February 1, 2019
Humanities
In ELA, we’ve been diving into the rhetorical triangle – ethos, logos, and pathos. What are the mechanics used to persuade someone? How do we persuade someone in ethical ways? In the coming week, we’ll be researching a position and beginning to craft arguments that are well-researched and logical. We are in the midst of our second unit of vocabulary study, vacillating between Wordly Wise words and Greek and Latin roots. The most recent roots you should look out for are:
- Ars, Artis (art)
- Aoide (song)
- Canto/Cantare (to sing)
- Pingo/Pingere/Pinxi/Pictum (to paint, to embroider)
In social studies, we are making presentations about modern Islamic figures both in America and in the world. I’ve loved seeing students’ creativity and helping them with their speaking skills!
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Science
These past few weeks students have been exploring the power of water. We conducted rotation activities in order to explore the different properties of water. Students stuck materials to walls using the adhesion property, while other students used a balloon to magical move a stream of water using the polarity property. Later in the week student conducted their own demonstration in order to discovery how the hydrosphere on earth is balanced in different locations. They quickly realized that only 3% of the water is fresh. They compared their prediction model to the actual percentages in order to discover differences. Next we started exploring the concept of the water cycle. Student created a small model of the water cycle using hot plates beakers and a bowl of ice. Soon they created rain in their own small water cycle model. In the coming weeks we will continue to explore water and focus on water pollution and methods of detection and cleaning.
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