Up and Down Your Spine
This week we are talking about our spine and some of our major joints. We are looking forward to Joe’s bringing in her x-rays on Wednesday. I cannot wait to see them!
This week we are reading How to Eat Fried Worms as a class and doing vocabulary work together as a class. We are also finishing up our rough and final drafts of our writing project by the end of the week.
Here is the work for the day:
Homework For The Day
Nothing new other than the work for the day. And that we will be taking our spelling and reading tests tomorrow. Listen to the story below.
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read moreThe Process of Graphing, Video, Too!
Today we began exploring the process of graphing information. We broke down the process into four steps:
1. Collecting Data
2. Organizing the Data
3. Charting the Data
4. Interpreting the Data
In today’s lesson we focused on the first two steps through trial and error. As you can see in this gallery below, we found a progression towards efficiency with our data collection and organization. Nice work kids!
Here is a video of us collecting data in our small groups:
By the way, don’t forget to watch the video in the post below as part of your homework. Tomorrow we will be mapping the story a bit more, then onto our rough drafts!
Here is the work for the day:
A-Ha Rules! Take On Me . . .
Look your finest and look your best, we’ll put that camera to the test! That’s right, tomorrow is our class picture. Take some extra time in the morning to straighten your hair and look your best. 
In writing we are putting all of our language arts and writing skills together for the rest of the school year by doing some larger written projects. Today we began a writing project where we are taking this music video and deconstructing its elements of character, plot, events, and setting. We are then going to construct a story (and back story) to help make the video make more sense. Children of the 80′s, you are going to love to see what your child comes up with. Pull up your leg warmers, pop your collars, and enjoy the video!
Here is the work for the day:
The Armadillo from Amarillo
Tomorrow we will be having our typical spelling test on ~er words and our reading test on The Armadillo from Amarillo. Read along as you listen to the story below. We will also be having a vocabulary quiz in science tomorrow as we finish up our lesson on rocks and soils.
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Here is the work for the day:
Math Test Tomorrow
Just a quick reminder that there will be a test tomorrow on our last chapter of division. Have a great night!
Science and Math Tests This Week
Later this week we will be finishing up our natural resources unit by taking a quiz on soils. We will also be finishing up division with a test late in the week. In science we will jump into body systems and in math we are going to explore data collection and graphing. With the remaining days in math we will review writing our subtraction problems in block, expanded and standard notation.
This week in social studies we will be learning about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights movement. We will be summarizing our learning orally and in writing. Should be a fun week!
Here is the work for the day:
Tsunami Video
I found this video this morning (excuse the ad at the beginning) that shows a swimming pool during a 7.2 earthquake. This video (somewhere near the end) shows a great example of how a tsunami is formed. You can also make your own little tsunami by filling a glass of water half full then moving it back and forth, repeatedly. This week, one of the things we learned was that a tsunami is formed by and earthquake underwater. Cool stuff! Enjoy and have a great weekend.
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read moreReading and Rolling!
Tomorrow we will be having our reading test and a spelling test . Listen along with our story below. You should all have your text books at home. My goal is to have a class average of over 92%! We can do it!.
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Here is the work for the day:
There’s No Place Like Loam
Today in our soils unit in science we learned that there are different types of soils. We learned mainly about clay and loam. We then got to get our hands on dry clay, wet clay, loam, humus, and sand. This was helpful because we learned that the smaller the particles that a particular soil is made up of, the better it holds water. Therefore clay gets maliable with water and sand lets water run right through it. The best was the humus. That was strangely, wonderfully, soft. Joe wants a pillow made of it. Frankly, I think that is a little gross.
Here is the work for the day:
Anna’s mom sent in the rock star picture of me during our spring concert. Hmmmm . . . what do you think Simon Cowel would say? Thanks for sending in the picture, you made my day. And, now, I share it with you all!
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