Study Guide

2/19/18 – 2/23/18

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.

5.  Form rectangles by tiling with unit squares to make arrays.

6.  Draw rows and columns to determine the area of a rectangle, given an incomplete array.

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.  Video Analysis Worksheet – notes from video we watched in class.

2.  Outline Map of the United States Worksheet – route the Acadians used to journey to Louisiana.

3.  Physical Map of the United States – students used this map to help trace the route the Acadians used to journey to Louisiana.

4.  exile – expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.

5.  great upheaval – refers to the exodus of Acadians that took place from 1755 to 1862 by order of Governor Lawrence.

6.  le grand d’erangement - refers to the exodus of Acadians that took place from 1755 to 1862 by order of Governor Lawrence.

7.  1755 – year the mass migration of Acadians began moving to Louisiana.

8.  creole - was originally used byFrench settlersto distinguish persons born in Louisiana from those born in the mother country or elsewhere.

9.  Notes in Social Studies notebook.