Chapter 3 Fossils Review Answers for test on Tuesday, 12/15

Chapter 3 Review

1.  fossil

2.  extinct

3.  C (in sedimentary rock)

4.  C

5.  A

6.  B

7.  D

8. D

9.  D

10. A

11.  A

12.  A

13.  C

14.  C

15.  C

16.  B

17.  One way you could make a model of a fossil is to press a shell into clay, then fill the mold with glue.  After it dries, you will have made a mold fossil and cast fossil. (Like we did in class!!)

18.  The fossil in the deeper layer is older because it has been covered by more sediment over time.

19.  I can infer that the dinosaur ate meat because we know from studying animals today that animals with sharp teeth eat meat (carnivore).

20.  No, scientists have found fossils of Tyrannosaurus Rex and other dinosaurs which are extinct. 

 Capítulo 3 Revisión

1.  fósiles

2.  extintos. 

3.  C (roca sedimentaria) 4.  C 5.  6.  B 7.  D 8. D 9.  D 10. 11.  12.  13.  C 14.  C 15.  C 16.  B

17.  Una forma podría hacer un modelo de un fósil es presionar una cáscara en arcilla, luego llene el molde con pegamento.  Después de que se seque, habremos hecho un molde fósil y fósil de molde. (Como hicimos en clase!!!!)
18. el fósil en la capa más profunda es mayor porque ha sido cubierto por sedimentos más con el tiempo.
19. me puedo inferir que el dinosaurio comía carne porque sabemos del estudio de animales hoy que animales con afilados dientes comen carne (carnívoros).
20. no, los científicos han encontrado fósiles de Tyrannosaurus Rex y otros dinosaurios que se extinguieron. 

Recycling Challenge!!

Hey Everyone!!

       We have a new, fun project with the Green Team!  We are going to be competing in a Pepsi Recycling Bin Challenge!  The challenge is to build a more functional and creative recycling container.  Our idea is to build two containers.  One out of plastic bottles and one out of aluminum cans.  So, we need uncrushed round plastic bottles of all sizes (ie: water, selzer, soda)  and uncrushed aluminum cans!

     There will be two containers in the Faculty Lounge for you to drop off your cans and bottles!!  Please rinse them out! J

 Thank you!  Thank you!

 We will keep you up to date on our progress!!

 

The Green Team

Student Council canned food drive is coming up!

Dear Parents,

 

From Monday December 7-Monday December 14, the Student Council will be sponsoring their annual canned food drive. 

The items collected will be donated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. 

The collection barrels are located between rooms 26 and 27.  Any student who donates at least 8 canned goods will be allowed a "uniform-free" day on Thursday December 17.  At some point this week, I will place stickers in your boxes for those students who donate 8 or more cans.  They can wear the stickers on 12/17 while they are out of uniform. 
If you have any questions, please let me know.  Below are the items that can be donated.  Student Council thanks you for all of your support!  Have a great day!!

 

- Boxes of cereal or oatmeal

- Dried Fruit
- Powdered Milk
- Fruit Juice
- Canned tuna
- Canned soup
- Peanut Butter
- Canned fruits or vegetables
- Macaroni and cheese
- Pasta
- Any other non-perishable items

(Please no glass containers)

 

Thanks for your support!!

Jenny M-G

iReady Diagnostic results coming home today, 12/4

Dear Parents,

       Please look for your child's latest iReady Diagnostic results to come home today.  The top graph will show you how your student performed on the Diagnostic this week compared to how your student score back in September.  If your student did not score in On Level or did not show much growth, he/she needs to be getting on iReady Math at least 3 times a week for 20 minutes.  The work your child does on iReady is more rigorous than on STAR and the questions are very similar to what they will see on the Milestones. 

      The bottom bar graph shows you the different topics (Numbers and Operations, Algebra, Measurement and Data , and Geometry) and where your student is stronger and weaker.  The iReady tutorials and quizzes will keep challenging your child in these areas so that he/she will keep improving as long as he/she gets on iReady regularly.

       Thanks for your support!!

       Jenny M-G

Tech Fair coming up on 12/10

Dear Parents,

Our Tech Fair is coming up on December 10th!  If your student is interested in participating, please look for the flyer coming home tomorrow and read the message below from Ms. McMahon, our media center specialist.  Let me know if you have any questions!

"Afternoon, all.

