This morning in class is basically a Friday because tomorrow is a long leap day for teachers so we don’t have school. So today we did calendar math and some new math today. This morning we didn’t have specialist. Instead of specialist we had computer lab. So we did math until 9:55. At 9:55 we went to the computer lab. In the computer lab we did more work on our Where I’m from poem. Then he showed us how to use our school email. Then we came back up to the classroom and had break.
In break we had snack and talked. Then we moved onto science. In science Mr. Steele put up a little cup of water and put something in it. We didn’t know what it was so he told us that he will tell us in a little. Then we got some cards that had pictures and the name of the picture. What we did with those was to label them. We either had to decide with our partner that it was living, non living, or undecided. So we did that and then Mr. Steele made three sections on the wall and those sections were each labeled living, nonliving, and undecided. As a class we decided which card goes where. Then we talked about the characteristics that a living thing must have. While we were doing that we had a lot of debates about what was and were not living. Then it was lunch time.
At lunch we ate food and talked and at recess boys played football and girls hung out and talked a lot. When we came back from social studies we did some more work on the Paleolithic times people. Then we did science and then it was the end of the day. So we did our jobs and did pack stack and vac.
Homework
Read 30 min
WOD- visas
BPI- p.47 Q# 1-18
Bonus- Q# 31
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Day 20 - Mr. Nash’s last day
Today in class we came in and unpacked. Then we did our daily math and word of the day. When everyone was almost done with calendar math it was 9:04 so we went down for music. In music Mrs. Frank had all of her xylophones and big instruments down. We got separated into two groups and we would play a song off of a paper she had. We did that and we sang the Battle Hymn of the republic and the grand old flag. Then we got to sing the Juanita Jaguars song. The song we haven’t sung in maybe a couple years. A few people did the drums to match the beat with the song. Then we came back up to the classroom. So when we got back Mr. Steele gave us a math test. It was homework last night to study some of the math so you were ready for today’s math check up. So we worked on that for about half an hour or more. Then Mr. Steele came around and collected the papers and then we did a stop light on the test. Then we made a transition from chapter two in our Bits and pieces book to chapter three.
The chapter was called moving between fractions and decimals. We talked about how we can do decimals and fractions and how they relate. Then it was break.
At break we had snack and talked a lot. Then we worked on some math papers with a partner. Then we got more time to work on the science again. So then after a while of working on that we had lunch.
Then we came back from lunch and recess. For the rest of the day we did the science because we had a lot to do. Then it was job time and pack stack and vac. That was the end of the day.
Homework:
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- refugees
Finish science lab
Finish 3.1 paper
The chapter was called moving between fractions and decimals. We talked about how we can do decimals and fractions and how they relate. Then it was break.
At break we had snack and talked a lot. Then we worked on some math papers with a partner. Then we got more time to work on the science again. So then after a while of working on that we had lunch.
Then we came back from lunch and recess. For the rest of the day we did the science because we had a lot to do. Then it was job time and pack stack and vac. That was the end of the day.
Homework:
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- refugees
Finish science lab
Finish 3.1 paper
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Day 19 - Pottery
This morning in class we came in and unpacked. Today we had PE at 9:04. At PE we did the end of the bike unit test. It was about a four page test. In the test it went over what we had learned during the bike unit. We corrected it together in PE and finished at about 9:50. So when we got back to the classroom Mr. Steele told us that we are going to do some group teaching. Mr. Nash took a part of the class and Mr. Steele took the other half. In those groups we did corrected our homework and then did some extra work on math. He said that we will do this a lot more often when Mr. Nash comes back. OH! I forgot to mention that tomorrow is Mr. Nash’s last day. :( So we are really sad about him leaving. But he will return in January. When he is back we will do a lot more double teaching and sometimes it will be just Mr. Nash teaching.
By the time we were done with that it was break time. At break time we had snack and some people used the restroom and just talked a lot. Then after we finished break we did science. The whole time during science we worked on our big graph paper thing. By the time it was lunch most people were at least at the experiment part. So everyone went to lunch and ate a yummy lunch and then had recess.
After everyone came back from lunch and recess we did social studies. In social studies we learned how some of the people are now transforming into home builders. They are using clay/mud and drying it in the sun so they are rock hard. They would take those bricks and make homes. Then they started making pottery. That was a big deal because they were used for storage and for trading. Then we worked on a paper about what we were learning. So after we finished that we moved onto a story we read about a hero. His name was Nelson Mandela. He was born into a royal family in South Africa. His family had raised him to be a chief but he went his own way and became a lawyer. He was put into prison for life for protesting about more rights and freedom for black people. Then we talked about it for a while. After that we moved on to Bridge to Terabithia. Then Mr. Steele told us that we are going to read Hamlet. Then we would go see the actual play on December 2nd. Mr. Steele said that it was a great book. So we continued onto Bridge to Terabithia. Then when we were done reading it was time for jobs. So we did jobs and then did pack stack and vac. That was the end of our day.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
No word of the day
Previous WOD-diplomat
Study up on math because there is a test tomorrow
By the time we were done with that it was break time. At break time we had snack and some people used the restroom and just talked a lot. Then after we finished break we did science. The whole time during science we worked on our big graph paper thing. By the time it was lunch most people were at least at the experiment part. So everyone went to lunch and ate a yummy lunch and then had recess.
