Ms. Broadrick's e-mail:
Melissa.Broadrick@stpsb.org

ELA/Reading:
Unit 1 Reaching Out focuses on being courageous, the differences one person can make, and not making judgements based on appearance. Two stories we will focus on are Flowers For Algernon and Harriet Tubman. Students will use many ways to write personal and inventive narratives, biographies, and essays.

Math:
The first few months are spent improving our skills in the transitional unit. We review basic computation in converting decimals, fractions, and percents, as well as computing fraction and decimal problems.

Social Studies:
We are getting to know points of interest in Louisiana, mapping parishes, and orientation to our state. We will study the census and also begin exploring Poverty Point.

Science:
We started to identify lab safety rules and acted out Wrong Way Wednesday science problems. We also learned a lot from Spongebob about what NOT to do in the science lab. As we study the scientific method, we will perform weekly science experiments. Our studies start with the layers of the Earth.