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.