January 21

Announcements:

• Parent Teacher Interviews (Thursday, January 30th, 1-4 and 5-8 & Friday, January 31st, 10-2) sign up starts tomorrow on-line (see school email for the link)
• Students who missed days due to cold weather or illness should see Ms. Bowen or Ms. Schneider for missed work
• Report Cards go home on January 27th

Math: 

We continue to practice converting between percentages, fractions and decimals. This week we will work on solving percent word problems using unit squares. 

Science:

Students are working on a visual journal page depicting the layers of the Earth. 
Earth Layers Visual Journal page is due Thursday, January 23rd, 2020

The poster should include:

• Title
• Diagram of the Earth and its layers
• Each layer labelled (Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core)
• Lithosphere and asthenosphere labelled
• Five pieces of information about each layer in their own words

Students are encouraged to get this information from the earth layers video, the textbook p.355, and the earth layers presentation.