Day 173 - Greek Mythology

Hi everyone! Today is Monday, June 13, 2011, and Pajama Day! I hope you all are wearing your pajamas! We entered class and went through our morning routine. At 9:04, we went to music. We had a substitute so we naturally played a lot of games. The first game we played was where you found a partner and danced with them. There was a murderer, and if you danced with them and they squeezed your hands, after you swapped partners, you would die and go sit out. Another game was called Beat Detective. There was a detective and a security guard, and they went outside while the class chose a person to be it. The “it” person started a beat, and the detective had to guess which one is “it”. We went back to class and did our morning work until recess. If we were done before 10:30, you could play on a math site called Hooda Math. When we returned from recess, we filled out a Word document that asked you about what you want to do when you grow up, or what you want to do for a career. Then, we worked on a project for our student teacher. We worked on it until 12:05, when we docked our net books and then went outside to recess.

When we came back from lunch, we watched a movie on Greek Mythology. We stopped when we were 42 minutes in and did book clubs for about twenty minutes. Then we came back and did Social Studies. We read two chapters and filled out a sheet in our note book. Then we continued to watch the movie on the Greek Gods and Goddesses. We stopped at 3:20, and did PSV, jobs, wrote down homework, and left. Your homework is Reading 30 minutes and Reading Record. Enjoy your evening! Tomorrow is Fashion Disaster Day!! Dress crazy!

Day 170 - CIV Murals

                Good morning! Today is Wednesday, June 8, 2011. We entered the classroom and went through our morning routine. We were supposed to go to music, but we joined up with the other sixth grade class and did P.E. We played a game called “Coconut Island”. There was a giant unfolded mat laid down in the center of the gym, where the islanders stood. There were “Coconut Islands” that had “coconuts” in them. The islands were hula-hoops, and the coconuts were two balls. There were some foot balls, some gator-skin balls, etc. There were also sharks and coconut grabbers. The sharks wore yellow vests and could tag you. When you were out, you had to go to “Prisoner Island”, where you waited to get back in. The coconut grabbers grab the balls that are out in the ocean, or are on the gym floor. When an islander took a coconut to the large mat, they showed the gym teacher, and she wrote down the score. Then you would toss them out into the ocean, hence the need for “Coconut Grabbers”. It was a lot of fun, and we kept on adding and subtracting sharks! We went back to class and worked on our morning work until morning recess. When we came inside, we worked on CIV. Some people got together in a group to work on a mural for our civilization. The rest of the class worked on their PowerPoint and a description for their characteristic. We worked on it until second recess.

                When we came back from lunch, we did a science experiment. There was a secret word on a wooden block on the back cabinets (up high where we couldn’t see), and we had to make a device that allowed us to see the word. Then we filled out a Student Sheet, and did PSV, did jobs, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s your homework:

Homework

Read 30 minutes and Reading Record

Math Investigations 3, p. 106 &107

Day 168 - Glazing the Artifacts

Good morning! Today is Monday, June 6, 2011. We came into the classroom and started our morning routine. We went to P.E at 9:04. In P.E., we got to do scooters, climb ropes, play Ring Toss, throw foam balls into buckets, and do the Rope Swing. In scooters you were just riding around for about five minutes, and in Ring Toss you were throwing rings around cones. You were throwing the balls into buckets at Ball Toss, and climbing two hanging ropes. The last station was Rope Swing, on which you just got on the rope and swung back and forth ten times. We went back to class, finished our morning work, and then got our net books out. Once they were out, we went to recess. After we came back, we worked on our Moving Up/Graduation PowerPoint. You could only have one slide, and you had to include certain things; #1 is your name, #2 is what your goal is for junior high, for example, to get straight A’s, #3 is your goal for the future, for example, to finish college, and last #4 is a fond memory from Juanita Elementary. Then you could include a school picture from this year (2010-2011). You can also bring pictures from home, and can add clip art. We worked on the PowerPoint, and once we were finished we worked on CIV. Then we went out to recess.

