Welcome to 2026! The kids were in shock this morning when I reminded them that they would become middle schoolers this year! Here’s how we’ll be ringing in the new year:
Reading: We are continuing to work on novel studies. Students are moving into the second half of their novels.
Writing: This week, we will be drafting their multi-paragraph expository essays.
Language Study: It’s a grammar week. We are focusing on sentences. We will learn about fixing sentence fragments and run-ons. We will also practice making compound and complex sentences.
Social Studies: We will learn about Europe in the 1400s. Our focus is on what changes were going on around the world that led to Europeans learning about and wanting to explore the American continents.
Science: Our learning about electricity continues. We will learn about how electric current is generated.
Math: This week we will do a bit of a review of all concepts we have learned this year. Students will take a summary assessment on Friday.