Thursday, March 3, 2021

Important Reminders

- No School on Mon. 3/14 (Staff Learning Day)

- keep your COVID Testing QR code safe; you will need it every Friday

Language Arts

- look over your Personal Narrative Final Submission and make sure that it is ready to go for printing/publishing (if you are interested in auditioning to do the artwork for Front Cover, Inside Cover, Dedication page, please show Ms. Sun your artwork samples)

- return the Studentreasures Publishing order form by next Fri. 3/11 (even if you are not going to purchase a book)

DUE Mon. 3/7:

- Newsela article: Why is Russia Invading Ukraine? (read the article and take the quiz at the end whichever lexile level Newsela defaults to for you; however, try to read up to 1050L even if you start off at a lower level). Annotations are optional but helpful in aiding in your reading comprehension. 

Additional articles/videos to help your understanding of what's going on in Europe:

• Explainer: What is NATO, and what is its role in the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
• Annexation of Crimea (this happened in 2014)
• President Zelenskyy Addresses Russia
• The Long History Between Russia and Ukraine (video)
• Global Protests Continue Amid Ukraine Invasion (video)

- NoRedInk Assignment #17: Choosing the Appropriate Conjunctions

Social Studies

No homework 

Math

1. Homework #46:  CC1:  6.2.3  #6-96, 97, 98, and 100

2. Complete classwork from today

3.  Unit 6 playlist posted on website.

(Make sure you are correcting your homework answers.  Answers are posted online

    Go to Village A website -->click on math files --> go to the unit we are in to find answers to homework)

Science

SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENT(S):

- read/annotate "Urgent action needed to address climate change's catastrophic threats, U.N. report warns" and "Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?" reading in Google Classrom (download the Kami extension on your Chrome browser)

LONG-TERM ASSIGNMENT(S):

- make sure you come on Mon. 3/7 ready to report out what your chosen topic is — here are a list of ideas

- continue research for the My Place in This Changing World project; contribute helpful resources to our village (make sure you are signed into your CUSD Google account)

*** Make sure your Science Binder Table of Contents matches Ms. Sun's at all times!

Exploratory
No Homework