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HumanitiesThis week in Humanities we spoke about nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. After this we learned about acrostic poems and created some awesome ones as a class! There are 5 steps we should take when creating an acrostic poem: 1. Decide what to write about. It can be something you like or dislike. 2. Write the word down vertically. 3. Brainstorm words or phrases that describe your word/topic. 4. Place your brainstormed words and phrases on the lines that begin with the same letter. 5.Fill in the rest of the lines to create your poem (you can use a thesaurus dictionary to help you say what you mean, using the letters you need for your acrostic poem).
We ended off our week by taking a plant we have researched from any biome and creating an acrostic poem for that plant! There was a lot of "old man cactus" and "aloe vera." They look fantastic! Next week we will edit and decorate them! ScienceThis week in Science the students learned about leaf arrangements and types of leaves. The arrangement of leaves on a stem is known as phyllotaxy; leaves can be classified as either alternate, spiral, opposite, or whorled. Simple Vs Compound: A simple leaf blade is undivided as shown on the left (though the margins may be toothed or even lobed). The blade of a compound leaf is divided into several leaflets as shown on the right. Students have also been working on how to properly conduct research. They have been researching different biomes such as rainforest, grassland, and desert, and the types of plants and their needs within each biome. MathThis week we practiced creating fractions that are the same (i.e. 1/2 is the same as 2/4 and 6/12) and adding fractions through various classroom games. Students were also introduced to coordinate planes this week. Using a coordinate plane helps us to find precise points on a graph (or flat area, such as on a map). Every point on a coordinate plane is read the same way, first the x-axis, then the y-axis. Students graphed ordered pairs to create a shape on their graph (a star) and we played a friendly class game of battleship to practice and review! Be safe in the smoke and don't forget to read!
-Ms. Patterson
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