History & Geography
Our weekly objectives were to:
- Describe the conditions at Valley Forge.
- Describe the character of George Washington and how it affected the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
- Identify Frederick von Steuben and discuss his contribution to the Revolutionary War.
- Describe battles in the southern colonies.
- Identify George Rogers Clark and describe his role in the war in the West.
- Identify John Paul Jones and describe his role in the American Revolution.
- Identify Benedict Arnold and explain how and why he betrayed his country.
- Describe the final major battle at Yorktown.
- Explain how the Americans defeated the British.
We had fun doing a scavenger hunt answering questions about the events leading up to the Revolutionary War! Congrats to Marisol and Kate for coming in 1st place and to all the students for their hard work!
Save the date: May 13th we will have a field trip to the Capitol building! More info to come soon.
Mathematics w/Laura
Chapter 13 Area and Perimeter- Area of a Rectangle
- Rectangles and Squares
- Math Journal
The current homework assignment is due Friday, April 19, 2019.
Prodigygame.com practice for at least 45 minutes each week.
Puzzles available for extra credit and Friday (Math) Bingo
Remember: MATH …. It’s everywhere!
La lectura
We finally were able to finish our cliffhanger story from before spring break! It was amazing how much everyone remembered and were able to summarize in great detail.
Our weekly objectives were to:
- summarize a story
- answer comprehension questions in complete sentences
- write about spring break
- edit writing, looking for spelling and grammar errors
- identify words in a sentence that tell WHEN it is taking place and correctly conjugate the verb
- identify words in a sentence that tell WHO is the subject and correctly conjugate the verb
Ciencias
Students set up and monitor an experiment to determine the range of water tolerance for early growth of four kinds of plants: corn, pea, barley, and radish.
- Conduct a plant experiment to determine range of tolerance.
- Organize data and communicate results.
- Relate differences in growth to the factor of water.