Weekly News

I hope everyone had a very restful holiday break and that you are ready to get back into the swing of things at school.

This week in Math, we will do a little review of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. We will focus most of the week working with story problems that deal with multiplying fractions and how to identify such story problems. Don't forget that the homework given over holiday break is due on Monday when you return to school!

In Science we will continue looking at erosion and deposition in Boomtown. We will review the graphs we made before break, looking at the amount of rainfall in Boomtown. We will then investigate how flowing water (rivers) can affect the way that land is shaped. Finally, we will read about weathering and how erosion and deposition play a role in shaping our land.

In Advisory students will get some time to work on their projects in class. It is expected that over break, students worked on their science portion. They are expected to have researched 3 native plants/flowers in their country, as well as 3 animals in their country. Along with a picture, students should have facts regarding their plants/flowers and animals. They also need to research the overall weather/climate of their country and have a 1/2 page written regarding this. All of this is due in one week -- January 11th -- in its final form. Final form means that written information is typed, in the student's own words, and that any pictures printed are big enough to see and are printed in color ink. Please make sure you don't wait until the last minute (that's why students were told about this before leaving for the holiday break), to print these items out.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!