March - finally, can good weather be far behind?
I always watch for every sign of changing seasons. The maple trees are tapped and I've seen several robins at this point, now if the last foot or so of snow will only melt from my yard, things happen slowly out here in West Glocester, the changes will be able to accelerate, brightening everyone's mood.
Enthusiasm in the Middle School classes remains high, with much left to accomplish in the remainder of the year. This is a brief overview of where each of my classes are, and where we go from here.
Grade 6 English - This week will complete our study of pronouns and we will be moving on to learn about adjectives and adverbs in the next several weeks. We have written several essays, related to the non-fiction works we have been reading in literature. We will be writing more creatively, using pictures to provide motivation.
Grade 6 Literature - We will continue reading several more works of nonfiction until the end of this trimester when we will turn our attention to poetry.
Grade 6 Vocabulary - We have completed two-thirds of the units, having just completed a major test on units one through nine. Our established format will continue in place for the remaining units.
Grade 6 Social Studies - We are almost done with the unit on Egypt. We will be reviewing early this week and will have the test on Thursday of this week.
Because there are many interesting ancient civilizations remaining, the children will be divided into groups to prepare projects on Ancient Rome, Greece, India, or China. They will be using their texts and the internet to share with their classmates information about the geography, culture, lifestyles, and historic information of each civilization. The group presentations should be fun and informative.
Grade 7 Social Studies - The students presented projects about some of the Presidents last week. This week we are completing power point presentations about The Industrial Revolution, Lewis and Clark, and Improvements in Transportation. We will return to our
text book for the next several weeks as we study
Westward Expansion.
Grade 8 Social Studies - A study of a program entitled "A Place At The Table" has occupied classes for the last two weeks. The ideas of equality, the American Dream, and exactly who is entitled to a share of all that is America were developed in this combination of a video, case studies and group presentations. We also now return to the text in chapters on the Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression.
Hopefully this update on your child's studies will enable you to initiate dialogue at home about what students are learning.
Sincerely, Sandra Phillips
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