Updated: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Links added in Roots and Science
I am posting this entry quite early! I am off Thursday and Friday and I'm not bringing my laptop to publish this for next week. It's my 20th wedding anniversary this year and my husband and I booked a trip long ago to celebrate.
I hope you enjoyed your three-day, R&R weekend! Welcome back to another exciting week in learning!
Q3 Week 3 At a Glance:
Literature: We continue our poetry unit. Students will create cinquains, acrostics, limerick and concrete poems.
Writing Composition: The Death of Robin Hood and two dictation passages.
Grammar: AZ Merit Writing Practice, Simple and Complete Subjects, Simple and Complete Predicates, and diagramming imperative sentences.
Q3 W3 Roots
Tues
lithos = stone/rock
lith o graph (n) picture drawn on stone so the stone can “draw a picture” Step-by-step of the making of a lithograph
lith o sphere (n) the rocky crust of the earth (sphaira-ball,globe) What is the Lithosphere?
mon o lith (n) lone stone. (monos – one, alone) Examples of the world's largest monoliths
lith ol o gy (n) the study of rocks
lith ic (adj) relating to stone or rock.
Wed
petros = stone/rock
pet ri fied (adj) made into stone
pet ro le um (n) oil from rocks (oleum – olive, olive oil)
pet ro glyph (n) rock carving (glyph-carve)
pet rous (adj) hard, stone-like, rocky
pet rog ra phy (n) writing about rocks (graph – write, draw)
Math:
Students will need their 4B Textbook and Workbook at school starting on Tuesday.
We'll begin Chapter 6, Decimals. Students will read and write decimals, compare and order, read and write decimals to the hundredths place.
History:
Students will continue their study of the Ancient Arizonans including The Hohokam, Mogollon and the Puebloans. Students will study the three reasons for the Age of Exploration.
Science:
Students will study the role of earthquakes in Geology.
Friday is a comprehension check where students should be able to explain, "Why is the Earth's surface always changing?" They should explain the terms: continental drift theory, Pangaea, the role of convection currents in the theory.
Science Links-
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/plate-tectonics/?utm_source=BibblioRCM_Row
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFXlIw_Dbbc
Convection Currents:
https://www.britannica.com/video/185603/roles-convection-currents-forces-movement-tectonic-plates