Week of 3/14/11 - 3/18/11

Highlights for the Week of 3/14/11 - 3/18/11 in Mrs. Bell's Classroom

Mrs. Bell's Homeroom

English - Verbs

Students will finish the verb tense project at the beginning of the week. Then, we will move on to studying the special verb "be" & contractions that use the word not.

Social Studies - The Ojibwa

This week we will take a look at how the Ojibwa and other Native Americans from the Midwest keep their culture and traditions alive in modern times. Later in the week, we will "wrap up" our study of the Midwest by sampling some of the resources of the region, including corn, dairy products, berries and Ojibwa rice.

Science - Electricity

What does it take to make a light bulb glow? That is the question that students will answer this week. After investigating this question, students will work in small groups to create a poster that illustrates different ways to light a bulb. At the end of the week, our focus will be on parallel and series circuits.

Mrs. Bell's Reading Class

Spelling- Changing the final "y" to "i"

The final test for this lesson will be on Friday, 3/18. The cursive page & workbook pages will also be collected on that day.

Reading

Next week, students will read about Gloria Estefan, a famous singer whose acts of kindness have made her a hero to many people. Our strategy will be making judgments. Making judgments involves deciding whether or not a character's actions are appropriate for a situation. Readers can ask themselves, "Do I agree with this? is this right or fair?"

Mrs. Bell's Math Class

Motion Geometry will be our new topic this week, as we move through chapter 20. We will begin by looking at congruent and similar figures, turns and symmetry, and transformations. Students will be taking a QUIZ on the first three lessons of chapter 20 on Thursday, 3/17. Chapters 20 & 21 are short, so I will be combining those two chapters into one test.

Don't Forget...

March 19 - District Fundraiser - "Spring Fling"

March 28-April 1 - Spring Break / No School

April 5 - Teacher's Institute / No School

Mrs. Karen Bell