When we came back, we did the glaze for our artifacts (for those who don’t know, glaze is tiny grains of silica or glass in paint, and when it is put in a kiln, it melts, forming a glassy surface). You could choose from black, white, brown, green, blue, red, yellow, and purple. Once we had painted our artifacts, we put a coat of green liquid glass that forms a clear glossy shell around the artifact when baked. It took most of the afternoon, and was a lot of fun! We came back around 3:00 to 3:10. When we were all seated, we read an article about virtual images. Then we did PSV, did our jobs, and left. Your homework is Read 30 minutes and Reading Record. Enjoy your evening!

Day 167 - Team Elimination

Hi everyone! Today is Friday, June 3, 2011. We entered the room and went through our morning routine. We got our net books at 9:13, and then we went to library. There was a substitute there, so we went into the computer lab and did scavenger hunts on maps and the human body. We left at 9:55, and we did Project Alert until 11:00, when we had a ten minute break. When we came back, we worked on a persuasive essay for the Giver. We were addressing the Council of Elders about a subject that we agreed/disagreed with. Then we docked our net books and went out to recess. We played a game called Team Elimination. There were four teams. One team had orange flags, another had green, one team had blue, and the last team had no flags. We went to four corners of the playing field, and we played Elimination. If you got hit, you had to be high fived by someone on your team. If everyone on one team was down, they went to sit out until the rock wall. We played one long game. It was a lot of fun!

When we came back from lunch, we did science. We learned about reflection of light, and that everything that is reflected is opposite. Then people came up to the front and gave their speeches to the class about the topic they chose for the persuasive essay that went with The Giver. Then we did PSV, cleaned the classroom, and left. Your only homework is Read 30 minutes and Reading Record. Enjoy your weekend!

Day 165- We Finish “The Giver”

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, June 1, 2011, and a half day. We entered the classroom and went through our morning routine. We went to music at our normal time. We studied another composer named Sergei Prokofiev. He was the one who wrote “Peter and the Wolf”. When we were done, we went back to class and finished our morning math. Then we finished The Giver. We filled out Connector and Summarizer, and then we started a little project. On our net books, we made an outline for a letter to the Council of Elders on something we agreed/disagreed on from the book. We could write about Sameness, the terrible release ceremony, color, anything that we wanted to. We stopped because it was 10:30, or recess time. We went outside to enjoy the rainy weather. When we came back, we did CIV. We had to design an artifact that could be made of clay. Tomorrow, we will make our objects/artifacts in the art and science room, and then we will put them in the kiln. We worked on CIV until 12:05. Then we docked our net books and went out to recess.
When we came back from lunch, we went over two tests, one for Social Studies, and one for Science. The Social Studies test was on our knowledge of the Persian Wars, the Battles at Marathon, Salamis, Thermopylae, Plataea, and the Ionian Revolt. The Science test was on; light, shadows, energy transformations, mixing colors, wave lengths, prisms, and more. Then we did PSV, cleaned up, and then left. Your only homework is Read 30 minutes and Reading Record. Enjoy your evening!

Day 160 - Color Mixer

Hello everyone! Today is Tuesday, May 24, 2011. We came into the classroom and started our morning routine. We went down to P.E. with the other sixth grade class. Once we got there, we got with partners and decided what stations we wanted to do for Field Day. Then, at about 9:30, fifteen minutes before we had to go, our music teacher took us into the music room to practice our graduation song together with a piano player. It sounded really nice! We went back to class and got our net books out after we finished our morning work. When we had them, we worked on our persuasive writing for about fifteen minutes before we went out to recess. We came back and looked at arguments that could be used against our essays. We also did some peer reviews. We stopped at 12:06 to dock our net books, and then we headed out to recess.

