Geometry Review

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     Happy Friday,

    Wishing you all a wonderful long weekend with your families. Please note that report cards did come home today. Each student had the opportunity to conference with me, and self-assess their learning skills.Through this process, students set some goals for next term both in learning skills and academics. Please sign and return both the report card and the student self assessment sheet.

      Again, thank you so much for all your support this term. Looking forward to term 2 :) 

     We will be completing a geometry review and doing some open ended problem solving on Tuesday. 

    

     Geometry Review

1     1. Measure and identify each angle as acute, obtuse, straight, right or reflex

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        2. Construct the following angles using a ruler and protractor 

        a) 130°           b) 123°            c) 43°            d) 210°

       3. Identify the triangle by sides (equilateral, isosceles, scalene) AND by angle (acute, obtuse, right)

    4. Using a ruler and a protractor create the polygons below. Be sure to label all measurements and angles.

     a)    ∆ABC: Length AB= 8 cm, ​ Length AC= 8 cm, ​ Angle A = 37°. ​Label length BC. What is length BC? ​What type of triangle is ∆ABC?

    b)   ​∆ABC: Length AB=6 cm, ​ Angle A = 20°, ​ Angle B = 140°

   c)    ∆XYZ: Length XY= 6 cm, ​ Angle Y = 40° ​ Angle X = 50° ​What is the size of angle Z? ​What type of triangle is XYZ?

   d)   Construct the quadrilateral TRUE in which TR = 3.5 cm, RU = 3 cm, UE = 4 cm, ∠R = 75° and ∠U =120°

   e)   Construct a parallelogram ABCD with sides AB = 4 cm and AD = 5 cm and angle A = 60˚

    f) Construct a rhombus with side lengths of 10 cm and angle measures of 40° and 140°

  

    Review the criteria for the quadrilaterals 

     

Update

Good afternoon everyone,

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is our book party. I am looking forward to celebrating our reading journey as a class. If for some reason the buses are cancelled tomorrow, the party will be postponed until Friday.

Also, on behalf of Kiefer and Mitchell, could you please bring back your forms for their science experiment tomorrow.

Have a great night!

Mrs. Breau :

Triangle Challenge

Create and label the following triangles

a) <SRT=85°, Line RS=3 cm, Line RT= 5 cm

b) < YXZ= 65°, <XYZ=40°, Line XY=4 cm  

c) MLN=30°, LMN-50°, Line LM=6 cm

Report Outline "Alien Invasion Assignment"

Three Parts:

1. Introduction:
- opening sentence to introduce the general topic, catch reader's attention- hook the reader
-In two or more sentences introduce your planet and outline the defining characteristics that you will be addressing in your body paragraphs
-introduce the name of your alien
-A sentence to indicate the adaptations that your alien has to successfully live on your planet

2. Body Paragraphs
- one full  paragraph for each of the characteristics and the adaptation your alien has to cope with it
The paragraphs should be in the order in which they are mentioned in the introduction
 Each paragraph should include:
-a topic sentence to introduce the particular characteristics of the planet
- one to three sentences to add scientific details that describe the characteristic
-one to three sentences to describe the features of your alien that allow it to live successfully with this characteristic
-a sentence that sums up the paragraph and leads to the next characteristics in a logical way

Example:
Saturn is very cold. It has a temperature of -285 degrees Fahrenheit. The rings are made up of ice, snow, rock and gases. Due to the cold, Satuloops have red eyes that shoot heat rays. The rays can heat and burn different objects when needed and melt ice for water. Satuloops also wears red bracelets on both wrists. The bracelets allow Satuloops to satay warm.  

3. Conclusion
- A paragraph that restates each of the characteristics of your planet and a summarization of how your alien is well suited to live there.
- This paragraph should be around 4 to six sentences long

40 Book Challenge -Half Way Party

We are about half way there....each reader is working hard towards their reading goal. On February 16th we are celebrating our reading journey as a class. Our celebration will include a reading cafe, which will include some tasty treats and hot chocolate, with all the fixings.
Our class, as always, is eager to participate and volunteer, so I have divided them into two separate committees. The committee has picked a red carpet theme. Students are asked to dress up as a book character or a famous person. During our celebration, we will participate in a book mannequin challenge. We will also be finishing our class novel "Undergrounders"

Committee 1- Half Way Party - Feb. 16th

Jalen

Abby

Reilly

Alex

Lindsay

Kiefer

Mitchell

Ashley

Braeden

Bobbi

Reid

Liam

Committee 2- End of the Year Party- sometime in June :)

Katie

Christian

Garrett

Sarah

Kaylen

Dylan

Tristian

Daniel

Baron

Rebecca

Camryn

Weekly Update

Here are some helpful links for the alien project:

https://theplanets.org/
www.nasagov.
www.space.com
www.universetoday.com
nineplanets.org

Please remember to include all websites that you used in your research.

Literacy - Reading Workshop- We are still working through our novel Undergrounders - We will be having our reading celebration on February 16th. More details to follow.

Writing Workshop- This week will be starting to structure our research report for our alien assignment. Monday and Tuesday will be given for research. We will be structuring the report in an essay format. I will be posting the success criteria for this later in the week

Math-We are continuing to exploring the properties of a triangle- Students will constructing triangles using established criteria. Name of the game rounds 7 & 8 this week

Science- This week will be focusing the sun and the moon and phases

 Reminder:
-Please remember to bring in your science centre permission forms

Constellation Assignment

This is an OPTIONAL assignment- I know a lot of you are busy with science fair, but someone of you wanted an EXTRA challenge

Constellation Assignment 
1. Choose a constellation listed below
2. Find the myth about the constellation (use the internet- don't forget to sight your sources)
3. Find the location of the constellation in the sky
4. If it is a Zodiac sign, then tell the personality characteristics associated with someone born under that sign.
5. Draw the star/constellation shape in the sky (What the stars actually look like. e.g. Leo's constellation picture looks like a lion)
You will present your findings to class.

Constellations 
Zodiac Signs 
1. Aries (Mar. 21-April 19)
2. Taurus (April 20-May 20)
3. Gemini (May 21-June 21)
4. Cancer (June 22-July 22)
5. Leo ( July 23-Aug 22)
6. Virgo (Aug 23- Sept. 22)
7. Libra (Sept 23-Oct 23)
8. Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 21)
9. Sagittarius (Nov 23- Dec. 21)
10. Capricorn (Dec 22.-Jan 19)
11. Aquarius (Jan. 20- Feb. 19)
12. Pisces (Feb. 20- Mar. 20)

Other
1. Pegasus
2. Aquila (the eagle)
3. Canis Major (the great dog)
4. Ursa Major (the great bear)
5. Centaurus (the centaur)
6. Corvus (the crow)
7. Carina (the ship's keel)