Dear Parents,

We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements:

Watch these announcements on video here.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Reader’s Workshop

The kids will continue  our unit on Deep Study of Character. Next week we will look at how troubles in stories turn into motifs, which turn into themes. We may also start looking for symbolism in our books.

Writer’s Workshop

The kids will continue in our new journalism unit.

Math

Math Answers and Help Here

What happened to math class?

We will work on the first half of our Area and Surface Area (Geometry Unit). We will work on Area and Surface Area up until spring break, then after spring break we will switch to statistics.

History

We will start studying our next Ancient Civilization: Greece.The kids will compare and contrast Athens and Sparta and study the wars between Greece and Persia.

Science

The kids will work with Miss Stevens in science lab.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray