Weekly News

This week in Math we will continue our studies of geometry. Last week, we learned a lot of new vocabulary (adjacent angles, vertical angles, corresponding angles, alternate interior angles, congruent, etc.) that we will review this week in centers. Then we will review all the content we've learned so far, going back to classifying triangles in 2 ways, finding lines of symmetry in a polygon, measuring and drawing angles using a protractor, as well as finding all relationships between angles when looking at two parallel lines cut by a transversal. A quiz on all this material will be on Wednesday. At the end of the week, we will be looking at interior angles of polygons.

In Science we will continue our studies in ecology -- the study of living things. We will start the week off by classifying animals based on their similarities. We will look at how scientists classify animals into phyla, and then look at classifying animals into five major vertebrate groups. Later in the week we will look into owl pellets to find out what owls ate and try to reconstruct a skeleton from the bones they found in the owl pellet.

In Advisory, students should be working on finishing their Social Studies portion of their project. At this point, all Math graphs (4 of them), Science, and ELA portions should be done. If those 3 portions are not done, as well as the Social Studies portion which is due on Thursday, they may not be able to take the walking field trip to Cass Gardens on Friday. PLEASE make sure you are caught up with your work!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and I'll see you tomorrow!