Writing and Reading
In
writing this week we are working on our state reports.We each have a
state to learn and research about. We have finished our note taking in
class and we are now moving onto a planning sheet called a Painted
Essay Format. We write down our controlling idea and 3-5 evidence
sentences to support the controlling idea. We learned how to write good
hooks and wrote down some hooks in our writing journal.
In reading this week we are reading myths. Right now we are split into
groups to learn about different places where myths come from. All the
myths are different so it is really exciting.The group myths are
Australian myths,Chinese myths and Egyptian myths. We read passages
about the myths to do the planning sheet.The planning sheet asks you to
sort the gods in place.The sorting categories are The Beginning,
Air,Water,Underworld and Sky.We also have a box to write down notes.
Each group gets to read 2 of the different types of notes. That is what
we did in reading and writing this week.
Math, Science, Number Corner
In
math this week we are continuing our unit on geometry while we are also
moving into volume and surface area with our 3-Dimensional geo-blocks.
We are measuring the geo-block’s volume with cubic centimeters and we’re
measuring the surface area of the geo-block with centimeter paper.
Yesterday we were determining how much centimeter paper we had to use to
cover all the faces of a geo-block cube. Today we measured the surface
area of all the geo-blocks of a rectangular prism and cube. After that,
we used nets (a 2-Dimensional shape that you can cut and fold to turn
into a 3-Dimensional shape) to try and predict what a geo-block will
look like.
In science this week we have been doing an experiment in the classroom about force and motion. The experiment was called Swing Time
where we had to figure out what variable made a pendulum on a clock
move differently. The 2 variables were the length of the string we were
using (30cm&15cm ) and the size of a paper clip (small or large). To
make this test fair we could only change 1 variable at a time. If you
change more than 1 variable at a time the test wouldn’t be fair.
In number corner this week we have been keeping track of our Water
Evaporation experiment by recording a line graph of how much water is
being evaporated. The water is almost gone! We have also been looking at
our calendar showing different fractions and making some last
observations and predictions because the month is coming to an end.
Other Important News and Events
- NO SCHOOL on 3/29
-
Our fellow classmate Delaney Miller-Bottoms has won the State Champion
Gymnastics Meet for the 4th time in a row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- If you want to check out the myths of how our world began here is the link:
- Also we have new class reporters! Juliet Hassenberg and former reporter, Greta Powers!
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