Math and Science for the Week of February 27th-29th

Dear Parents,

Last week in Math we studied 2-D figures, Polygons, and Non-Polygons.  This week we are doing 3-D shapes.  We will become more familiar with terms such as base, faces, vertices, and edges.  We are categorizing our 3-D shapes into 3 categories.

This first category is 3-D figures that have curved surfaces like the sphere, cylinder, and cone.

  Sphere     Cylinder     Cone   

 The next category are prisms such as the cube, triangular prism, and rectangular prism.  Prisms are prisms simply because their faces are either rectangular or square.

Cube     Triangular Prism     Rectangular Prism

The last category we are studying is Pyramids like the square pyramid, the rectangular pyramid, and the triangular pyramid.  Pyramids are simply named by whatever their base is.

Square Pyramid     Rectangular Pyramid     Triangular Pyramid


In Science this week, we will be finishing up our unit on weather.  The students are working on a cloud project this week and will be receiving a Science Project grade on it for the 3rd nine weeks.  The four types of clouds that we are studying are as follows:

1.Cumulus (puffy and white fair weather cloud)
2.Cirrus ( fair weather clouds formed high in the air that look "whispy."
2. Nimbus or Cumulonimbus (puffy on top, gray/purple on bottom rain cloud)
4. Stratus (this cloud looks like a giant blanket in the sky, rain cloud)

Please study the Science study guide sent home last week along with the 18 flashcards to prepare for Thursday's Test.

Thank Ya Kindly,
Mrs. S

p.s. book fair Tuesday at 10:25 for Ford/Skrivanek's class :-)