Good morning all! Today is Friday, March 25, 2011. When we came in, we had a field trip planned to the Burke Museum in downtown Seattle. So at 9:15 when the bus arrived, we got onto the bus and got settled, and we began the trip. I guess we got there about 9:50ish. We dropped our coats off because it was plenty warm in there, and began the tours. We got into three large groups, and went to three separate stations. One station was a field camp based activity, where you dug for fossils in a bin of sand with paint brushes. Another activity was where you got a bin of fossils, and you had to go around to different exhibits to determine what it was and what time period it came from, the Ancient Life period, the Dino period, the hot period, and the cold period. The last activity was where you got to choose any fossil from the museum, and you drew it, wrote down when it lived, where it was found, and a description of the fossil. We came back at about 12:20, and went immediately down to lunch.
When we came back from lunch, we worked on the math test. Then at 2:00, we went to a living history museum. The fifth graders had been researching colonial times, and were now going to act out a character from Gentry (rich people), Middling Sort (in between people), or Slaves. We got a sheet of paper that had three questions; #1 Did the person speak clearly and loudly? #2 Did the person answer with complete sentences? #3 Did the person get into character? We came back once we were done, and finished the math test, and read silently. Then at 3:10, we did PSV, wrote down homework, and cleaned. Then we went outside and played Elimination. Have an awesome Spring Break! You’re only is reading 30 minutes and Reading Record.
Over Spring Break, catch up your Reading Record.
Here are the words and definitions for the Word of the Day since Week 24:
Week 24
Monday- Turmoil- Commotion and Confusion
Tuesday- Consolidates- Forms a firm, solid mass
Wednesday- Gales- Very strong winds
Thurs- Sustained- Kept alive
Fri- Sanctuary- A shelter from danger
Week 25
Monday- Erosion- All natural processes that wear away earth and rock
Tuesday- Evidence- The data used to draw a conclusion
Wed- Excavation- The act of extracting items from the earth
Week 26
Tues- Veil- A very thin piece of fabric that covers the face
Fri- Lapping- Drinking the liquid by bringing it into the mouth with the tongue
Week 27
Mon- Brimming- Filled as full as possible
Tues- Tranquil- Peaceful
Wed- Scything- Cutting things down with a tool with a bent handle and a curved blade
Thurs- Hypothesis- Scientific suggestions based on what is known so far
Fri- Specimens- Samples taken for scientific studies
Week 28
Mon- Theory- An idea that is based on evidence but cannot be stated as fact
Tues- Emerged- Began to appear or develop
Wed- Prey- An animal hunted or caught by other animals for food
Thurs- Marrow- The soft material inside bones that is the source of red and white blood cells
Fri- Embryos- Animals in their earliest stages of life
Week 29
Mon- Agility- the ability to move quickly and easily
Tues- Hypothesis- Scientific suggestions based on what is known so far
Wed- Evidence- The data used to draw a conclusion
Thurs- Treacherous- Dangerous
Week 30
Mon- Catastrophes- Great sudden disasters
Tues- Geologists- Scientists who study rocks
Wed- Traces- Extremely small amounts
Thurs- Asteroids- Small often irregularly shaped bodies that orbit the sun
Don’t forget to write sentences J
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