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.

Day 143- Filling and Wrapping Math Test

Hi all! Today is Thursday, April 28, 2011. When we came in this morning, we did our morning routine, but at about 9:15, our teacher stopped us. He wanted to hear us and what we thought about some of the new rules, what’s going on at recess, and how we feel about Juanita Elementary. He listened to all of us, and then we brain stormed on things that we thought could make the school better, and what we should do for our legacy gift. We came up with an ASB, or a Student Body, that would have a President, and VP (Vice President), and other positions like advisors, playground monitors, hall monitors, etc. The ASB would meet every now and then to discuss what was going on in school, and try to solve any problems that had arose, and if we couldn’t solve them, bring them to the attention of the teachers, staff, and possibly our principal. We continued until about 10:15, when the guy from Evergreen Hospital came to do “Project Alert”. After that class, we had break. When we came back, we had some more time to do some work that we still needed to complete, and also to work on bonus art projects on GIMP. Then we went outside to recess.
When we came back from lunch, we did the Filling and Wrapping end of the unit math test. It took until about 2:00. Then we turned them back in, then we read two chapters of The Giver, and filled out our predictions. After that, we turned back to Social Studies and Democracy. We got to vote on what kind of music we got to listen to. First, we voted on genres, then on authors. After we came to a consensus, we read 26.5, Democracy: All Citizens Share Power. We filled out the section in our notebooks, and then did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Here’s your homework: Nothing but Reading 30 minutes and Reading Record. Enjoy your night!

Day 142 - “Done” Period

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, April 27, 2011. When we entered the class room, we went through our morning routine. At 9:05, we went to music. We started out with our ukuleles. We reviewed the E string, and then learned the fingerings for the third string, the B string. The first fret was C, and the third fret was D. We played a couple songs, and when people’s fingers started getting sore, we stopped and went on to “Follow Your Dream”. We first just did our notes, and then sang with full piano. We even got so far as to add the descant. Then we left and came back to the class room. When we got back, we finished our morning math, and then our teacher introduced the “Done” period. He had made six sheets of paper that listed the assignment and who still needed to drop box/ turn it in. So we worked on our assignments until break, and even after, all the way to lunch. We had to finish: Doctor Dinosaur Q&A, Where the Red Fern Grows Q&A, Dinosaur Ghost Q&A, Tone Ad, Storm Chasers Q&A, and our Avatar projects. Anyone who didn’t finish had to stay in for recess. The rest of us went outside.

When we came back, we continued talking about scale models and scale factors. We filled out a table that had the dimensions of an open box, the scale factor, surface area, and volume. Then we went on to answer the questions in lesson 5.3. Then at 1:50, we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Enjoy your evening! Here’s your homework:

Homework
Read 30 Minutes and Reading Record
FW, p 71, Q# 26-28

Day 141 - Greece and Oligarchy

            Hello everyone! Today is Tuesday, April 26, 2011. When we entered this morning, we went through our morning routine. Then at 9:05, we went to P.E. Today we went outside to practice throwing our Frisbees. We set up pins and hula-hoops on the rock wall to practice with. We were eventually forced to stop because the Frisbees were getting cracked from flying into the wall. So we went on to setting up cones and throwing Frisbees to each other. Then we cleaned up and went inside. When we got back inside, we did a math lesson. It was about dimensions and what happens if you double one of the dimensions or all of them. We did that until break. When we returned, we did the same thing. At about 11:30, we worked on our persuasive writing. We finished up working on those persuasive ads, drop boxed them, and worked on the storm chasers questions and answers under the MSP folder in Read Only. Then we went out to recess.

            When we came back, we did science. It was all about shadows. We saw that the closer a Popsicle stick with a black circle was to the light, the bigger and the fuzzier/blurrier the shadow was on the screen. The closer it was to the screen, the smaller it was (closer it was to being its actual size), and the more defined it was (darker). Then we studied Oligarchy and Tyranny in Social Studies. Oligarchy was when the wealthiest people ran the city-state. Tyranny was when people fought to be the ruler. Leaders arose, and the people supported them. The people with the most support crushed the resisting people, or the others went to join a stronger force. Then we discussed the advantages and disadvantages of exiling and executing the opposite side. We also talked about giving gifts to win their trust. During the study of Tyranny, someone took some of the class mates away to take pictures of them for the year book. They were the Most Likely. Then we played Heads Up 7UP and Toss the Story. Then we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. See you tomorrow! Here’s your homework:

Homework

Read 30 minutes and Reading Record

FW, p 67, Q# 5-8 & 10-14, Bonus Q# 15, 27, & 37

Day 140 - Greece and the Rise of Monarchies

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, April 25, 2011. When we came in, we had P.E. in the morning, so we put all of our stuff away, started our Morning Routine, and left quickly. In P.E., we started the Frisbee unit. We started out with Frisbees that had plastic for the edges, and a type of netting in the middle. We bounced a Cush ball on it, kind of like we did with the tennis balls and rackets in the Tennis unit. Then we proceeded to hitting it to a partner. After that, we dropped the Cush balls, got into assigned groups of four, and we got either a hula-hoop or three pins to set up on two mats. We got to throw Frisbees through the hula-hoops and tried to knock over the pins. We also got to try out Frisbees that were all plastic and all foam. Then we came back and got our net books out after doing morning math, and did a math lesson. It was about cones, pyramids, and spheres. Then we had break. When we came back, we did language arts. We wrote ad’s for five products. Then at about 12:00, we did a quick Activote test, which lasted until 12:19. Then we went out to recess.
When we came back, we finished the math test. Then the teacher divided us into groups based on how many questions we got right. The teacher took one group outside, and the student teacher kept the rest inside. We did some review questions on area and volume. Then we did Social Studies. The lesson was about Monarchy. The teacher assigned the class a Queen and a Princess. They got crowns and were able to choose a song and the volume. Then the Queen died, and the Princess was made Queen, and did the same thing as her mother, but she also ordered all the boys out. Then we came back together and discussed the pros and cons of being a ruler. Then we read another chapter of The Giver, and did Vocabulator. Then we did PSV, wrote down homework, and left. Enjoy your night! Here’s your homework:

Read 30 minutes and Reading Record
FW, p 54, Q# 9-16, Bonus Q# 28 & 29