When we came back from lunch, we did science. The student teacher found a website that allowed you to add red, green, and/or blue to make different colors. We tried to make ROYGBIV, also known as; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. We also tried to make Gray, Black, Brown, and White. We then went onto The Giver. We had a big discussion about the story, and then we read one and a half chapters. We filled out Vocabulator, Connector, and Predictor. Then we did PSV, cleaned up, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s your homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
AP, p 131 & 132

Day 159 - CIV

Good morning! Today is Monday, May 23, 2011. We entered the class and started our morning routine. At our usual time, we went down to P.E. In P.E., we played a variation of dodge ball. We had four large mats to hide behind for ten seconds, and then we had to move on. There was one person in the middle who tried to hit us with foam balls. If you were hit, you went to the middle and hit other players. It was a lot of fun! The last person to be hit became the next person to be it. Then we started a new game. We went back to class and immediately started working on our persuasive writing (We don’t have to do our MSP questions anymore!J). At about 10:00, our teacher revealed our CIV groups. We got together and decided on a leader for our group. The leader would meet with the teacher every now and then to give him an update on what we were doing. At 10:30, we went out to recess, because we don’t have break anymore. We came back and worked on our persuasive writing. We went over the paragraphs and started to get our conclusion done. We did one peer review, and then we went over the changes. Then we went out to recess.
When we came back, we did science. We looked through spectra scopes at light through colored filters. We wrote down the results, and discussed the reasons for the appearances of colors. Then we moved on to Social Studies. We read about the Battle at Marathon, and how a man with about three hundred men, including Spartans, fought to the death against the Persians to delay them while the rest of his army escaped. We then announced the president and vice president for the Student Council. We then continued on to The Giver. Upon completion of Connector, we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s your homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
Math Worksheet (Two questions)

Day 158 - Fighting the Persian Wars

Hi everyone! Today is Friday, May 20, 2011. We came into the class and started our morning routine. At 9:15, we had library, so three minutes earlier, we got out our net books and tiptoed down to the library, because the other sixth grade class was taking the math MSP in the computer lab. In library, we tried to get onto the Communicator site where we would put a post on our librarian’s blog about a book that we read. We checked out books in the last five minutes, and then left to work on morning math. When we were done, we worked on our introduction, and our second and third paragraphs that stated our reasons why we should/shouldn’t have healthy vending machines. We did one peer review for ten minutes before break. We got our partners by pulling sticks. We quickly went over the other person’s essay, and then stopped for break. When we came back, we continued to work on the paragraphs, and then we did a second peer review with different partners. We had 17 minutes, so we went out at 11:54. When we were divided onto teams, it turned into boys verses girls, with the two teachers on the girls team, and the counselor on the boys team. It was a lot of fun!

We came back from lunch, and worked on the science stations again. We finished them up with a quick discussion about light and spectra scopes, and then we moved on to Social Studies. We read two chapters on the Persian War. We learned how the Athenians and the Spartans had to unite to defeat the Persians. Then we read two chapters of The Giver. We filled out summarizer, and then we did PSV, and left. Enjoy your weekend!

Day 157- Math MSP

Good morning! Today is Thursday, May 19, 2011. We have another long day of testing, and we are following the same schedule as the Reading MSP (See Day 148). We had the breakfast today, and almost all of the class was there. We had eggs with spinach (you couldn’t taste the spinach), turkey sausage, cheesy hash browns with optional Ketchup, fruit, juice, and our teacher’s special chocolate chip pancakes with whip cream on top. Compliments to the chef! Our student teacher was also there, cooking and eating with us. It was a lot of fun. We entered the class room at 9:15, and left our stuff in the classroom. We didn’t even have to unpack. We took our MSP test in the computer lab, on WA Online Testing. We ran over the directions, got some manipulatives, and got started.

We were all done by 2:30, so we went outside to enjoy the sunshine. We played kickball on the upper field because there were kids on the lower, and were going to play “Danish Rounders”, but didn’t because kickball was already set up. We went in at 3:15, and we PSV, and our teacher did trivia. If someone on our side of the room got a question right, we got thrown a fistful of candy that we scrambled for. It was a lot of fun, and we went home tired. Our only homework was to get a good night’s sleep. See you tomorrow!

