Fourth Nine Weeks, Week 4

I was very proud of how hard the students worked on their tests last week!  We won't know the scores for some time, but all I ask is that they do their best.  I believe they did just that!  

Reading - It has taken us longer to finish book clubs than I had planned, but we WILL finish them this week.  All of the books have been finished, but now students are working on a few activities to show what they learned from the book.

Read Aloud - There are still some great mysteries that revolve around our main characters, Nell and Aunt Kitty, and they are working to solve some very intriguing mysteries!

Language - The students will begin working on a narrative story about events from the Civil War.  

Math - We are continuing with our geometry unit.  The focus will be on symmetry and area this week.

Alabama History - We are focusing on how Alabama contributed to the Civil War.  We will also read a journal entry from a girl living in Atlanta during the time of the Civil War.  At some point in the next two weeks, we will be watching parts of Gone with the Wind.  Don't worry, we'll skip over that famous last line, but it is a great film to show the kids a bit more about what life was like for some southerners during the war.