Friday, February 9, 2007
Ask Your Child About:
q Geometry! What are the different ways to categorize triangles based on
their sides? (scalene – none the same; isosceles – two the same;
equilateral – all the same)
What are the different ways to categorize triangles based on their
angles? (right – one right angle or 90 degree angle; acute – three
angles smaller than a right angle; obtuse – one angle bigger than a right
angle)
q something new s/he learned about this weekÕs
Star of the Week: Angela!
q our cause and effect energy projects. Where does most of our energy
originally come from? (the sun)
Can you trace the energy path from the sun to kicking a ball?
q Diamante poetry. What is it?
What were the two nouns s/he wrote about?
q the 100 day puzzle. What was the puzzle, who was able to
solve it and with what word? (Rose
– Wednesday)
q our very exciting 2-hour delay!
q more geometry: what are rays, lines, and
line segments? What does it mean
when two lines are parallel? When
they intersect?
SAVE THESE DATES:
Wednesday, February 14th:
ValentineÕs Day and Party!
Monday, February 19th:
Presidents Day – No School!