5th Grade Social Studies
This will be our second week working on the Colonial Job Fair Project. Students should complete all components of the project by Friday. “Recruiting” will begin next week. We will also continue our studies on slavery in the colonies.

5th Grade Science
Last week, students completed a dirty water experiment and learned about the scarcity of clean water and why it is so important. This week, students will take their unit test on Wednesday; a study guide has already been provided. Our next unit will focus on astronomy, beginning with lessons on outer space.

5th Grade Religion
This week, we will finish Unit 3 with a focus on Solomon building the temple. There will be a unit test on Friday, and a study guide has been provided.

6th Grade Math
Students will begin their final statistics topic—histograms—on Monday. A statistics test will be given on Friday.

6th Grade Earth Science
Last week, we began a new chapter on plate tectonics. This week’s focus will be on the layers inside the Earth. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Section 7.1 on Thursday.