Very Important Notes:

• PLEASE HELP! Our class could greatly use DISINFECTING WIPES and TISSUES!
• BOOK PROJECTS DUE FRIDAY!
• Grades Close: Tuesday, April 4th 
• Report Cards: Tuesday, April 11th 
• ELA MCAS Dates: April 11^th, 12^th, 13^th – student attendance is INCREDIBLY important
• April Spring Break- April 17^th-21^st
• May 5^th- Spring Picture Day
• ALL work which receives a 70 or below must be signed by a parent or guardian.  This is not meant as a punishment but a way to inform families where extra help is needed.  Regardless if the paper says to be fixed, students should review and improve their work.  Credit is given when students return their corrected work.
• Extra Help EVERY TUESDAY

This Week in Room 28

• ELA
• Genre: Lyric and Free Verse Poetry
• Skills: Simile, Metaphor, Meter, Stanza, & Alliteration
• Language: Context Clues & Homophones
• Vocabulary: barren, meaningful, plumes, expression
• Math
• Multiplying Mixed Numbers
• Multiplication as Scaling
• Math Test Friday
• Social Studies
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Science
• Light Lab
• Light Unit Test on Thursday

This Week Will be Great in Room 28

ELA

• Genre: Poetry
• Vocabulary: barren, expression, meaningful, plumes, meter, alliteration, metaphor, stanzas
• Comprehension: Theme in Poetry, Stanzas & Meter
• Vocabulary Skill: Similes and Metaphors
• Grammar: Homophones

Math

• Multiplying Fraction x Fractions
• Multiplying Mixed Numbers (challenging skill)

Social Studies

• Ferdinand  Magellan

Science

• Light

Important Announcements

• Coin Wars for National Multiple Sclerosis Society continue until Thursday
•  New Books and Reading Logs are being sent home Monday, 3/20/17
• Book Project is due 3/31- projects should be well underway and reflect the amount of time given for the project
• Sneakers every Thursday and Friday
• Extra Help Every Tuesday