Ben read an article entitled, "From Wolf to Best Friend: The Genomics of Dog Domestication," which discussed genetic divergence and ongoing evolution. The article was selected due to its appropriatness for STEM students; the story of dog domestication is an excellent lens through which students can examine evolutionary biology. Ben was interested in the article and subsequently answered 7 multiple choice questions - with 100% accuracy.

Percent of Change Problems, Sales Tax and mark-up/discount.

The Major Battles of World War 2: Involvement of Russia and J Stalin Red Army in defeating the Germans. Invasion of Normandy by U.S troops: Liberation of France from German occupation/control. Battle of the Midway: Major U.S. Naval victory over Japan. Battle of Berlin: Russian Red Army final victory and defeat/surrender of Germany.

Mia read all her sight words. She completed her interactive calendar. She worked on her calendar talk activity. She practiced identifying words that begin with the consonant n sound and writing the upper case and lowercase n. She finished several phonics activities. She put together a sentence scramble and drew an illustration to go with the sentence.

Jackson practiced spelling his spelling words. He wrote his spelling words in ABC order and then used his spelling words to write complete sentences. Using his glossary skills, he looked up the definitions for his new vocabulary words and wrote these definitions in his notebook. He read, discussed, and made a story map for this week's story, "Happy New Year." He completed a reading comprehension activity using his new vocabulary words in context.

Remi practiced spelling his spelling words. He reviewed the r-controlled vowel sounds for this week. He wrote his spelling words in ABC order and used them to write completed sentences. He completed a reading comprehension activity using his new vocabulary words. He used his glossary skills to look up the definitions for his new vocabulary words and then wrote these definitions in his notebook. He read and discussed today's story, "Happy New Year."

Review for Test on Chapter 9 Length in Metric Units then take the Test.

Lesson 1 Earth’s Motion Around the Sun – We investigated Earth’s movements which are rotation or spinning on its axis and revolution or moving around the Sun. We discovered that the Earth spins counterclockwise on its axis. Our evidence is that the Sun, Moon, and stars seem to move from east to west across the sky. Our evidence of revolution is the seasonal patterns of change throughout the year, including length of daytime, and the amount of sunlight different locations on Earth receive. The evidence of how the curve of Earth’s surface affects temperatures on Earth includes the fact that it is colder at the poles and warmer at the equator. Regions near the poles receive less solar energy than regions near the equator because the curved surface causes sunlight to be less concentrated and more spread out the farther you travel from the equator.

11-2 The Pythagorean Theorem – We learned to use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the length of sides of a right triangle. Then we used it to determine whether a triangle is a right triangle. We practiced calculating a missing hypotenuse or side by using the Pythagorean theorem as well. We also learned how to square a radical.
Assignment: Complete Problems from 11-2 in workbook

Remington finished his symmetrical butterfly design. Then I gave Remington an uncooked uncracked egg that he had to name. He named his egg Tim. His design challenge was to create an egg crate that will protect his egg from cracking once it is nestled securely inside its crate and dropped from various heights on the playground. We will measure the height distance in feet. Remington jumped right in utilizing the supplies in the art room. He used three toilet paper rolls, wool balls, cotton rounds, and tape and created his crate for Tim. He was focused and engaged!