This is the first week of second quarter. First quarter report cards will be going home on Wednesday.
Math
Students will be working on their Whole Foods projects on Monday. Our Geometry unit will start on Tuesday. Students will be learning the different types of triangles and shapes. The students will be given a vocabulary study sheet. Students should know this vocabulary for the math unit test. The unit test will be coming up in the next couple of weeks.
Reading
This will be our nonfiction unit of study. We will be covering several topics this week including Ben Franklin, The Revolutionary War, and The Titanic. Students will be completing Daily 5 assignments that are centered around nonfiction.
First Spelling List for Second Quarter:
1.) explorers
2.) settlement
3.) culture
4.) quadrilateral
5.) equilateral triangle
6.) isosceles triangle
7.) scalene triangle
8.) acute triangle
9.) trapezoid
10.) polygon
Social Studies
We will be talking about the French and Indian War. We will also be discussing some of the main people that played a huge role in the Revolutionary War.
Writing
Students will be writing persuasive letters this week.
Helpful links for the week:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-shapes/basic-geo-classifying-shapes/v/quadrilateral-overview
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-shapes/basic-geo-classifying-shapes/v/quadrilateral-overview
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-shapes/basic-geo-classifying-shapes/v/quadrilateral-properties
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-shapes/basic-geo-classifying-shapes/v/kites-as-a-mathematical-shape