Week of 9/15

Writing:

We are transitioning into learning how to write a narrative story! Students have learned how to plan for one using the graphic organizer, but this week they will learn how to start a narrative with an entertaining beginning (or a hook)!

Students will learn a technique that the BEST writers use, called full circle.

Full Circle Technique: The story begins and ends with related content, creating a sense of completion.

Here are the different full circle options they will learn this week!

Rhetorical Questions
Onomatopoeia
Dialogue

Examples of these options

This week specifically, you can give your child a specific setting(time/place), characters, and a conflict, then tell them to create a hook or full circle introduction/conclusion that fits your criteria.

You can have your child practice writing in so many ways! Use a graphic organizer in the writing drive below! I have them fill out the blank one, but there are other ones with more support. They can create their own narrative, informational, or opinion essay by filling out the organizer(They don't even have to write it since we haven't learned that part yet!). You can also have students fill the narrative one out for short stories or chapters of their books!

Science:

Students learn:(Talk through these with your child)

There are many possible reasons that a system might fail.
It is unlikely that too many devices or not enough energy in the electrical system could be a reason for a nighttime blackout.
Wires can transfer electrical energy from place to place.
The electrical grid is the wires that transfer electrical energy from many sources to many other places.
The parts of a system need to interact correctly to make it work.
Problems with the wires in an electrical system can cause the system to fail.
Cost can be something important to consider when designing a solution to a problem.
Different solutions have different costs associated with them.
There are many possible solutions to electrical system failures.
Energy efficient devices produce more of the desired form of energy output than inefficient devices.
There are many factors to consider when designing a solution to a problem.

Resource Drives:

Science Videos:

Maumelle Charter Middle School

General Information

Mrs. Eskola (Math)

Mrs. Shelly (Writing and Science)

Mrs. Stuff (ELA and Social Studies)

Weekly Reading Homework

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