Days 58 & 59

November 8 & 9, 2011

Days 58 & 59

LA Book: 2 pages + 2 pages

Guinness: 2 pages + 2 pages

Backyard Measurements: Angles

Backyard Measurements: angles                             

Tools:    pencil and paper              compass              ruler

1.       Vocabulary

a.       Angle: Acute, obtuse, or straight; making lines out of 180 degrees

b.      Acute: less than 90 degrees

c.       Obtuse: greater than 90 degrees

d.      Right: 90 degrees exactly

e.      Straight:  180 degrees exactly

f.        Degree: the amount

2.       Find 6 things in the yard that have angles. Estimate/ Calculate the measurement of the angle, identify its classification, and take picture:

a.       Yellow chairs: obtuse, 96 degrees

b.      Red rock on pond: acute, 85 degrees

c.       Black railing: obtuse, 102 degrees

d.      Birch tree bottom: acute, 18 degrees

e.      Two branches of wood on Lily’s climbing tree: acute, 37 degrees

f.     Headlight on prius: obtuse, 147 degrees

3. What are 6 reasons why you may need to measure angles around the house or in the yard??

a. You use angles when you’re building

b. You use angles for water drainage

c. You use angles when you’re decorating

d. You use angles when you’re putting in pools, trampolines, and swing sets

f.        You use angles when you’re putting furniture in

Board Game: paint board & sketch game

Reading Journal: Shakespeare’s Secret, Chapters 1-4

An eleven year old girl named Hero and her sister Beatrice had just moved to Maryland. They had moved all over the country because of their father’s job. He worked as an English professor at Maxwell college and he loved Shakespeare. He would quote it every day! Here was abnormally nervous for her fist day of school tomorrow. Beatrice always fit in and was as popular as can be, but Here always stood out. Hero’s mother wanted her to bring some garden clippers to their next door neighbor Mrs. Roth so Hero did. Once she got there, Hero was invited inside by Mrs. Roth. That was exactly what Hero was afraid of. She thought she would get pulled in to an old lady talk like she usually does when she meets an elderly woman. Actually Mrs. Roth was very nice to Hero. She helped her with some ways to fit in. She said to Hero, If you want to fit in, tell your friends that you live in the Murphy diamond house. Of course Hero got interested then. Hero mother called and Mrs. Roth said that she would tell Hero about the diamond tomorrow.  Hero got on the bus for school the next morning and she met this first grader named Aaron. Aaron asked Hero to take him down to his classroom, it was his first day of school as well. Hero did, she went back up to the office to find out where the sixth grade classrooms were. When she arrived at her classroom, the teacher asked Hero what her name was. When she said Hero, a girl in the front row said, “Hey that’s my dog’s name.” Hero got teased for having the same name as a dog for the rest of the day. When Hero got home she stopped by Mrs. Roth’s house for her to tell Hero about the diamond. 

Almanac: Halloween story, board game advertisement, Comic Book Cover

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