January 27-31

Math: study guide, review, unit test on Wednesday, 6-1, 6-4. 

Social Studies: Abolitionists, South Carolina Secedes from the Union, North vs. South

Science: What is Curling article, rules of curling, curling quiz on Friday

Reading: Author study, group book project

Spelling: song, being, leave, family, it's, flower, flour, our, hour, hair, hare, moon, orbit, position, sphere, cube test on Friday

January 21-24

Math: 14-1 (Covering Regions), 14-2 (Area and Units), 14-3 (Standard Units), 14-10 (Selecting Appropriate Units)

Social Studies: Finish notes and timeline on Cotton Gin, study guide, review, test on Friday, January 24th

Science: gravity, study guide/review, test on Thursday, January 23rd

Reading: Patricia Polacco book study

Spelling: cut, young, talk, soon, list, here, hear, bare, bear, way, weigh, telescope, magnify, planet, pyramid, cone pretest Tuesday, test on Thursday

Ice Cube Insulator Challenge

Students were given the challenge to construct a chamber that would hold an ice cube and keep it from melting and then leaking out of the chamber (plastic egg). Students were given an egg and a choice of materials (tin foil, napkin, plastic wrap, and notebook paper). They had 10 minutes to insulate the egg before the ice cube was placed inside.

Here are the students working on the project:

January 13-17

Math: Continue division, division word problems, solving division through drawing pictures, study guide, test on Friday

Social Studies: cotton gin, expansion of slavery/bad soil, causes of the Civil War, study guide, test next week

Science: position of objects, motion, speed, push and pull of objects

Reading: Literary Heroes

Spelling: let, above, girl, sometimes, mountains, worn, fourth, war, horse, morning, poured, geometric, angles, acute, obtuse, right