May-June

It's hard to believe that we're rapidly approaching the end of the school year! We've enjoyed traveling this road together and growing in so many ways. In our Religion classes, we are completing our study of the Old Testament with a focus on the prophets and their call to faithfulness and justice. We also will be reflecting on our faith in action as we explore important themes in Family Life.

In Math, students are applying percent concepts to a variety of real world settings, including calculation of discounts, sales tax, and the better buy. Students also will strengthen their foundation in the use of metric as well as customary measurement units as they find the perimeter, area, and volume of various geometric figures.

In Language Arts, we have enjoyed our class reading of Maniac Magee. Students wrote thoughtfully about character development, conflict, and important themes in this great novel. We are looking forward to playing student-made board games based on their independent reading in this final quarter. In addition, students will be giving voice to their points of view in extended persuasive essays as their last formal writing assignment of the year.

Finally, in Science, we have concluded our study of human body systems. Students did a wonderful job with their power point presentations and we extended our knowledge in this area with our field trip to the Franklin Institute. Now we turn our sights to the interrelationships among all organisms within ecosystems as well as the environmental problems that we face and their possible solutions.