(ART) Our PAUL KLEE Techniques

In Reading and Language Arts, our class finally completed our thorough reading and analysis of our last and 4th novel of the school year, “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”. We began reviewing for the final test that will cover the entire novel. This test will include: Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank, Short Answer, 1 brief essay, and this will be given next week! “Battle of the Books: Round 3”: We continue to write our brief summaries and also finish up our 4 book minimum class standard. The end of next week, we will begin reviewing and quizzing each other on every book in this challenge. The 1st Round of The Battle of the Books is rapidly approaching; our school will hosting the initial rounds the 2 weeks. Des Plaines Library: Our class journeyed back to our public library to participate in the Poetry Scavenger Hunt Competition. We explored around the youth section on the 2nd floor to find, read, and match various styles of poems covering a range of topics.

Library (Poetry Scavenger Hunt)

-Would You Rather: Go Back and Redo 1st Grade or Jump Ahead to 12th Grade? (1st Grade!)

-Would You Rather: Live with Your Parents Forever or Live on Your Own Starting Today? (Parents Forever)

-Would You Rather: Have No Kids When You Grow Up or Have No Pets? (No PETS!)

-If You Could Change any 3 Things in the World, What Would they Be?

        (No War, No Poverty, No Hunger, No Disease, and Kindness)

-Would You Rather: Travel Across USA via Train OR Travel Across Atlantic via Boat? (USA on a Train) 

Class Spotify Playlist: “Cinematic Chillout”, “Feel Good Soundtracks”, “Piano in the Background”, “John Mayer”, and “The Band”.

In Math, our class reviewed and explored some interesting topics this week. Math Challenges everyday our class is presented with a handful of problems that may be review or pushing our knowledge of mathematical skills. This week our mathematical skills we reviewed or learned were: “Mixed Numbers (Adding), Exponents Powers of Fractions and Decimals, Solving for a Variable, Square Roots and Making an Equation a True Statement, Graphing and Analyzing Data.

During Science, we engaged in various brief SuperSTEM articles this week and some topics that we explored and discussed were: Biology “Meet the World’s Deadliest Creature” about the deadly impact that mosquitos has had on humanity through world history and how was our learning to combat the diseases that they often carry. Our class also read and clinically analyzed a Conservation text in Storyworks, entitled “Saving America’s Eagle“. We studied various text features and how they are used to enhance our reading and understanding of the Our National Symbol. Our class joined the 8th Graders in Ms. Bia/Mr. Erick’s class to begin brainstorming for our upcoming Science Fair. Each team discussed various topics and questions that could be the foundation of an intriguing experiment.

Science Fair (Our Teams Brainstorming)