MATH:
Timed Test: Thursday - covering the 8s times tables.
This week we continue adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators and without common denominators. This is section A and B of chapter 10.
Thursday we will have a review of these concepts and then Friday, students will write the test.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
We will continue with our simulation.
Reminder: Friday is early dismissal. Hoping your holiday is filled with love and laughter!
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISMUKKAH!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Christmas Colors Day Tomorrow
We will celebrate our traditional Posadas on Thursday, Decemeber 10. Students may wear Christmas colors.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Week of Dec. 7 - 11
MATH:
We have finished our unit in Fractions. Most students did fairly well on the last assessment.
We have now started a new unit in measurement. Although we finished with the fractions unit, we will continue using fractions as we explore fractional parts of an inch. This is something that most students have struggled with. We started on Friday and continued again today. This may be something students need to work extra on at home (ex: 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 of an inch, plus measuring and rounding to the nearest 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8).
Tomorrow we look at exploring feet, yards, and miles. This will conclude our measurement unit for this chapter (9) in our text. Wednesday will be review and Thursday will be a measurement quiz.
Friday we begin Chapter 10, which further explores fractions and measurement; beginning Friday with adding fractions.
Thursday will be our regular Timed Test - this week focussing on the 7s and 8s time tables.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Tomorrow, Diary Situation #3 (journal #2) is due at the beginning of the day. This is a 2 page reflection that they have had 2 periods to work on in class. Any work needed to be finished must now be done at home.
We have taken some time off from our simulation to review the learning we have recieved through the game, but this week will in fact return to the game.
GRADED PAPERS:
Packages should be sent home today or tomorrow, must be signed and returned to school.
LITERACY:
Students are working on presentations about the Middle Ages. These are projects they have been working on as groups in class. Presentations will take place tomorrow.
Students must continue with the daily reading and journal entries.
Ms. Leary will return to school Thursday or Friday of this week.
We have finished our unit in Fractions. Most students did fairly well on the last assessment.
We have now started a new unit in measurement. Although we finished with the fractions unit, we will continue using fractions as we explore fractional parts of an inch. This is something that most students have struggled with. We started on Friday and continued again today. This may be something students need to work extra on at home (ex: 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 of an inch, plus measuring and rounding to the nearest 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8).
Tomorrow we look at exploring feet, yards, and miles. This will conclude our measurement unit for this chapter (9) in our text. Wednesday will be review and Thursday will be a measurement quiz.
Friday we begin Chapter 10, which further explores fractions and measurement; beginning Friday with adding fractions.
Thursday will be our regular Timed Test - this week focussing on the 7s and 8s time tables.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Tomorrow, Diary Situation #3 (journal #2) is due at the beginning of the day. This is a 2 page reflection that they have had 2 periods to work on in class. Any work needed to be finished must now be done at home.
We have taken some time off from our simulation to review the learning we have recieved through the game, but this week will in fact return to the game.
GRADED PAPERS:
Packages should be sent home today or tomorrow, must be signed and returned to school.
LITERACY:
Students are working on presentations about the Middle Ages. These are projects they have been working on as groups in class. Presentations will take place tomorrow.
Students must continue with the daily reading and journal entries.
Ms. Leary will return to school Thursday or Friday of this week.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Social Studies Simulation Game: Applying the Game to Our Learning
Here is a copy of the overhead we read today in class, to help students study for tomorrow's quiz:
Standard 1: How does regional geography influence culture and impact change in people, places, and events over time?
Regional geography: the study of regions throughout the world in order to understand the characteristics of a particular region.
What are the different regions in our simulation game?
Standard 1: How does regional geography influence culture and impact change in people, places, and events over time?
Regional geography: the study of regions throughout the world in order to understand the characteristics of a particular region.
What are the different regions in our simulation game?
- The Mountains
- The Plains
- Land beside the ocean
- Land beside the river
Discuss how life is different in each of these places.
Standard 3: Compare rights and responsibilities of individuals living within a given region to those of another region or group of regions.
Rights: entitlements or permissions, usually of a legal or moral nature.
Responsibilities: things for which one is responsible; a duty, obligation, or burden
What different regions/groups do we have in our game?
- the colonists
- the Indians
What rights and responsibilities does each group have?
Standard 4: Understanding of how availability of goods, services, and technology affect a region.
Goods: a physical product capable of being delivered to a purchaser
Services: a process that creates benefits by facilitating a change in customers, a change in their physical possessions, or a change in their intangible assests.
Technology: material objects of use to humanity and the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
What goods do we have in our game? What services? What technology?
How can we use these things to help the colonists?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Navidad Sin Frio
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one."
~Mother Theresa
We discussed this quote in one of our previous class meetings. What does it mean?
We all have the ability to make a difference in the lives of others:
THE STARFISH STORY:
Original Story by: Loren Eisley
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”
The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf.
Then, smiling at the man, he said,
"I made a difference for that one.”
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This is the last week for Navidad Sin Frio. PLEASE remember to bring in ANYTHING you can donate to help make a difference for at least one person :)
~Mother Theresa
We discussed this quote in one of our previous class meetings. What does it mean?
We all have the ability to make a difference in the lives of others:
THE STARFISH STORY:
Original Story by: Loren Eisley
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”
The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf.
