Group Tutoring!

5th Grade- 5/18

Here’s the Plan!

• Reminder
• Ice-Breaker Question
• Character Trait: Perseverance
• English Topic: Graphic Aids & Outlines
• History Topic: Geography of Mexico
• Prayer
• Joke

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Reminder!

You will have until May 26th to complete any quiz corrections or redo any assignments. After that, you will not be able to complete any corrections. Please reach out to your teacher if you would like anything reassigned before then, and remember to use this time wisely. :)

Ice-Breaker Question!

Do you speak any other languages? If not, what is a language you would like to learn?

Character Trait

Perseverance

Definition - Continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.

Without being affected by

Perseverance

English: Using Graphic Aids & Outlines

Chart- displays data in a table, graph, or list

Diagram- picture that shows what something looks like, or how things relate to each other. Can show measurements or size.

Illustration- graphic aid that helps the reader understand more details of the story.

Captions- helps us understand what the caption is depicting (or showing.)

English: Outlines

1. How a Duckbill Platypus Looks
3. Has a flattened tail
• Seals them together
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• Digs a den
• Has a bill like a duck
• Lays two or three eggs
• Has grayish-brown fur
• How a duckbill platypus lays her eggs
• What a baby platypus is like
• Blind until four months old
• Hold eggs closely to chest, rolls into a ball until hatched
• Has no fur until two months old
• Has webbed feet
• Is friendly and playful
• Born with strange little bills

History: Mexico- Contrasts in Geography

• 5 Geographical Regions:
• Mountains (Sierra Madre)
• Central Highlands (lower than the mountains, warmer climate)
• Central Plateau (desert-like)
• Gulf Slope (crops grow here)
• Rain Forests (warm, humid, tropical plants)

Types of Land:

1. Tierra caliente

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• Tierra templada

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• Tierra fria

1. Tierra caliente means "hot land." This climate zone includes the land with an elevation from sea level to three thousand feet. The weather is always hot and humid, with temperatures reaching over 100° F in the summer months. The rain forests, Gulf Slope coastal plains, Yucatan peninsula, and Baja California are included in this climate zone.
2. Tierra templada means "temperate land." This climate zone includes the land with an elevation of three thousand to six thousand feet. The mild and pleasant climate of this zone is found in the Central Plateaus and the slopes and valleys of the Central Highlands.
3. Tierra fria means "cold land." This climate zone includes the land with elevations over six thousand feet to the tallest peak in Mexico. Temperatures in this zone stay below 60° F (15.6° C) and are frigid in the higher mountains.

Prayer:

Joke Time!