In social studies we have
been reading several chapters in the History of US book. In chapter 14,
titled "The power of the press" It talked about how Gutenberg's printing
press influenced lots of people to have more creative ideas. One of the
ideas that someone got inspired by the press, was the compass. This
made it so that the people on the seas did not have to count on the
stars. The compass can show you what direction you are facing. Because
of people and their ideas, other people started to follow them and move
around the country. For example, prince Henry the sailor inspired other
sailors, mapmakers, scientists, and mathematicians all moved to the
capitol of Portugal where Prince Henry was.
In chapter 15, titled
"A Boy Named Christopher Has a Dream" IT talks about the globe. We had
to make a new journal entry with a drawing of the longitude and latitude
lines. We also have to make a vocabulary section and explain all of the
vocabulary words. The words were: Hemisphere, Equator, and Prime
Meridian. Hemisphere is the zero-degree line of latitude that goes
across the globe. We live on the North hemisphere not the South
hemisphere. The equator is the middle of the globe that splits the
Northern hemisphere from the Southern hemisphere. Lastly, Prime Meridian
is the main meridian on the globe. It is a line of longitude. In the
book, in one of the text boxes, it says "Some people call lines of
latitude "meridians." They help measure time.
Math
This Week:
So far, this week in math, we have been
working on adding linear expressions. Our learning target was "I can
use numbers and symbols in math!" We have been applying our knowledge of
all the different properties to solving and simplifying expressions.
Monday:
This Monday, we worked on simplifying algebraic expressions. We talked about the definitions of terms, like terms,
and constants. For the Got's It's we worked on identifying the terms
and constants in expressions. We used a lot of the knowledge we learned
on Monday when or work got harder as the week went on. We stopped the
lesson just in time for an early switch to Mr. Browns room. We switched
early because of Monday work day!
Afterward, went to lunch/recess
and came back feeling refreshed. Back with Mr. Hill, we worked on our
Monday Workday tasks for two hours and fifteen minutes (roughly). The
instrumental students went to their awesome classes and joined us again
later. We were all dismissed at the normal time; 2:25. Monday was an
awesome day!
Tuesday:
Today we focused mostly on
adding Linear expressions, and learning about what it means. We also
focused on learning about non-linear expressions. It was a normal math
day, and we completed the Got’s It’s on pages’ number 396-397. We had
science class and switch, and then came back to Mr. Hill for a normal
dismissal.
Wednesday:
Early dismissal, Work day.
Science:
This week is science, we worked on a chromatography
experiment. We were asked by the head of the food science company to
determine if a certain dye mixture contained Red 40 or not.
Last Week, Thursday:
To do this, Mr. Hill set up a chromatography experiment that was very
interesting, and one that we would later have a test for. We had a
chromatography strip on which there was a small, dark green line. That
line was the die. We made a small pencil mark very close to the green
line, and we taped the whole thing onto a pencil. We put the pencil at a
horizontal angle and let it hang above the water. The water went up to
where it was barely touching the edge of the green line. Next, Mr. Hill
showed us a new experiment that had to do with molecules. When we looked
back at the strip, the colors had bled to make a beautiful mixture of
colorful dye.
This week, Monday:
This week we
didn’t do much science, but on Monday we did read from the book ‘Made of
Matter’, pages number 8-13. We defined the words microscope, models,
and attracted in our spiral. We also took notes that included diagrams
and questions. We did this for Monday work day.
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