Week of May 19th - 22nd

English Language Arts: 

This week students focused on refining their persuasive writing skills on a topic of their choice. They continued to use the 5 part planner which included a topic sentence, three reasons, and conclusion. After planning, they wrote on how to persuade a reader with their topic. After students completed their persuasive writing, they edited their story with a peer following a checklist. Students also had practice writing on the upcoming PAT which included narrative and persuasive writing responses. For word work this week, students learned why morphology was important and learned how to use prefixes, root words, and suffixes to change the meaning of words.

Social Studies:

This week, some classes were introduced to the roles of people in Ancient Rome, This includes plebians, patricians, slaves, roles of men and women, and the citizens. Students were presented with the social structure of Ancient Rome and how the government was run. This included a monarchy and a republic. Classes will compare the similarities and differences between Ancient Athens and Ancient Rome in the following week.