Day 146- Social Studies Test

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, May 3, 2011. When we came in, we went through our morning routine. At 9:04, we went to P.E. In P.E., we got into groups of eight people, and then we went to three different stations. The first station was practicing our control by bouncing Cush balls back and forth to a partner or group. The second station was throwing the Frisbees to a partner, or having them run and catch it. The last station, station number three was really three stations in one. The first set up was three pins on top of some mats. You had to try and knock them down. Then there was a hoop on mats, and hoop around a pin. The objective was to get the Frisbee through the hoop, and then get it to knock over the pin by bouncing off the wall. Then there was just a hoop that was up on top of some mats that we had to fly our Frisbees threw. Then we left. When we got back, we got our net books out and finished our morning math. Once everyone had their net books, we did some reading comprehension until break. When we came back, we went over the selection, and then went on to persuasive writing. In the writing, we talked a little more about tone in your essay and about your audience. Then we went on to writing a beginning paragraph for our healthy vending machines essay. You had to include your name, your subject, and a few other things. We worked on it until lunch. The fifth graders were having the MSP, so we selected five people to fill in for lunch helpers on second lunch.

When we came back, we did science. We set up an experiment to look at energy transfers and waves. We placed a piece of paper on a desk, and then set two blocks of wood upright, and then placed a container on them. We filled the container with water, and shone a light over it. We then did two experiments pertaining to light. Then we did a Social Studies test on the four forms of government, Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, and Democracy. After we were finished, our teacher took a small group out into the shared space to work on last night’s math, while the rest of us worked and had fun. Then we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s your homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
AP, p 49 & 50