•4th Grade Literacy – In Literacy class students will continue to review and learn comprehension skills and strategies to become better readers. This week students will be learning various ways to identify the character and theme of a story or passage. • 5th Grade Literacy - In Literacy class students will continue to build upon their prior knowledge of comprehension skills and strategies to become better readers. This week students will be learning ways to determine the main idea and supporting details from a story or passage.

2nd – 6th Rockstar

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Weekly Reminders

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Please be advised that we are testing the next four weeks! Students start out with

MAP Testing and end with the state assessment known as K-Prep.

Please make every effort to have good attendance, get a good nights sleep, and

eat a good breakfast!

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•3rd Grade Math-My 3rd grade math students will be working on classifying polygons and identifying congruent and symmetrical figures. Continue to memorize all multiplication facts. :)• •2nd Grade Math-My 2nd grade math students will be working on multiplication tables of 3, 4, and 5 and dividing using related multiplication facts. Continue to memorize these multiplication facts. :) We will also be reading and making picture graphs.• •4th Grade Social Studies-My two 4th grade Social Studies classes will be studying about the purpose of government, the Bill of Rights and responsibilities that come with those rights, the Kentucky Constitution, and the branches of government.• •2nd Grade Social Studies-My 2nd graders will be studying about the lifestyles and beliefs of the Ancient Greeks.

2nd Grade LiteracyI can identify cause and effect relationships in a given text.I can recognize adjectives that aid in visualizing a story.I can develop vocabulary to use when reading, writing, and speaking.3rd Grade LiteracyI can recognize that the main idea is the most important idea in a text.I can use background knowledge and clues from the text to make inferences.I can develop vocabulary to use when reading, writing, and speaking.

2nd Grade Science

I can describe how people use pushes and pulls.I can explain what causes things to fall down3rd Grade ScienceI can explain how differences in air pressure create winds.I can describe how clouds form.

BowenScience classes are learning about the

technology used to predict weather.Language Arts classes are continuing our

dictionary skills assessment.

6th graders remember that Friday is the tour of the middle school and DARE Picnic.

Please get all permission slips in.

•Math- For the next two weeks in math we will be learning about angles. We will be measuring and drawing angles as well as understanding how angles turn. • •Science- We will be learning about the states of matter and the changes in each state of matter. We will also be studying mass, volume, density and vacuum. Writer's WorkshopWriter's Workshop

•Our authors are still working on turning Prose To Poetry. We will continue to Our authors are still working on turning Prose To Poetry. We will continue to master the art of poetry this week.master the art of poetry this week.•Daily 5Daily 5•We are pressing onward with our CLOSE Reading of Poetry. We are reading, We are pressing onward with our CLOSE Reading of Poetry. We are reading, dissecting, analyzing, and annotating poetry.dissecting, analyzing, and annotating poetry.•Rock On!Rock On!

Linder

5th Grade Social Studies:

I can identify key events that have occurred since the Civil War.

I can create a timeline with key events that have occurred since the Civil War.

I can explain how key events since the Civil War have influenced my life6th Grade Social Studies:I can create visuals to represent qualities of legendary Chinese emperors.  

I can describe how civilizations developed in ancient Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent.

I can describe the society and culture of ancient Egypt.  

5th Grade Math:I can find the volume of cubes and rectangular prisms.I can find the volume of a solid figure constructed with unit cubes.I can compare the volumes of cubes, rectangular prisms and other objects.I can solve word problems involving volume of a rectangular prism. 

•This week in math, we will be learning about surface area and volume of solids. We will start the week by working in groups to identify nets of different solids and create our own shape and net. We will then venture off to the wild journey of finding surface area of hands-on boxes of different shapes! How exciting! Finding surface area of real-world situations will end this unit and prepare for statistics! Get your minds ready and excited for rocking with surface area!