Cluster 4
Update
Math with Mr. Martin
It was great meeting some of you last night! This week we worked on scaling figures and exploring scale factors that make figures larger, smaller and stay the same. We also looked at how the area is impacted when making scaled copies. Next week, we will take our first quiz and start to create scaled drawings. Our learning targets for next week are listed below:
Use scales and scale drawings to calculate actual and scaled distances.
Determine actual areas from a scale drawing.
Create a scale drawing given the actual dimensions of the object and the scale.
Compare and contrast scale drawings of the same object using different scales, and describe how scale affects lengths in a scale drawing.
Calculate distances on a scale drawing when given a drawing with a different scale.
Determine the scale of a scale drawing.
Standards:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.G.A.1
Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.G.B.6
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
Social Studies with Ms. Lorigan
We are wrapping up our first unit of study: thinking and acting like historians. Students have practiced skills such as curiosity and wonder, problem-solving, the ability to search for answers from multiple sources, making observations and inferences (based on observations), claim-testing, reading, writing, and making connections.
Enduring Understandings
Students will begin to understand that a historian…
is curious and wonders about the world, asking questions to find more information.
makes reasonable inferences based on observations.
uses a variety of sources (written, visual, oral, physical as well as primary/secondary) to inform their thinking, understanding the limitations of each type.
uses a variety of historical thinking skills (claim testing, sourcing, contextualization, causation, etc.) to understand the world.
studies a variety of reliable sources from different perspectives (biases) to get a broad view of history.
Students will also understand that…
practicing the habits of a historian allows all of us to contribute to our democracy by making more informed choices and decisions.
all people carry biases based on their own experiences that determine how they view the world.
English Language Arts with Ms. Sullivan
Through Language Live programming, students are focusing on the following objectives:
Informational Text Features
Word Study
Topic of Text
Author’s Purpose
By viewing a video based on the informational reading, students shared connections with the class. Rate Vocabulary Knowledge had students assess their understanding of challenging words prior to text reading. Students then analyzed informational text features including title, captions, bold type, and visual representations.
As the class completed the reading, online word training engaged the class with beginning phonemes, fluency, encoding and decoding.
Nothing is more beautiful than a beautiful book. ~Joseph Joubert
Science with Ms. MacAulay
We had a wonderful back-to-school night and enjoyed meeting many parents and caregivers. We discussed our science curriculum as well as science & engineering practices. We continue to work in class on these standards:
Classify organisms into the currently recognized kingdoms according to characteristics that they share. Be familiar with organisms from each kingdom.
Describe the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms from cells to tissues to organs to systems to organisms.
Identify the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, protection from disease, and movement, control, and coordination) and describe ways that these systems interact with each other.
ESL
We had a wonderful back-to-school night and enjoyed meeting many parents and caregivers. We discussed our science curriculum as well as science & engineering practices. We continue to work in class on these standards:
Classify organisms into the currently recognized kingdoms according to characteristics that they share. Be familiar with organisms from each kingdom.
Describe the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms from cells to tissues to organs to systems to organisms.
Identify the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, protection from disease, and movement, control, and coordination) and describe ways that these systems interact with each other.