Literacy | WORK DUE |
| This month we will be preparing for the New York State ELA test. Students will do most of the preparation in class. We will launch Fantasy book clubs this month. All students can be working on their reading stamina by increasing their reading time. | March 25 & 26: ELA Test Book club meetings weekly. |
Math | WORK DUE |
| Students will be finishing up Unit 3 - Symbolic Manipulations by first week of March. (see February Looking Forward for a list of topics and links.) Here is a link detailing how the mathematical concepts are developed in this unit. Here is a link detailing some worked out examples in this unit. We will start Unit 4 - Systems of Linear Equations In this unit, students will dive deeper into linear equations - both standard form and slope-intercept form. We will also be looking at a variety of ways to solve a system of linear equations to make decisions about a problem. Here is a link detailing how the mathematical concepts are developed in this unit. Here is a link detailing some worked out examples in this unit. We will end the month with Unit 5 - Transformational Geometry studying different types of transformations on a coordinate axes and relating that to algebraic thinking. | HW daily - whether it is an assigned homework to be collected or completing work from class. Different classes are in different parts of the problem. Please check your child’s planner at least once a week. Quiz weekly The quiz is usually on a concept learned from a previous week or earlier in the week, not the day before or the period of. Encourage your child to reach out for a lunch meeting if he/she is still confused after multiple days of studying the same concepts. |
Science | WORK DUE |
| We started March by building our Rube Goldberg machines. Ask your students to see pictures or videos of their machines! They have been making incredible contraptions, applying their knowledge of Newton’s Laws, simple machines, and the variables that cause motion. They will present their machines to each other this week, bringing our force and motion unit to a close. Our next unit is astronomy. We will focus on the interactions between the Earth, Sun, and Moon. Students will study the conditions that make our planet habitable, and use that understanding to decide where NASA should send a probe to look for life. They will “pitch” their plans to each other. | Homework: Notebook Quick Checks EdPuzzle videos Google classroom quizzes (~1 every 2 weeks) Keeping up with notes and in-class assignments Rube Goldberg Machines (Blueprints, Step Lists, and Machines) Due the week of 3/9 |
Social Studies | WORK DUE |
| For the first two weeks of March, students will be completing their unit of study on immigration. At the turn of the 20th century, millions of European immigrants came to America while the government barred nearly all Chinese immigrants from entering. At the same time, African Americans were fleeing the South as new economic opportunities opened up in the North and West. Students have explored who is included and excluded from American culture and why; the role race plays in shaping migrant experiences; and how migrants negotiate cultural worlds. Our next unit of study will explore the World Wars and the interwar years, critically examining the impact on American culture, race relations, and women’s rights. | Due Dates Unit 5: Immigration Final Project: Synthesis Page Due Date: Friday, March 13th Launch Unit 6: The World at War Monday, March 16th First Week: World War I |
Spanish | WORK DUE |
| This month, students will finish Unit 6: El fin de semana. Students speak and write about what they did over the weekend, and will write about what their peers did over the weekend. We will also do readings that talk about past events. |
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Advisory
Students will be spending time preparing for student-led conferences this month. They will also continue their activism projects.
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