Objectives for the Week of January 14

Reading- Students will learn to analyze persuasive texts to identify the authors goal and the supporting reasons and details he provides to convince the audience to agree with him.



Writing- Students will write a narrative paper from pre-writing to publishing this week to review the narrative process. On Friday, they will create a Venn Diagram comparing expository and narrative writing.



Math – This week students will continue their investigation of fractions. Students need to be able to describe and compare fractional parts of whole objects or sets of objects; use concrete objects and models to generate equivalent fractions and simplest form fractions; model fraction quantities greater than one using pictorial models; and use concrete objects and pictorial models to compare and order fractions.



Science – This week students will continue our unit on Properties of Matter. We will be learning what causes matter to change through investigations. We will explore thermal energy and how it is created.

Don't forget to keep an eye on the Science Fair timeline.  The question and hypothesis were due by last Friday.  The research, procedures, and materials should be completed by the 16th so that they can investigate, collect data, and draw conclusions through the 30th.





Social Studies – Classes will continue to learn about the successes and challenges Texas faced as a new and independent republic. We will also have a vocabulary quiz over chapter 7 on Friday.



Character Trait - Integrity