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Hello Middles School Families!

We're all crossing our fingers and hoping for snow tonight and tomorrow!  In the mean time, here's what's going on in our classes :)

Social Studies
In Social Studies, we've been studying the Renaissance.  We've learned a little about the Middle Ages, feudalism, and the Black Plague in order to understand what led up to this time of renewed interest in learning and culture.  We've read about the Italian city-states, how they came to be, and why they became powerful and influential cities.  We've also been able to make connections between the European Explorers that we learned about earlier, and their influences on what was happening during the Renaissance.  This week the kids are working on a research project where they are  each learning about a famous Renaissance figure.

ELA - A Day
In our A Day class we're working on using details from a text to persuade someone to see our point of view.  We'll also get a new spelling list of words with Greek and Latin roots.  The spelling homework will be due on Thursday, January 25th, with a spelling test on that same day.

ELA - B Day
In the B Day class we're working on adding evidence from a text to our writing.  Most of the kids can do this easily!  The B Day class has spelling homework due today, and a spelling test today.  They'll have a little time to study their words prior to taking the test.  They'll get a new list of words today, with homework due on Friday, January 26th with a spelling test the same day.

Have a great week!