History & Geography

Our weekly objectives were to:

• Define the terms federal system, and checks and balances.
• Explain the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the compromise on the slave trade.
• Understand other important provisions of the Constitution: how it could be amended, how it was to be ratified, and whether it would supersede the states’ constitutions.
• Describe the concluding sessions of the Constitutional Convention.
• Recognise and appreciate the Preamble to the Constitution.
• Explain the Anti-Federalist position.
• Summarize the ratification process.
• Explain the basic rights included in the Bill of Rights.
• Understand that the Constitution has lasted because it set up a limited, flexible framework for government.
• State the four guiding principles of the Constitution: government power comes from the consent of the governed; limited government; separation of powers; federalism.

Mathematics w/Laura

La lectura

This week we read a realistic fiction piece from our Mystery of Medicine unit.  We read ¨La doctora nueva¨. This story takes place in a small village in New Mexico, where the opening of a modern medial clinic threatens to replace the local curandera/healer.  When a villager demands the curandera´s help during an emergency, a confrontation between the two medical women follows.

Students did a great job asking and answering questions throughout the story and then summarizing.

Ciencias

Hopscotch (cement!) completion!

Students monitored growth of their plants at five, nine, and 13 days after planting. They determined the salt tolerance of their four plants.

When not making plant growth observations students selected a topic from their study of environments to investigate in greater depth. The results of their project will be shared with the rest of the class in a formal presentation.