Dear Families,
Welcome to our first full week after break! I hope you all had wonderful pause from the regular school schedule and had some time to reconnect. I just want to update you about what we're working on right now in math and science.
Math
- Wrapping up percentages: We have completed the investigations into percentages and I think we've gotten as much out of it as we're going to for right now. Between the break and wanting the kids to have some geometric sense built before going on with it, we are going spend math reviews of this week practicing percent calculations and applications Monday- Wednesday.
- On Wednesday night students will bring home a practice quiz.
- On Thursday we will have a quiz on percentages.
- The rest of the time we are moving into geometry and measurement. This week we will review area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles, we will add analysis of composite shapes, and we will start talking about application (like finding square footage of carpet, associated costs, etc).
Science
- We have finished our unit on ecology and are starting on our unit on physics. This unit will be structured very differently from the last one, so stay tuned for information about students sharing their work with you.
- In general, each of the lessons is arranged in three segments:
- Getting Started (preconceptions)
- Evidence (experiments and observation)
- Reflections (conclusions and thinking questions)
- Right before break we built some batteries from Copper, Zinc, Copper Sulfate Solution, and some blotter paper. This week we are examining rechargeable batteries to discover some about their properties.
Again, welcome back and have a wonderful evening!
Sincerely,
Brian MacNevin
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