3/4 Week 25

by | Mar 15, 2019 | In The Loop

History & Geography

Our weekly objectives were to:

  • Understand the events of the French and Indian War.
  • Identify the provisions of the peace treaty between the British and the French.
  • Understand the implications of the war´s outcome for Britain and the American colonies.
  • Understand the colonial policies Britain made as a result of the French and Indian War, including the Proclamation of 1763.
  • Understand the effects of these policies on the American colonies.
  • Understand the Stamp Act.
  • Explain how the colonists organized themselves to protest the Stamp Act.

Mathematics w/Laura

Week of March 11, 2019 – March 15, 2019
The week of π Day  (Pi Day) — irrationally good!!!
  • Each student made his/her slice of our pie (Pi),
as we displayed them in the hall.
  • Teams of students measured the circumferences and diameters
of 16 different sized circles to find the value of pi.
  • Each student made a wearable piece of pi art!
  • Teams of students plotted the frequency of the
digits 0 through 9 in the first 200+ digits of pi, poster in the hall.
  • Of course, we sang The Pi Song and ate pie!
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

This week we began our new unit: Medicine from long ago and medicine today. This unit really shows the scientific process and highlights the importance of good record keeping! We can use these great examples to help us with our science experiments.

We have now started a verb race activity in which the students will have 4 minutes to conjugate a verb correctly 30 times, using the subjects and the tense given.  This is just drill practice but reinforces our verb study and will help them in their writing.

There was no new spelling list this week.

Ciencias

This week we continued observing our terrariums, making adjustments to the environment and recording all changes.  We also began our second Environments investigation: Bugs and Beetles.  In this investigation students will:

  • Investigate how moisture affects isopod and beetle behavior.
  • Organize and analyze data from animal investigations.
  • Determine an organism´s environmental preferences for various environmental factors (moisture this week).
  • Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, comparing, organizing, and relating.