Language Arts:

Writing: The students will be completing and presenting their "Dream City" projects.

Reading: The students are reading Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie. Through reading this book, the students are learning how a middle school student deals with his brother having leukemia.


Math 5th/6th:

The students are learning how to compare and order rational numbers.


Math 7th/8th:

The students are learning about square roots and square numbers.

Language Arts:
In writing, the students are continuing to work on creating their own "Dream City."
In reading, the students are reading Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie.

5th/6th Math:
The students are ordering and comparing integers.

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning how to write numbers in decimal expansion form and how to estimate the value of irrational numbers.

Language Arts:

In writing, the students are developing an essay and completing a map project about designing their own city.

In reading, the students are reading short informational texts in order to improve their comprehension skills.


Math 5th/6th:

The students will be learning about integers, rational, and irrational numbers.


Math 7th/8th:

The students will be learning about decimal expansion and square roots.

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.