A Sneak Peek At Our Week ...

Writing:  Students have been working hard drafting the different scenes of their realistic fiction stories, organizing the scenes so they are consistent with the story/plot mountain structure (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).  Lessons for the remainder of the week will focus on drafting the scenes, dialogue, and settings.   

Reading:  Students will also continue progressing through the biography unit.  Lessons this week focused on how the setting and people influence a subject.  Students will complete a reflection assignment based off of the past five lessons instructed in class on Thursday.  Then, they will begin reading a new biography focused on a new subject of their choice.  

Math:  We will wrap up Unit 7 this week.  The Unit 7 test will take place on Friday!  A review guide is being passed out today and will be due Thursday.  

Science:  Later in the week students will begin a new unit of study focused on Sound.  Information about this unit can be found on the Sound page of the 3GW.  Essential questions of the unit are listed below:

• What are properties of sound that make them identifiable?
• How are sounds made?
• How are high and low sounds made?
• How does length affect the rate of vibration, and therefore the pitch?
• Can sounds travel through liquids, solids, and gasses?
• How is sound different went traveling through different mediums?

To wrap up the unit students will complete a mini-inquiry on a sound topic of their choice.  

Quarter Projects:  Students' digital "Rock Stories" should be posted early this week!  Information about the Quarter 4 project will go out towards the end of the week.