January 13 to January 17, 2025 Week at a Glance

Math: Chapter 7  (one lesson per day) 

  • Tuesday - Chapter 7, Lesson 5 - Generate Patterns (Learning Objective: Multiply decimals by decimals)
  • Wednesday- Chapter 7, Lesson 6  - Patterns (Learning Objective: Identify and extend patterns and sequences)
  • Thursday - Chapter 7, Lesson 7  - Map Locations (Learning objective: Plot points on a grid to solve real-world problems)
  • Friday - Chapter 7, Lesson 8  - Ordered Pairs (Learning objective: Graph points on a coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems)

Science: Chapter 3 - Growth and Survival (one lesson per week)

  • Tuesday/Wednesday - Lesson 2 and answer the central question: How do adaptations help plants?
    • How do plants and animals grow and change?
      • Learning Objective: 
        • Students will construct an argument based on evidence that adaptations allow plants to survive in different environments. 
  • Thursday - They will take their Lesson 2 Quiz using their books for guidance. 
  • Friday - Animal and Plant Adaptations packet

Social Studies: I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

Pass out the I Survived books and comprehension packets on Wednesday

  • Monday/Tuesday - Hand out Country Google Slides project expectations to start taking notes and working on in-class
  • Wednesday - Read Chapters 1 and 2 in American Revolution books and answer comprehension questions for these chapters  
  • Thursday - Read Chapters 3 & 4 in American Revolution books and answer comprehension questions for these chapters  
  • Friday - We will work on a packet on Paul Revere and do a Giant Steps Lesson on him as he was a key figure during the American Revolution

Learning Objectives of the American Revolution: 

  • be able to explain the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War 
  • be able to identify both sides of the conflict 
  • analyze background information in the story and identify additional questions 
  • be able to identify the main idea and theme of the novel 
  • be able to analyze Nate’s character and growth while coming of age 
  • learn new vocabulary and be able to use it in writing 
  • identify significant events in the novel 
  • make inferences 
  • be able to quote and properly cite text-based evidence

*Please note that The Week at a Glance is very broad. Please check my nightly Edlio posts to read about what we did in class that day.*