We are finishing up our Earth’s Surface unit in science, and I plan to test next Wednesday. We will review on Friday, and students will need to study the notes in their science notebook before the test next week.
In history, we are beginning to study about the early American colonies, and will begin studying about Roanoke and Jamestown. We will be reading the novel “Blood on the River” in class to connect our reading to this unit, and will also be writing an essay explaining why so many people died in the early Jamestown colony.
Students should be finished reading “Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World,” and we will begin organizing ideas to write our first opinion writing piece, explaining whether or not Shackleton was a good leader during his expedition to Antarctica. Before we begin that essay, we are writing an explanatory essay about how scientists predict and measure earthquakes. Students will be typing that next week.
Parent teacher conferences will be held on Oct. 9 and 10, so please be sure to sign up through Skyward. There has been information regarding how to sign up sent out through the Westfield Weekly newsletter, but if you still have questions, please let me know!