Monday, November 17, 2008

Week of November 17 - 21

This week in science... we will continue to explore the properties of ocean water through hands-on experiments. Through those experiments we'll practice making predictions, observations, and drawing conclusions. How does salinity affect the density of ocean water? How does salinity affect water's ability to freeze? How does the pressure of ocean water change the deeper we go? We'll find out!

Check out our videos we made about our elements on: www.vimeo.com/science5

Students will be receiving a study guide for our matter unit on Tuesday. This study guide should be completed by Wednesday, Nov. 26 (this gives everyone a week!) and our final unit assessment on matter will be Tuesday, Dec. 2, that's the Tuesday we get back from Thanksgiving Break!

If students do not complete the Thursday Thought in class Thursday, they should bring it home for homework Thursday night to be due Monday. The materials for the Thursday Thought are available on ANGEL.

This week in Social Studies...we will learn about some European explorers: What country were they exploring for? What what route did they take? What were their motivations? and What were their accomplishments for the Age of Exploration. We'll find all of that out!

This week in math.. we will continue to explore large numbers by ordering and comparing them using the symbols <,>, and =. We'll be rounding large numbers for the purpose of estimating and we'll finally, and the end of the week, begin using decimals and becoming more familiar with them.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday -
WKS: Practice 2-5
Tuesday -
WKS: Practice 2-6
Wednesday -WKS: Practice 3-1 side ONLY
Thursday - Other side - Practice 3-2
Friday -No Homework

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