End of Week 3!

This week we covered a lot of new information in math!  We continued working with different types of lines, learned characteristics of quadrilaterals, started learning about the SOLVE method, and started our first set of centers!

We used straws and pipe cleaners to create our different two-dimensional quadrilaterals, or quadrangles, and manipulated them to have a better understanding of how the shapes relate to one another and each of their characteristics.  We saw:

A square has four congruent (or equal) sides, four right angles, and opposite sides parallel.
A rhombus has four congruent sides, opposite angles congruent, and opposite sides parallel.
A rectangle has opposite sides congruent, four right angles, and opposite sides parallel.
A parallelogram has opposite sides congruent, opposite angles congruent, and opposite sides parallel.
A trapezoid has one pair of parallel sides.  However the measure of angles and sides all depend on how the trapezoid is drawn.

We learned about parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines and found that perpendicular lines could also be intersecting lines.  Parallel lines are just like a set of train tracks.  The two tracks will never cross so that the train can continuously move forward.  Perpendicular lines cross and make a right angle.  Intersecting lines are lines that cross but do not have to form a right angle.  We also learned that these three can be formed with lines, line segments, and rays.

Finally, we covered first two letters of the SOLVE method.  We found that S stands for study the problem and O stands for organize the facts.  These five steps, which we will finish learning next week, helps guide us through solving word problems.

We also took our first NWEA/MAP test this week!  These assessments will continue every Friday for the next three weeks.  This week we took our math assessment, next week we will take the reading assessment, language on 9/14, and finally science on 9/21.

Next week, we will also begin learning about polygons and their characteristics and take our performance task assessment.

If you have not already, please make sure that emergency forms, lunch forms, parent surveys, and media consent forms are turned in to your homeroom teacher next week!

Hope everyone has a nice enjoyable three day weekend!

-Ms.Chan