I've been talking to the class on a daily basis about always putting extra effort into their work in order to improve. You can't let one mistake bring you down, but instead, think of how you can strive to achieve the long term goal of a better report card at the end of this last quarter.
The practice tests we've been taking for the AIMS exam are difficult. We go over each answer so the students can see how they can eliminate choices that make no sense, and narrow their decision down to one or two. They will be bringing home one of the pracice Math tests in their Homework Folder on Monday so that you can look over it with them. Please encourage them to think positive about the upoming tests! They will not be tested on anything we haven't covered in class at some point. If they take their time, read each question carefully, and stay focused, I'm extremely confident that they will all succeed.
Our Social Studies lessons on Arizona will take us up to the year 1848 and the end of the Mexican War. We will be talking about the influence of vaqueros on the American Cowboy, NAFTA, and the Kit Fox as part of this week's newspaper.
Our Science newspaper is all about Earth's Place in the Universe. The class will be reading articles about the possibility of life on other planets, and Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, who wrote about the sun being the center of the solar system and the other planets revolving around it back in the 1500's, decades before anyone else.
We are in need of classroom supplies. Pencils, highlighters, sanitizing wipes, and for an end of the year art project, crayons and colored pencils. Thank you in advance for anything you are able to contribute!
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