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