La Lectura

We had the pleasure of having students do their end on the unit presentations on Monday. We were so impressed and proud of their accomplished pieces. Once again, they did it!.

Our class spent the rest of the week working on another very fun project. You will hear more details  about it very soon! Other objectives this week included:

• Cite relevant evidence from the text.
• Paraphrase fragments from the text in oral and written form.
• Determine the structure of a text: problem and solution.
• Ask and answer questions that help clarify understanding of the text.
• Accurately identify nouns
• Identify irregular plurals
• Identify the elements of a play.

 

Ciencias

This week we continued with our observation and documentation of the development of our milkweed bugs habitats and terrestrial environments. We read a very interesting piece, Biosfera 2, that illustrated some of the  concepts seen in class. We finished watching the video of Jane Goodall’s remarkable experience developing her field studies on chimpanzees.

 

Mathematics

This week we completed Chapter 3 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Decimals and began our new Chapter 4 Ratios. Our objectives were:

• Study for the Chapter 3 test by completing the chapter review
• Demonstrate knowledge on the chapter 3 test
• Complete the Prior Knowledge Quiz on ratios and review past skills to prepare for chapter 4

History & Geography

This week we continued learning about Ancient Greece and Rome. Our objectives were:

• Discuss  Raphael’s Fresco The School of Athens
• Summarize the accomplishments and victories of Alexander the Great
• Explain the significance of the Hellenistic Period and the library at Alexandria

English Writing & Spelling

Our objectives for writing were:

• Continue revising our writing using DARE
• Understand how and when to Exchange parts of our writing exchanging Trash Can Words for Million Dollar Words

Our Greek and Latin roots this week were:

• dur – hard
• Dyna- power
• Dys- badly, ill