Archive for March, 2009

March 24-27

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

SPRING BREAK!!! Enjoy
Students had an opportunity to earn some BONUS points on Monday (the 23rd) as they put geometric nets together.    When we return we have 2 weeks before MAP testing so we will be hitting it hard and heavy!!

March 16-20

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Math–
Monday–Introduce and begin working on types of polygons and classification of each. Learn the difference between regular and irregular polygons.
Tuesday–continue classification of polygons and learn to identify similar and congruent figures.
Wednesday–Learn about different types of symmetry.
Thursday-Friday– Learn about transformations of figures and complete notetaking and practice packets.
Here is a link to practice polygons.
Word Study
On Monday, students [...]

March 9-13

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Math
The Flip Books were due on Monday. We began an introduction to Geometry and will be working on lines and angles (text 428-433) this week. Students will receive a note-taking packet and a practice packet that we will be working in for the next couple of weeks over geometry concepts.
Word Study
We continue to work on [...]

March 2-6

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

MATH
Continue working on flip book, Key concepts: factors, Greatest Common Factors, Multiples, Least Common Multiples, Prime Factorization, Divisibility Rules.
WORD STUDY
Learn new Latin/Greek roots, mob- or mot-  meaning move
Take notes on next five core words and practice them doing Dictation.
i-TIME
Read article and do comprehension activities. Read books about sports.