Then, smiling at the man, he said,
"I made a difference for that one.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the last week for Navidad Sin Frio. PLEASE remember to bring in ANYTHING you can donate to help make a difference for at least one person :)
Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 4
MATH:
We are coming close to the end of our fractions unit. Today we reviewed the second half of this unit:
Thursday we will begin our next unit: Using Customary Linear Measurement
SOCIAL STUDIES:
After last week's quiz, it was quite evident that many students are having a difficult time applying what is happening during our simulation to what they should be learning in Social Studies. Today we went back to the text book and looked at the same vocabulary in the text. Perhaps seeing it in a textbook will help students to connect the learning. We will be reviewing concepts again tomorrow and then there will be another quiz to follow on Wednesday. Students should be able to talk about the regional geography in the game (how mountains, rivers, and ocean differ for living - food, travel, etc.) They should also be able to talk about the rights and responsibilities of the native indians versus the colonists (who owns the land, what are daily jobs, etc.). Lastly, students should know how colonists an use the goods, services, and technology that they have (ex: trading these things with Indians to obtain land, etc.). Students will then be working on a second "Diary Situation", written as a character from their colony, on Thursday and Friday.
We are coming close to the end of our fractions unit. Today we reviewed the second half of this unit:
- equivalent fractions
- reducing fractions to simplest form
- comparing fractions (which is greater)
- ordering fractions (least to greatest)
- fractions of a set (what is 2/3 of 12?).
Tomorrow we will be reviewing ALL lessons pertaining to fractions. This includes the above as well as:
- identifying the numerator and denominator
- estimating fractional amounts
- converting improper/mixed fractions.
There will be a fractions test on Wednesday that will cover all of these topics. I have added a few additional websites to the blog in order to help assist in practicing for this test.
Timed Test will be Thursday as usual, and will cover the 7s times table. Students will receive 2 minutes for 30 questions.Thursday we will begin our next unit: Using Customary Linear Measurement
SOCIAL STUDIES:
After last week's quiz, it was quite evident that many students are having a difficult time applying what is happening during our simulation to what they should be learning in Social Studies. Today we went back to the text book and looked at the same vocabulary in the text. Perhaps seeing it in a textbook will help students to connect the learning. We will be reviewing concepts again tomorrow and then there will be another quiz to follow on Wednesday. Students should be able to talk about the regional geography in the game (how mountains, rivers, and ocean differ for living - food, travel, etc.) They should also be able to talk about the rights and responsibilities of the native indians versus the colonists (who owns the land, what are daily jobs, etc.). Lastly, students should know how colonists an use the goods, services, and technology that they have (ex: trading these things with Indians to obtain land, etc.). Students will then be working on a second "Diary Situation", written as a character from their colony, on Thursday and Friday.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Week of November 23 - 25
MATH:
This week we continue with Fractions. Today and tomorrow we are looking at comparing and ordering fractions. Students should be able to convert fractions to an equivalent fraction that is easier to compare to certain other fractions. Wednesday we will be exploring a fraction of a set: ex. 1/3 of 9 is 3, 1/2 of 10 is 5. Next week when we return from Thanksgiving, students will be reviewing ALL of the fractions unit and then will have a test on the Wednesday we return. This test will include: numerator/denominator, writing/reading fractions, converting mixed/improper fractions, equivalent fractions, ordering/comparing fractions, and fractions of a set. It will be a short test with only a few questions of each, but students need to know everything we have learned with fractions thus far.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
We will continue with our simulation with our colonies. Wednesday there will be a quiz discussing how availability of goods, services, technology, etc. affects the colonies, as well as how individuals in each colony have different rights and responsibilities than the individuals in the Indian tribes.
LITERACY:
Writing:
Interactive Editing: We have finished writing a Venn Diagram on Reptiles and Amphibians.
Independent Writing: Students have written an essay comparing and contrasting reptiles and amphibians. They used the Venn Diagram as a guide and organizer.
They are now working in pairs writing a story about a book jacket given to them in class. They are using their imagination and writing skills to create amazing stories! Way to go!
Reading:
Shared Reading: We read a Thanksgiving poem, we focused on reading with expression.
Read Aloud: The BFG, we are still focusing on visualizing and making predictions.
Students have also read ths Stonecutter, independently. This activity was followed by a Reading assessment.
Students will also participate in Independent Reading and Literacy Centers!
This week we continue with Fractions. Today and tomorrow we are looking at comparing and ordering fractions. Students should be able to convert fractions to an equivalent fraction that is easier to compare to certain other fractions. Wednesday we will be exploring a fraction of a set: ex. 1/3 of 9 is 3, 1/2 of 10 is 5. Next week when we return from Thanksgiving, students will be reviewing ALL of the fractions unit and then will have a test on the Wednesday we return. This test will include: numerator/denominator, writing/reading fractions, converting mixed/improper fractions, equivalent fractions, ordering/comparing fractions, and fractions of a set. It will be a short test with only a few questions of each, but students need to know everything we have learned with fractions thus far.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
We will continue with our simulation with our colonies. Wednesday there will be a quiz discussing how availability of goods, services, technology, etc. affects the colonies, as well as how individuals in each colony have different rights and responsibilities than the individuals in the Indian tribes.
LITERACY:
Writing:
Interactive Editing: We have finished writing a Venn Diagram on Reptiles and Amphibians.
Independent Writing: Students have written an essay comparing and contrasting reptiles and amphibians. They used the Venn Diagram as a guide and organizer.
They are now working in pairs writing a story about a book jacket given to them in class. They are using their imagination and writing skills to create amazing stories! Way to go!
Reading:
Shared Reading: We read a Thanksgiving poem, we focused on reading with expression.
Read Aloud: The BFG, we are still focusing on visualizing and making predictions.
Students have also read ths Stonecutter, independently. This activity was followed by a Reading assessment.
Students will also participate in Independent Reading and Literacy Centers!
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