I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing three day weekend!
This week we are going to be taking our third benchmark to see how the students are progressing. This will be our first time taking the test online. I think the students are ready for the change and will do great!
We are also beginning our unit on Poetry this week. As a fun introduction, we are writing Bio Poems about someone important in the Revolutionary War. Students will be researching their person using a brainstorming form and then creating a visual to go with their poem. I will post pictures when they are done.
Beginning next week we will look at different forms of poetry and elements of poetry.
Have a great week!
Ms Toal

Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had a wonderful and refreshing Christmas break. It’s hard to believe we are halfway through this year!
This week we are going to be reading a book called Seeker of Knowledge.
Our vocabulary words for the week are:
spellbound, enthusiasm hieroglyph, decipher, bombarded, translate, expedition, scholar, conquered, inscriptions.
We will also be using the endings -tion and -sion to write words.
Our Greek and Latin Root is -tele.

Have a great week!