History & Geography

This week we wrapped up our unit on The Reformation, next week we will begin The Golden Age. Our objectives were:

• Describe the causes and effects of the Catholic Church’s attempt to reform itself
• Explain how Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits, the Council of Trent, and the Index of Forbidden
  Books contributed to the Counter-Reformation.
• demonstrate understanding of important people and events of The Reformation on the chapter test

We have been working on building our classroom community by having Morning Meetings. These are student led meetings, students begin by discussing this week´s community goals (this week we worked on including everyone in classroom discussions), we will then do a quick greeting, have some sharing time, and finally we complete an activity. Our class has done a great job of keeping our goals in mind throughout the week and working together during our Morning Meetings.

Mathematics

We also wrapped up our math unit on Ratios this week. Our objectives were:

• complete real world problems with 2- and 3- quantity ratios
• review using CUBES to complete real world problems
• demonstrate understanding and mastery of ratios on the chapter test

We also had a great time on the 100th day of school completing an escape room! We will be celebrating Valentine´s Day on Tuesday, students are welcome to bring decorate boxes to collect Valentines.

Lectura

Essential Question: ¿Que es una comunidad?We are beginning to wrap up our literacy unit, La energia en accion. This week students received a review packet of the spelling and grammar concepts seen this unit. We will continue to review these concepts next week, as we get ready for our assessment the week on the 24th of February.

During this unit we have been doing a lot of work with spelling and vocabulary. Students are using dictionaries on a regular basis to increment their knowledge and understanding of words. If you haven’t done it yet, consider getting a dictionary of definitions in Spanish. This is a great resource to help your children develop their Spanish.

This week we continued to work on our persuasive writing. Students have done a remarkable job during this project and I am so excited to see the product of the hard work.

Objectives for persuasive report:

• Gather ideas for their persuasive report.
• Organize their ideas using an outline.
• Draft their persuasive reports. 

Ciencias

Nutrient Systems: Yeast Nutrition

Students will be investigating nutrient systems of yeast, plants, and animals. Students will design an investigation to determine the necessary conditions for activating dry yeast. Yeast is introduced as a single-celled fungus.