 I do not know if everyone is aware, but Spalding is having a Technology Fair at the school on December 10.  Promos have gone out to parents via the online school newsletter, and it was also been mentioned on Tiger News a couple of weeks ago.  I have also placed a few posters throughout the school promoting the fair.  I will also be putting a promotional flyer in your mailboxes for your students to take home.  Despite having done these things, we are unsure how many of our students will want to enter.   I know it is only nine days away, but many of our students could crank out a good project in just a few days.  Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

 Jimmy "

Update for 11/30

        Dear Parents,

        I hope everyone had a restful, fun break!  I know I really enjoyed catching up with friends and family and getting to sleep in.  :)
This week we are starting our Fossils unit in Science.  Today we discussed what fossils are, why we study them, and what we can learn from them.  Tomorrow I will be bringing in some real plant and animal fossils for the students to explore and discuss.  Please ask your student what kinds of fossils we have been exploring!  The test for this unit is going to be Tuesday, 12/15.

       In Math we are continuing our unit on Area, multiplication and division strategies, graphing, measurement, and word problems.  Our Unit 3 test will be on Monday, 12/14.  The related standards are:

CONTENT STANDARDS
Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
MGSE3.OA.8. Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.1
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MGSE3.OA.9. Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations.2 For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.

Represent and interpret data. MGSE3.MD.3. Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
MGSE3.MD.4. Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units— whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
Geometric Measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
  
MGSE3.MD.5. Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
a. A square with side length 1 unit, called "a unit square," is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area. b. A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
MGSE3.MD.6. Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
MGSE3.MD.7. Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
a. Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.
b. Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.
c. Use tiling to show, in a concrete case, that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.

     Also, please help your student get fluent in his/her multiplication facts 0-12.  We are continuing to have timed tests and students who pass all their facts will be rewarded abundantly at our ice cream social the last week before the break.  :)  Thank you for all of your support!

Jenny M-G

Update for 11/11

      

     Dear Parents,

     Thanksgiving break is right around the corner, but we are still working hard!  In Science we are finishing up our Minerals, Rocks, and Soils unit and will have our test next Wednesday, 11/18.  This week your students will likely need to bring home their Science book to complete Lesson 4 (the related pages numbers are at the bottom of the handout).  For next weeks' test your student will need to review the vocabulary (mineral, hardness, rock, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, igneous rock, erosion), KWL chart, and notes from Study Jams and "The Magic School Bus Rocks and Rolls" in his/her journal.

      In class today we tried to identify various minerals and rocks based on their color and luster, by comparing them to our pocket informational books, conducting streak tests, and playing Rocks and Minerals bingo.  We had so much fun!  Tomorrow we will be in STEAM lab investigating different soil and their properties.

      In Math we are continuing to solve two-step word problems, In/Out boxes, and creating graphs.  We have now gotten into investigating Area as well.  In IXL the lessons related to Area are V.10, V.11, V.12, and V.13.  On a daily basis your student is also practicing their multiplication facts with the goal that ALL of our students will be fluent in their multiplication facts through their 12's by the end of the year.  It's a lofty goal, but we like to aim high.

      We appreciate all of your support more than you know.  It is an amazingly wonderful thing to see your fabulous kiddos grow and grow and grow!  Thanks for all of your support!

     Jenny M-G 

Estimados padres,

     Descanso de acción de gracias es a la vuelta de la esquina, pero todavía estamos trabajando duro!  En ciencia Estamos terminando nuestra unidad de minerales, rocas y suelos y tendrá nuestra prueba el próximo miércoles, 11/18.  Esta semana los estudiantes probablemente tendrá que llevar a casa su libro de ciencia para completar la lección 4 (son los números de páginas relacionadas en la parte inferior de la hoja informativa).  Para la prueba de la próximas semanas su estudiante necesitará revisar el vocabulario (minerales, dureza, roca, roca ígnea, roca sedimentaria, roca ígnea, erosión), tabla de KWL y notas de estudio mermeladas y "The Magic School Bus rocas y Rolls" en su diario.
      En clase de hoy hemos intentado identificar diferentes basadas en su color y brillo, de compararlos con nuestros libros informativos de bolsillo, realizando pruebas de racha y jugando bingo de rocas y minerales rocas y minerales.  Mañana estaremos en el laboratorio de vapor investigando diferentes y sus propiedades.
      En matemáticas estamos siguiendo resolver problemas de dos pasos, cajas de entrada/salida y creación de gráficos.  Ahora hemos metido investigando área así.  En IXL las lecciones relacionadas con el área son V.10, V.11, V.12 y V.13.  Diariamente el estudiante también está practicando sus tablas de multiplicar con el objetivo que todos nuestros estudiantes será fluidas en su multiplicación a través de sus 12 a finales de año.  Es un objetivo noble, pero nos gusta apuntar alto. 
      Agradecemos a todos su apoyo más que usted sabe.  Es algo increíblemente maravilloso ver sus fabuloso kiddos crecen y crecen y crecen!  Gracias por todo su apoyo!
     Jenny M-G