Week of December 16th

Important Dates

- Dare Graduation December 16th @ 9:00 

- School Spelling Bee December 17^th @ 8:15

- Two hour early release Friday, 12/20

- Holiday Break 12/23 - 1/2

This week in Mrs. Plante's Math....

We are starting our unit on fractions. HERE is the letter from the state department of education outlining what your student is going to learn in this unit. Our focus for this week will be equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, ordering fractions, adding and subtracting fractions. 

UNIT TEST WEDNESDAY 12/18/19

IXL Skills to help review: K4, K6, K8, K9, K10, K11

Videos for current unit:

Adding and Subtracting Fractions using the "Butterfly Method"

Equivalent Fractions video

Comparing fractions with models

Videos from Unit 3

HERE is a video multiplying decimals using an area model.

HERE is a video multiplying large decimals using the standard algorithm. 

HERE is a video dividing decimals by whole number using a model. 

Videos from Unit 2

Rounding Decimals

Ordering Decimals

Comparing Decimals

Place Value of Decimals

Videos from Unit 1

Partial Quotient Strategy for division Video

Area Model Multiplication Video

Standard Algorithm Multiplication Video

HERE is a video explaining multiplication and division with Powers of 10.  

HERE is a video explaining the Order of Operations

This week in Mrs. Allen's Class....

We are continuing our research on the Civil Rights Movement in class. Students will have an opportunity to do some research in class, however I have encouraged them to try to talk to someone they know that lived during that time to get a first hand account of what they went through. I also encourage the students to do some research at home. Each night your student will have Daily Oral Language for homework. We will check them each day in class and each Friday they will be assessed. Please encourage your students to complete homework each night. 

In Social Studies:

We are being our unit on World War II and the Cold War. 

SS5H4 Explain America’s involvement in World War II.

 a. Describe German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia.

 b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust.

 c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

d. Identify Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hirohito, Truman, Mussolini, and Hitler.

 e. Describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African Americans or Blacks; include “Rosie the Riveter” and the Tuskegee Airmen.

 f. Explain the role of Eleanor Roosevelt and the U.S. in the formation of the United Nations. 

SS5H5 Discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. 

a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” 

b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

c. Identify Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev. 

d. Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. 

HERE is a great site to check out more information on our current unit.

This week in Mr. Brumbelow's Class....

We will be working on finishing our obituaries that we wrote based on our most recent book, The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Some students will be finishing their 2nd 9 weeks reading assessment. We will also be incorporating some computer based programs to review previously taught skills and prepare for the Georgia Milestone Assessment.