Day 156- Math Stations

Hello all! Today is Wednesday, May 18, 2011. We came into the classroom in the morning, and started our morning routine. We went down to music at our normal time. We looked at Debussy, (composer), practiced our graduation song, and then we tried it without words. We came back to class and worked on our introduction paragraph for our healthy vending machine persuasive essays. We looked for more sources to back our essay up, and found solid facts to persuade our audience. We had break, and then we came back and worked on math. Our teacher had set up eight stations that each focused on a different math skill. The skills were probability, number lines, fractions, decimals and percents, graphing, 2D & 3D geometry, and algebra. We got into groups, and worked on the stations until recess. About 20 minutes after 12:10, we had a drill. Everyone came into the gym and stayed there until our principal said it was safe to leave.
We came back from lunch and we worked on the stations. We got through about two stations before we had to do PSV, jobs, clean up, and leave. MSP is tomorrow. If you can, come to the teacher’s breakfast at 8:30 tomorrow morning. Here’s your homework:
Go to bed early
Eat a healthy breakfast
Don’t Worry About the Test, YOU’LL DO AWESOME!

Day 155 - TCI Learning Site

Good morning! Today is Tuesday, May 17, 2011. We entered the class room and started our morning routine. At 9:04, we lined up for specialists. We had P.E. with the other sixth grade class, so we went outside to play Frisbee Golf. This time, we had to complete eighteen holes in partners. We went back to class at 9:45, and we did morning math. We went over our MSP questions, and then we went to a TCI website. We logged onto our accounts, and then played a game that tested us on what we know about Sparta and Athens, and their economy, education, government, and their women and slaves. Once we were done, we worked on our introduction for our persuasive healthy vending machine essay. We had break, and worked on it even after we came back, up until recess.

We came back from lunch and worked on a math quiz that would tell the teachers where we needed to improve for the MSP. Don’t forget, we’re testing on Thursday! At about 2:30, we corrected them as a class, and turned them in to the student teacher. After we got them to him, we did science. We looked through spectra scopes at different kinds of light and different colors. We drew and colored what we saw, but were stopped short because we had to do jobs, PSV, and leave. Enjoy the sun! Here’s your homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
AP, p 54 & 58

Day 154- MSP Practice in the Computer Lab

Hello everyone! Today is Monday, May 16, 2011. We came into the classroom, and started our morning routine. We needed to bring our net books to music, so at about 9:03, we got them out. At our normal time, we went to music. We looked at a Russian performer, and then went into a different room and played a game called “Time Machine”, which spits out composers, and you have to name their period that they lived in. Then we went back to class and worked on morning math. We reviewed the questions for MSP, and then we did some more MSP review. We focused on nets and 3D figures. We drew the nets of dice, individual Starburst candies, and if we found the surface area, volume, and the 3D shape of the dice and candies, then we got to do a box of Nerds. We got to eat them once we got done and got them checked by the teachers. Then we had break. During break time, we went to an assembly for 3rd through 6th grade for band. They had two groups that played two songs each. One group was the sixth grade band, and the other was the junior high band. When they were done at about 11:45, we went back to class and continued to work on the nets and 3D shapes of the dice, Starbursts, and Nerds until 12:05. Then we docked our net books and went out to recess.
When we came back, we went to the computer lab to look at a tutorial for the online test that we are going to take for the MSP on Thursday. Once we got the headphones working and we took it, we did the practice test. You got to use the striker which was used to mark answers that were wrong, the highlighter to highlight important part of the questions, and other tools that were important to taking the test. Then we came back and went over what we are going to do for our science lesson tomorrow, and then we passed out homework. We got to work on it for about five minutes, when we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Don’t forget to come to McDonald’s night where the teachers serve you! Here’s your homework:
Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
Math Probability Worksheet

