Math and Science for the Week of February 21-24

Parents,

This week will be a little odd!  We have a four day week as well as a Reading Practice STAAR test this week on Thursday.  

In Math this week, we will be moving on to 2-D shapes.  All students will receive a hole punched sheet with all the shapes that they will be required to know.  This sheet will be put into their green binder that they bring home everyday.  We will be studying the 3 requirements a shape needs in order to be a polygon.  

Polygons must be: 1. Flat, 2. closed, 3. and have straight sides.  All students will need to recognize circles, ovals, triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons.  We will be focusing on certain vocabulary such as sides, vertices, and parallel lines.  Next week we will merge into learning about 3-D shapes.

In Science we will be moving on to studying clouds.  The students worked in groups at the end of last week to learn about 1 certain type of cloud.  They will be teaching the class early this week about their cloud and there will be much discussion.  We will be making an anchor chart together to hang in the classroom and they will use it to complete a cloud project/flip book that we will be working on in Science for the remainder of the week.  The students will be bringing home 18 flashcards and a study guide to study for their test the following week on weather, weather tools, and clouds.  Be looking for it and harass your children for it!

As always, call or email with any questions!

Mrs.S