Science Vocabulary

We will be studying weather patterns and changes this week.  Define the following words.  This assignment will be due April 26, 2013.

• Weather                                                 
• Atmosphere
• Temperature
• meteorology
• Precipitation
• meteorologist
• Celsius 
• Fahrenheit
• Rain Gauge
• Anemometer
• Rain
• Ice
• Snow
• Flurries
• Front
• Wind Speed
• Symbol
• Cloud Cover

Social Studies Vocabulary Terms

These words need to be defined.  We will be studying the Republic of Texas' political system and comparing it to the United States Constitution.  Your assignment is to compare the two filling out a Venn Diagram and writing a short summary of your findings.  Use the definitions to the following words to help guide your summary. This assignment will be due April 19, 2013.

Reminder:  Be specific and use details to explain and elaborate your main points.

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Representative Government

The Sphere Who Lost His Vertices

Here is a story that one of the students wrote. This story was an assignment that incorporated math and writing skills. The students wrote a story about a two dimensional  or three dimensional shape of their choice. I thoroughly enjoyed this story among many others. This story was chosen to be put on the blog because this student have overcame many obstacles in her writing. I am so proud of her. The student and I  want to share her story with many others. Enjoy.

  There once was a sphere who was very happy.  The sphere was ALWAYS happy.  One day the sphere wanted to take a walk in the fields.  On the way there he noticed something.  Sphere noticed every shape had vertices.  Sphere said, "Where are my vertices?"
  Sphere decided to skip the fields and went to find his vertices.  Sphere looked in his house and all over the city.  Day turned into night.  Sphere got so tired and went home to sleep.
  The next morning sphere called his mom and said, "Mom, have you seen my vertices?"  Sphere's mom wanted to laugh but she didn't.  Sphere's mom said, "But dear, you do not have any vertices."  Sphere thought for a moment and said, "Oh yeah!"  Sphere also said, "No wonder my name is Sphere!", and they both busted out laughing.  THE END
BY: Zoe Falk

Math Videos

Here are some awesome math teaching videos I would like you to watch. Please watch all the videos in the fractions section.There is a total of six videos.  This is going to help you better understand how fractions work and how decimals and fractions are related.

 Math Videos