuasive essays.

*Book Project due June 4th




Math

*The students are studying the distributive property and combining like  terms

3rd and 4th Language Arts

*The students are  reading George's Marvelous Medicine.

*The students did not have spelling this week because of the NJASK tests.

*Book Project due June 4th


5th-8th Language Arts

*The students are beginning to work on their MARE projects.

*Book Project due June 4th


Math

*The students are currently studying angles.
-vertical angles-adjacent angles-supplementary angles

*Next week, the students will be solving equations.

3rd and 4th Language Arts

*working on comparing and contrasting --- using venn diagrams
*presenting  invention projects
*Book Project due June 4th
*NJASK testing next week



5th-8th Language Arts

*working on a poetry unit
*determining main ideas and themes of poems
*No Spelling this week because of NJASK testing
*Book Project due June 4th



Math

* using formulas to solve for area -volume -perimeter
*finding missing angles of triangles
*naming triangles by sides and angles

3rd and 4th Language Arts

*Book Project due June 4th

*The students are creating their own inventions.

*The students are also learning how to identify facts and opinions.


5th-8th Language Arts

*Book Project due June 4th

*The students are learning how to interpret and illustrate poetry.



Math

*The students are reviewing various topics in order to prepare for the NJASK test.

3rd and 4th grade Language Arts

*Book Project due June 4th

*Learning how to differentiate between facts and opinions

*Preparing for NJASK tests



5th -8th grade Language Arts

*Book Project due June 4th

*Learning how to write essays that compare and contrast ideas

*Preparing for NJASK tests


Math

*Currently studying: points, lines, rays, angles

*reviewing various topics to prepare for the NJASK tests

3rd and 4th grade Language Arts

*Book Projects are due June 4th

*The students are taking practice tests to prepare for the NJASK



5th-8th Language Arts

*Book Projects are due June 4th

*The students are taking practice tests to prepare for the NJASK



Math

*The students are currently learning about lines-rays-angles.
*The students are also reviewing a variety of topics in order to prepare for the NJASK

3rd and 4th grade Language Arts

*The students are currently learning about adverbs.

*In writing, the students are creatively explaining how animals got their special features.

*Book Projects are due June 4th!



5th-8th Language Arts

*The students are learning about idioms.

*The students are writing persuasive essays.

*Book Projects are due June 4th



Math
*The students are learning how to create graphs and how to interpret the data from them.

Language Arts - Grades 3 - 4
*The students are working very hard to prepare for the NJASK tests.
*They have been studying the main idea and themes of short stories.
*The students have been writing narrative essays.

*Book Projects are due June 4, 2013


Language Arts - Grades 5-8
*The students have been writing persuasive and informative essay.
*They have also been working very hard to prepare for the NJASK tests.
*The students continue to read "Bud, Not Buddy"

*Book Projects are due June 4, 2013


Math
*The students are currently studying line plots and stem and leaf plots.

3rd and 4th grade Language Arts
The students are taking practice tests in order to prepare for the NJASK tests.
The students are learning how to find the central idea and themes of stories.


5th - 8th grade Language Arts
The students are taking practice tests in order to prepare for the NJASK tests.
The students are writing narrative and persuasive essays.



Math
The students are learning how to find measures of central tendency.
They are also learning how to make line plots and stem and leaf charts.

Thank You for all of the wonderful book projects!!!

A new book project will be sent home before Spring Recess.

In all classes, we are taking practice tests to prepare for the NJASK tests.



Math: The students are currently studying tree diagrams and organized lists.

3rd and 4th grade Language Arts
*The students have been reading about Abraham Lincoln and The Underground Railroad.
*The students continue to learn about homonyms.
*Book Project due February 27, 2013

5th -8th grade Language Arts
*The students continue to read "Bud, Not Buddy"
*The students are writing about being stranded on an island.
*Book Project due March 6, 2013


Math
*The students are currently learning about probability.

3rd and 4th Grade Language Arts

*The students are learning how to write summaries of stories.

*BOOK PROJECTS ARE DUE:  February 27th -- comic strip



5th - 8th Grade Language Arts

*The students are currently writing persuasive essays.

*The students are reading  Bud, Not Buddy   by Christopher Paul Curtis

BOOK PROJECTS ARE DUE:  March 6th--movie poster


Math

*The students are currently learning how to find tax and discounts, involved in shopping word problems.

3rd and 4th    Language Arts
*The students have been reading and writing fables.
*They have also been studying parts of speech .......nouns......verbs......adjectives
*Book Projects are due Feb 27th


5th-8th   Language Arts
*The students have been writing about aliens visiting from outer space.
*They have also been studying figures of speech.
*Book Projects are due March 6th


Math
*The students have been studying how to find the percent of a number.

3rd and 4th grade language arts-
*book projects are due February 27, 2013
*the project is in the form of a comic strip---see packet


5th - 8th grade language arts-
*book projects are due March 6, 2013
*the projects is in the form of a movie poster -- see packet



Math-
students are currently studying fractions - decimals - percents