THE DAILY
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Our Week at a Glance 9/8-11 /2015
This week we will be learning about journaling. I want
each Cougar to learn, understand and begin to create
meaningful journal entries. We will be journaling
everyday this school year and I cannot wait to read
what your champion write.
Big Idea: How does water move from Earth to the air
and back again? Students will learn that most of Earth’s
water is present as salt water in the ocean’s which cover
most of Earth’s surface.
Essential Questions:
Where is most of Earth’s water found?
How does salt water become fresh water again?
Where does water go when it evaporates?
How do clouds form?
Science Quiz: Friday (10 questions)
In 1754, where did the first battle that led to the
beginning of the French and Indian War take place?
Who led the Virginians in the first battle of the
French and Indian War?
Social Studies Quiz: Friday (10 questions)
Student will learn about how to change written
expression into a numerical expression. They will
learn about expressions that record calculations
with numbers and interpret numerical expressions.
Essential questions
What are verbal expressions and written
expressions?
What strategies can I use to write simple
expressions to represent a real world problem?
What are the order of operations for evaluating
expressions?
We will also be beginning to learn about Khan
Academy, Jiji and front row. These are online
tools that will help them throughout their school
year with their fifth grade math standards and
objectives.
Math Quiz: Friday (10 questions)
This week students will learn about how the French and
Indian War allowed Britain to obtain all French lands
east of the Mississippi as well as Florida and Spain.
Helpful Links
Multiplication.com
http://www.multiplication.com/games
Essential Questions:
What region did both Britain and France claim as their
own that caused so much argument and contention?
My Math App:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-math-flashcards-app/id412496588?mt=8
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