Happy Presidents' Day! No School, Monday, February 21st. Please enjoy your three-day weekend!
If you're like me, with a seventh grader at CPA, you probably haven't seen your dining room table in weeks! Last week, our daughter asked my husband if she should add the sand to her science project diorama now or wait. He suggested she wait, but she went ahead and left a sand-filled box on our dining room table. Much to our cat's delight, he thought we provided a new, public restroom just for him. Sometimes, the perfect I-told-you-so-parenting-moment comes with a very messy and laughable lesson.
This Week's Learning:
Math: Multiplying 2-place decimals by a 1-digit algorithm and use estimation to check for reasonableness. Textbook page 52. We will also review for Galileo and AASA (AZMerit) testing using packets.
ELA: Idiom/saying- Timbuktu Analogy- dove:owl :: peace : __________
Literature: Chapters 13-15 of Prince Caspian using skills: Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Conflict and Resolution. This Wednesday is our last day of reading groups until Q4.
Composition: AASA Writing Practice 5 Paragraph Essay.
Grammar: Topic Sentence Practice, Preparing for Grammar Quiz on Friday (students will be able to write a definition for each of the 8 parts of speech, determine simple subject and simple predicate AND complete subject and complete predicate, edit sentences for errors including quotation marks, and classifying and diagramming sentences).
Latin and Greek Roots:
Q3 W8 Roots
Tues
tempus/temporis = time (Latin)
tem po ral (adj) pertaining to time
tem po rar y (adj) for a limited time
con tem po rar y (adj) living at or occurring at the same time (cum=together,with)
ex tem po ra ne ous (adj) speak or act at the time without preparation (ex=out)
Wed
annus = year (Latin)
an nu al (adj) – yearly
an ni ver sa ry (n) celebration marking the turning of a year (verto, versum-turn)
bi an nu al (adj) occurring twice a year (bi-two)
bi en ni al (adj) every two years
per en ni al (adj) lasting through the years (per-through)
Quizlet Links:
https://quizlet.com/_b2bdgj?x=1qqt&i=34c2yo
https://quizlet.com/_b2bmza?x=1qqt&i=34c2yo
https://quizlet.com/_b2brj0?x=1qqt&i=34c2yo
History: Native American Long Walk, Path to AZ Statehood and Constitution.
Science: The weathering and erosion of rock, the rock cycle, soil layers, land management.
Q3, Week 8 Homework:
All Week: Stanza 8 of "Paul Revere's Ride" due 2/25, practicing roots definitions, practicing math facts for SPEED, practicing 8 parts of speech flash cards.
Tuesday: Math Facts addition (timed), WB pages 67 and 68, Roots 3x, Writing a Topic Sentence Homework #2, Territorial Days worksheet using Do Arizona book pg. 51-55, Weathering and Erosion Worksheet.
Wednesday: Spectrum Math Packet pgs. 107-110, Roots 3x, pg. 10 Read and Respond to Fiction from Spectrum Test Prep, The ABCs of Mountain Formation.
Thursday: Spectrum Math Packet pgs. 111-114, Writing a Topic Sentence #3, Roots Practice Test corrections
Friday: Spectrum Math Packet pgs.115-118, pg. 11 Read and Respond to Nonfiction from Spectrum Test Prep (backside of Wednesday's page)