* Don't forget - Week 5 Reading Logs are due Monday, Dec. 11.
* One Page Book Report #2 - Due December 15th
* Reading groups - Literacy Circle Packets - Due Friday
Independent Reading:
Reading Log - due Mondays. Students are required to complete at least 150 minutes of Independent Reading each week with parent & teacher signatures for their reading times. Logs are due each Monday. Since we are studying fiction, Independent Reading books should be novels, stories or biographies (including graphic novels) - books that tell a story, have plot, and develop characters, so that we can practice the skills we are developing in class.
Listening to E-books on Overdrive can also count towards Independent Reading for reading logs. Students with a Madison Public Library card can also link their Library Card to Overdrive for access for even more books.
Students should have a book/E-book for class each day, either from home or from the library.
Writing -
Last week we read about a narrator who was caught between the expectations her parents grew up with in the Philippines and the American culture that she was growing up in. This week we'll be conducting interviews with classmates to gain information about their family traditions, culture or expectations and writing informative paragraphs based on what we learned in the interview.
Social Studies -
Mon-Wed will be working on your posters comparing the achievements of two of the empires we've studied.
Thursday we'll review for the Chapter 6 test.
Friday we'll complete the chapter 6 test.
We are still studying Chapter 6 - The 4 Empires of Mesopotamia. Between 2300 BCE and 539 BCE the independent city-states of ancient Sumer were conquered and united under different Empires. An Empire is when multiple cities, nations or peoples over a large territory are united under a single leader. Each of the 4 empires we've studied achieved power through different important achievements that allowed for the control of vast numbers of people spread over a larger territory.