March 31- April 4

Math: Review , Test on Tuesday, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5

Social Studies: Industry and Technology notes (M-T), Segregation and  Cotton Rise and Fall(W), study guide, Test on Friday

Science: Types of Soil, study guide, review, test on Thursday

Reading: Finish Sweet Clara, Unspoken text (T-F)

Spelling: cabin, future, music, tiger, behind, rewind, focus, belong, family, begin, motel, connection, local, strategy, complex, diagram test on Friday

March 24-28

Math: Fractions Unit; 9-1/9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6

Social Studies: Reconstruction notes (M-T), study guide, review, test on Friday

Science: Begin Rocks and Minerals Unit; properties of Minerals, 3 types of rocks, 4 types of soil, mineral identification, fossils

Reading: "The People Could Fly", Venn diagram of Cassie and Toby, Clara and the Freedom Quilt/Better Late Than Never texts

Spelling: liked, worried, rolling, singing, swimming, settled, talked, hurried, buying, trying, leaving, regional, traditional, chart, symbol, Test on Friday

March 17-21

Math: 15-5 (word problems), study guide, test on Friday

Social Studies: Important Causes of Civil War essay, study guide on Wednesday, test on Friday

Science: Finish culminating assessment, test on Thursday

Reading: Read "The People Could Fly", compare with "Tar Beach", compare the characters Cassie and Toby

Spelling: NONE THIS WEEK DUE TO PASS TESTING

March 10-14

Math: Envision 15-2, 15-1, 15-3, 15-4

Social Studies: After the Civil War notes

Science: Volume, study guide, culminating assessment/review, test on Friday

Reading: Tar Beach, The People Could Fly, compare the two stories purpose, compare characters' descriptions

Spelling: winter, cactus, cellar, garden, market, basket, welcome, until, always, cowboy, lasso, logical, continuity, change, estimation, reasonable

Walnut Grove Plantation 3-4-14

Check out this website and answer the question about our field trip. The password is bses.

http://padlet.com/wall/wgfieldtrip

March 3-7

Math: Measuring Time: Envision 12-1, 12-2, MOOTB lesson 1, 2, and 3

Social Studies: After the Civil War: How it affected the Elite class, Independent Farmers, Middle, and Lower class, women and African-Americans, racial tensions, Reconstruction of the US

Science: Sound: pitch, volume

Reading: Performance Task on Heroes in Literature: video, cite evidence of a hero on a chart, begin writing essay, finish essay by Friday

Spelling: notebook, sunset, bookcase, farmyard, everyone, football, sunshine, rainbow, baseball, hallway, outdoors, measurement, numerical, outcome, future, forecast