Day 153- Friday the 13th

Happy Friday the 13th! Our teacher is not here today, so our student teacher is filling in. I hope nothing bad happens to either of them! Today is Friday, May 13, 2011. We entered the classroom and started our morning routine. We had library at 9:15, so at 9:10 we got our net books and headed down. We checked out books and read while the librarian graded our Favorite Author power points. We went back to class, and worked on our morning math. At about 10:00, we did MSP review for our Daily problems, and then we had Project Alert with the guy from Evergreen Hospital. We watched a video, and then made a skit or an ending for it. Then we had break. After break, we did persuasive writing. We continued to work on our introduction paragraphs, and then started our first body paragraph. We worked on it until lunch. We went outside to play our game, but we were very disorganized, and when we tried to set the field up, we kept changing it. Then everyone kept on switching sides, and little kids started coming down to play on the lower field, so we abandoned the game, and we got fifteen minutes as recompense.
When we came back, we did Social Studies, and we read about Sparta. It turns out that Spartan women trained in the military, and were expected to guard their homes in times of war. Then we went on to science. We continued looking a different wave lengths and infrared lights. Then we read two chapters of The Giver. Then we filled out the predictor, and then we did PSV, and left. Your only homework is Read 30 minutes and Reading Record. Have a nice weekend!

Day 151 - The Giver

Hello all! Today is Wednesday, May 11, 2011. When we entered the class room and began our morning routine. At 9:05, we went down to music. Today, we focused on ironing the rough spots out of our graduation song, “Follow Your Dream”. Then at about 9:35, ten minutes before we had to go, we practiced spelling different composers’ names. We returned to the classroom, and worked on morning math. At about 10:45, we did even more math. A small group went out into the shared space, and the rest of them stayed inside and worked with percentages until break. We continued after break, until about 11:30. Then we did persuasive writing. We found four solid facts that gave reasons for or against healthy vending machines. We then narrowed them down to the two best facts that we thought couldn’t be destroyed. We made the facts sentences, and added them to our introductions paragraphs. Then we went out to recess, while our teacher had a Writer’s Guild meeting.

When we came back from lunch, we read a couple chapters of The Giver. Today we filled out connector. We also shared some of them. After we finished, we went over a couple important points, like the Triple Dime a Dip. Try to come; it’s going to be a lot of fun! Then we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Enjoy your evening! Here’s your homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Log
Triple Dime a Dip Forms
Writer’s Guild Stories
Finish Math Project

Day 149 - A Basketball Court

Hello all! Today is Monday, May 09, 2011. This morning, we came in and went through our morning routine. At 9:05, we headed down to P.E. When we were all in our squad spots, we voted to either play Frisbee Golf outside, or do the timed run inside. I think you know which we voted to do. We got a score sheet, a marker, and a Frisbee, and lined up with a partner. We headed out to the lower field and ran to the end and back as a warm up, and then the P.E. teacher set up some hula hoops with numbers hung up on them. We then flew the Frisbees into the hoops in the least amount of throws. Then we came back to class and finished our morning math. Then we did math. First we did an Activote test on area, perimeter, and volume. Then we were divided up into two groups, and then the student teacher took one group out into the shared space. The group that remained in the classroom had to find the dimensions of an NBA basketball court for Eminem. We had to find the area of the key, the cost of a shiny material for the key, the perimeter and the cost of 14k gold for trim, the amount of concrete that would be laid down one foot deep, and the material that covers the remainder of the court. Then we had break. After break, we returned to our groups and continued working. Then we went out to recess.

When we came back from lunch, we did science. We looked at white light and prisms. It turns out that white light is actually a combination of colors. Then we read a chapter of The Giver, and filled out our predictions. Then we performed our Chaos in the Canyon skits. Two groups tied for first place at 91 miles. Then we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s your homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
AP, p 7 & 13

Day 148 - Reading MSP

Good morning! Today is Thursday, May 05, 2011. We have a very short blog today due to testing all day. We came in and started reading the directions at 9:15 sharp. Then we began. Here is the schedule that we followed until 2:30ish.

