Day 127 – Light Stations

Good morning all! Today is Wednesday, April 6, 2011. This morning, we came in and went through our morning routine, and at our normal time, we went to music. In Music we learned the E string on the ukuleles and sang 2 pages of our graduation song. Around 9:45 we headed back to the classroom and went over morning math. After everyone had their net books, we started on our persuasive writing paragraph. Once people were done with that we started picking a topic to debate on. At 11:00, we had break and at 11:10 we started math. In math today we traced a circle and found the ratio, diameter, and circumference. It turns out that when you measure the diameter for any circle, it goes around 3.14 times! Once we were done, we jumped up to our computers and worked on our Avatars. After 12 minutes, we headed out to recess.
When we came back, we visited some different stations that had to do with light. It was a lot of fun, but we had to stop at 1:50 to do PSV, write down homework, and leave. Here’s your homework:
Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
AP, p 64
Math Packet Days 11 & 12

Day 126 - Ancient Greece

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, April 05, 2011. We came into class, and went through our normal routine because we had the net books back. But at 9:05, we went to P.E. We had a practice of the Timed Run, so we ran and walked for 30 minutes, and then went back to class and finished our morning work. When we got our net books out, we finished our two paragraphs about ourselves. Then, we typed five facts that you could prove, like rocks are not living, and the earth is round. After that, we took one of the facts from our paragraphs, and listed four examples that backed that fact up. Then we had break. When we came back, we worked on our Avatar projects on Gimp until lunch.

When we came back, we did a math lesson. We got into groups of four and found the area, circumference, and diameter of different circles. Then we did Social Studies. We started the Ancient Greece unit and we worked on the geography of Macedonian and the Persian Empire. When we got done, we watched some more of the movie on Global Warming. Then we did PSV, cleaned, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s the homework:

Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
Math Packet Days 7-10

Day 125 – Welcome back from Spring Break

Today we had a busy day getting back into our routine. We started off by going to Music. After music we came back and worked on Mystery Class. We got caught up on the week of clues we missed. There are now two cultural clues that are helping groups figure out where their class is. Some groups already think they know where their city is! Next we worked on our persuasive writing papers. We wrote positive traits about ourselves and then we traded with people and they wrote positive things about us. Afterward we wrote two paragraphs summarizing the results and put it in the drop box.
After lunch we came back and worked on math. We estimated the area and perimeter of two lakes in groups.

Day 124 - We Take a Field Trip to the Burke Museum

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

Day 123 - Science CBSA

Hello everyone! Today is Thursday, March 24, 2011. When we came in this morning, we didn’t have any specialists, so we came in and got started with our morning work, like Word of the Day and Calendar Math. When one person was done with that, our teacher broke the news to us that because of some people’s disrespect, we had lost the net books, and the other sixth grade teacher got them all day. So he got a sheet with the daily problems on it, and we worked on that until 9:30. Then we went over that, and then our teacher surprised us by quizzing us on science, and then revealed to us that we would be doing a Science CBSA in the morning. So we started the test at 10:20, and worked until break. When we came back from break, we continued working on the test and dropped in a bin at the front of the room. The test took us until lunch and we all went outside and had fun in the sun.

When we came back from recess, we were bombarded with another test, this time on math. We worked on it until a fifth grade play at 1:50. It was about the Constitution. It took until about 2:45ish. Once it was over and we had put all the chairs on the racks, we went back and continued working on the test, and using the left over net books to drop-box work until it was time to write down homework, PSV, and leave. Have a nice evening! Here’s the homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
AP, p 14
Math Packet Days 3 & 4

Day 122- Ocean Bike Tours

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 23, 2011, and a short day. When we came into class, we had our student teacher teaching us instead of our regular teacher. So we went through our morning routine and went down to music at our normal time. When we got there, we got to critique the 5th graders play, but we were interrupted by a fire drill. It took us 4 minutes and 29 seconds for everyone to make it down to the lower field. From there, we went back to class and worked on “Doctor Dinosaur” until break. When we came back, we continued working on the article, but only after we had worked on a PDF our student teacher made for us on the net books. Once we had finished that, it was time for lunch.
When we came back, we worked on math. Today we did 3.3. It was all about making sure that they would make a profit if they charged $350 for one person. So we made a table, and added the cost of the bike rental and the food and camp costs, and subtracted the total from the revenue, or the amount the customers paid for the trip. If the expense was less than the revenue, you knew you would have made a profit. We worked on the math until 1:45, when we did PSV, cleaned up, wrote down homework, and left. Have an awesome afternoon in the sun! Here’s the homework:
Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
VP, p 55, Q# 13-20 & 38-39, Bonus Q# 48- 49
Math Packet Days 3 & 4

Day 121 - Bullies Anonymous

Morning all! Today is Tuesday, March 22, 2011. At 9:00, we came into the class and went through our morning routine. Then at our usual time, we went down to music to rehearse the play, “Bullies Anonymous” with the teachers and the other sixth grade class. Then we came back, did our Word of the Day, calendar math, and got our net books out. We then did our Daily problem, and worked on a math test on them. After we finished that, we worked on “Doctor Dinosaurs” until break. When we came back, we worked on the cards for our UWB buddies. We learned how to make envelopes out of construction paper. Then we went out to lunch.

When we came back, we worked on science. We are growing crystals. We mixed up some bluing, salt, and water up, and then put a cardboard Christmas tree with food coloring on the tips into the bowl with the solution in it. It should be growing like crazy when we come back tomorrow. Then we had our “Bullies Anonymous” play at 2:00. We had a choir performance before the play. The songs were in order: #1 Scales and Arpeggios, #2 Where Go the Boats, and #3 Zum Gali Gali. Then we did the play. When we came back, we worked on science questions until the time we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. To the sixth grade classes good job! Here’s the homework:

Homework
Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
Practice Counts Math Packet Days 1 & 2