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 moreFinal Episode of the Marchionda Minutes!
On this last episode of the Marchionda Minutes podcast we hear from Simon who has a special message for his dad at the end of the show. His dad is off working in Afghanistan, so we ended on a nice touch. Every child who wished to be on the show has had an episode, so with a reflective eye to the past I end this season of podcasts! Thanks, kids, for being so entertaining and sharing with all of us about yourselves.
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Here is the work for the day:
The 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!
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