9:15 Testing
10:00 Break
10:15 Testing
11:00 Break
11:15 Testing
12:00 Break
12:15 Testing
12:45 Lunch

1:00 Break
1:15 Testing
2:00 Break
2:15 Testing
2:30 End of testing

We then went outside until 3:00, and then came back in and did a little bit of math review. Then we did PSV, cleaned, and left. There is no homework except for Reading 30 minutes and Reading Record. Enjoy your weekend! By the way, there is no school tomorrow on Friday.

Day 147- Reading MSP Tomorrow

Hello class! Today is Wednesday, May 04, 2011. When we came in the morning, we went through our morning routine. At 9:04, we went to music. We got to watch the Kindergarten play. It was only going to be the 1st, 2nd, and our class, but it turned into a full blown assembly. After it was over, we went back and did some math review, and went over homework until break. After break, we did another “done period” and more math review for MSP. Then we went to recess and played a game outside because we earned it by being so awesome during the play by being good examples and helping out.

When we came back, we read a chapter of The Giver. Today we did Vocabulator, and then we cleaned out our desks and got rid of everything. Then we did PSV, and left. Tomorrow is the Reading MSP.

Your homework tonight is to go to bed early, get a good night’s sleep!

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

Day 145 - Algebra Aptitude Test

Hello everyone! Today is Monday, May 2, 2011. When we entered the classroom, we went through our morning routine. At 9:04, we went down to music. We learned about Johannes Brahms. He was famous for Brahms’ Lullaby, and he lived in the Romantic period. Then we practiced our graduation song, and then left. When we got back, we finished our morning math, got our net books out, and then we were split up into two groups. We looked at the morning math, and then we did an interesting problem. There were six people at a party, and they each shook hands with every person once. How many handshakes were made total? A way you can figure that out is to give every person a number, and them but them into pairs, or combinations, making sure that you don’t repeat any pairs, and then count them. That number is the total handshakes made by all the people at the party. We worked on the problem, making strategies, and showing our work to the class until break. When we came back, we did Persuasive writing. We talked about writing about the other side, or “Knowing Your Enemy”. Our topic that we were going to research was: Should we ban healthy vending machines in school. Then we were divided up into two halves, and we were assigned the side we were supposed to research, for banning the vending machines, or against. We researched it, and then shared our ideas and results with our teams, and then we researched the opposite side. We then showed our final results to the other team, and they showed us their information. Then we went out to recess.

When we came back, at 1:10 we had the Algebra Aptitude test for Honor’s Math. The group that signed up to take the test went down there, while the rest of the class remained behind to do math. We played Math Jeopardy until they came back from working on the test. Then we did a science experiment with BB bullets, a plastic tray, and a paper towel tube. Then we discussed the behavior of the bullets, and their relation to light. Then we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s your homework:

Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
AP, p 53 & 57

Day 144 - Panoramic Picture of the School

Good morning! Today is Friday, April 29, 2011. When we came in, we went through our morning routine. At about 9:13, we all got our net books and went to library. We set up our net books and brought our power points on our favorite author, and filled out a sheet with some questions on which books you would read, why, etc. Then we left our stuff there, and went out to the lower field and a guy took a huge group picture of the school. We didn’t get done until about 10:30, when we left the field, recovered our net books and binders, and returned to the class room to finish morning math and to do assignments that still needed to be done. Then we had break. After break, we did a math lesson after about 30 minutes of work on extra GIMP art projects and make up assignments. The lesson was an introduction into negative numbers. If you have $5, and you buy something that was $10, you would get -$5. If you have -$5 in the bank, and you earn $9, you have $4.Then we went out to recess. Our teacher made a new game called Safe Zone to play outside on the whole lower field. It was a lot of fun.

When we came back from lunch, we did a science lesson. We read about pinpoint light, and how cameras take pictures. Then we read two chapters of The Giver. After that, we did Chaos in the Canyon. We got our cards and resolved them, but as a bonus, our teacher said that we could make a song to earn an extra two dice. We were allowed to take it home and work on it over the weekend. Then we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Enjoy your weekend! Your homework is Reading 30 Minutes and Reading Record.