Study Guide
2/5/18 – 2/9/18
Math, Science and Social Studies
Math
1. Understand area as an attribute of plane figures.
2. Decompose and recompose shapes to compare areas.
3. Model tiling with centimeter and inch unit squares as a strategy to measure area.
4. Relate side lengths with the number of tiles on a side.
Science
1. How do fossils tell us about the past? – Experiment.
2. Fossils are the remains of organisms that lived long ago.
3. A living thing is extinct when no more of its kind are alive.
4. How did the saber-tooth cat become extinct?
5. Some plants and animals are becoming extinct even today. Why?
6. Some fossils give clues about a living thing’s size and shape.
7. Fossils can also tell us what an animal ate. How?
8. Fossils can show how an animal moves. How?
9. Scientists use fossils to find out how Earth and living things have changed over time. How?
10. How deep a fossil is buried gives clues about when an organism lived. How?
11. Many organisms living today look similar to those that lived long ago. Examples.
12. Three kinds of rocks – igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
13. Example of each kind of rock.
14. How do we use minerals and rocks?
15. Science packet on Fossils.
16. Notes in Science notebook.
· Textbook pages 168 – 171, 186 – 193.
Social Studies
1. Timeline of Louisiana History document. (Know all dates)
2. Adapted from Colonial Louisiana article. (Know highlighted parts)
3. Louisiana Cultural Influences graphic organizer.
4. Map of Louisiana Territory Claimed by France.
5. Map of Louisiana.
6. Map of the United States.
7. Louisiana Maps Venn Diagram
8. What does it mean to be Creole? article
9. Spanish influences in Louisiana. (Know highlighted parts)
10. French influences in Louisiana. (Know highlighted parts)
11. Notes in social studies notebook.
· The students will be using the same packet from the last test and a new packet of information for this week.