Week of March 6th

Hi Everyone,

     I hope that everyone is having a great week so far. There are many things due this week please see the list below.

Tuesday March 7th -- Social Studies Test Chapter 5 Vocabulary Due

Thursday March 9th -- Science Study Guide is due

Friday March 10th -- Fraction Choices (2) and Decimal Choices (2) are due

Friday March 10th -- Math Enrichment Projects Due -- one of the following:

*G.O.’s Planting Project *Plant Sale *Jazz Concert

Friday March 10th --Chapter 7 Science Test Vocabulary Due

Monday March 13th -- Last Day Math Choices or Math Enrichment will be accepted

     Earlier this week a field trip permission slip was sent home. We will be going to St. Augustine. While there we will visit the fort and take a trolley tour of the city. The cost of the trip for students is $15. The cost for chaperones is $26. Each class is only allowed 5 chaperones. If your child is in my homeroom and you would like to be a chaperone please send me a note or email no later than Friday. I will pull names and let you know on Friday afternoon if you have been chosen. All money (student and chaperone) is due no later than Monday March 13th.

     Also coming home this week are order forms for Spring Pictures. We will take Spring Pictures on Tuesday March 14th. Spring pictures must be preordered. Only students that preorder pictures will be sent to have their picture taken. We will all be taking class pictures. These pictures must also be preordered. 

     This week in math we will be learning about using the information given in a diagram to find the measures of unknown angles. 

A strategy that we are using in class is to find straight lines by covering up a portion of the diagram. For example to find angle ROT. I would use angle SOT. Since angle SOT equals 125 degrees, I would subtract that from 180 degrees. g = 55 degrees. I can now use angle ROT to help me find the measure of angle ROV by using the same procedure. To find angle VOS you could use the same procedure or you can add up the angles you know and subtract them from 360 degrees. 

     We will also learn about parallel lines, perpendicular lines and intersecting lines. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AOoLbA3us. We will end the week learning about symmetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kah5w06eyCo. 

     Also in math students will receive a folder for FSA review. In the folder are some sheets that we will use to review content for the FSA. Our test is going to be on Monday April 10th and Tuesday April 11th. Be on the look out for an additional data sheet in the FSA folder. This sheet will be broken down by standard to show how the students did on math scrimmage. We are doing lots of overall review in class and I pull kids for groups based on this data. Students can also be in charge of their learning by using this data sheet to find and complete additional review on www.zearn.org or www.floriddastudents.org. Students can look up information by standard on both of these sites for some practice and review. Please sign this sheet after you have reviewed the information. Data for standards mastery will be added later. These folders should be kept in their Trapper. Students are expected to have these folders with them daily. 

    This week in science students will take the test for chapter 7. So we will spend the week reviewing and preparing. The test will be on Friday. The vocabulary for chapter 7 will also be due on Friday. 

     This week in social studies we will take our test on Tuesday. If we have time we will begin looking at chapter 6. In chapter 6 we will begin learning about the Civil War. Since it is not a definite that we will get to start this week students do not need to read a lesson. 

Have a GREAT week,

Aesha