After everyone came back from lunch and recess we did social studies. In social studies we learned how some of the people are now transforming into home builders. They are using clay/mud and drying it in the sun so they are rock hard. They would take those bricks and make homes. Then they started making pottery. That was a big deal because they were used for storage and for trading. Then we worked on a paper about what we were learning. So after we finished that we moved onto a story we read about a hero. His name was Nelson Mandela. He was born into a royal family in South Africa. His family had raised him to be a chief but he went his own way and became a lawyer. He was put into prison for life for protesting about more rights and freedom for black people. Then we talked about it for a while. After that we moved on to Bridge to Terabithia. Then Mr. Steele told us that we are going to read Hamlet. Then we would go see the actual play on December 2nd. Mr. Steele said that it was a great book. So we continued onto Bridge to Terabithia. Then when we were done reading it was time for jobs. So we did jobs and then did pack stack and vac. That was the end of our day.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
No word of the day
Previous WOD-diplomat
Study up on math because there is a test tomorrow
Monday, September 27, 2010
Day 18 - Farmers
Welcome back from the weekend! This morning in class it was like every other morning. We came in unpacked, did calendar math, and went to specialist. We had PE today. In PE we did some tests. We did sit-up tests and the hang test. We did rotations and what we could do in each rotation was, sit up test, hang test, and basketball. We did rotations and everyone finished the tests and we got a lot done. So after we did that we went back up to our classroom. In class we did math and learned how to add and compare fractions. Mr. Steele showed us some good techniques to do those things. We actually learned a lot. By the time we were done with math it was break! So at break everyone chilled out and talked about many things.
Then we did science. We are moving onto the next section in science. Before we moved onto that we did one more final assessment test sort of thing. That is a part of our grade and it needs to be really nice and detailed. So everyone worked hard to get down the question, procedure, and variables. So then by the time we were done with that it was lunch time. So everyone went to recess then lunch.
When we came back to class we did social studies. In social studies we finished the first chapter. Then we moved onto the second chapter. In that chapter we learned about more of the Stone Age. We only read a little and then filled out a paper about how things we have now are way different from a while ago. Then we got a test on the story we recently read from Houghton Mifflin and that story was called, Passage to Freedom. In this story it talks about how a man who had some power helped the Jewish people during the war and when the Nazis were coming. Then when we were done with that test we put it on Mr. Steele’s desk and moved onto Bridge to Terabithia. What happened in this chapter was Leslie died. She went to Terabithia and swung across the rope and it broke. She fell and probably hit her head and drowned. Then Jess just was in denial and didn’t believe that she was dead. Once we finished reading we did some more of our story writing. We had to draw a picture about a memorable moment. After we did that it was job time. So we did jobs and then did pack stack and vac. That was the end of Monday!
Homework:
Read 30 min + reading record
Movie slips
BPI Page 28 Q# 25-37
Bonus # 72
WOD- Diplomat
Previous WOD- Product: answer to a multiplication problem
Then we did science. We are moving onto the next section in science. Before we moved onto that we did one more final assessment test sort of thing. That is a part of our grade and it needs to be really nice and detailed. So everyone worked hard to get down the question, procedure, and variables. So then by the time we were done with that it was lunch time. So everyone went to recess then lunch.
When we came back to class we did social studies. In social studies we finished the first chapter. Then we moved onto the second chapter. In that chapter we learned about more of the Stone Age. We only read a little and then filled out a paper about how things we have now are way different from a while ago. Then we got a test on the story we recently read from Houghton Mifflin and that story was called, Passage to Freedom. In this story it talks about how a man who had some power helped the Jewish people during the war and when the Nazis were coming. Then when we were done with that test we put it on Mr. Steele’s desk and moved onto Bridge to Terabithia. What happened in this chapter was Leslie died. She went to Terabithia and swung across the rope and it broke. She fell and probably hit her head and drowned. Then Jess just was in denial and didn’t believe that she was dead. Once we finished reading we did some more of our story writing. We had to draw a picture about a memorable moment. After we did that it was job time. So we did jobs and then did pack stack and vac. That was the end of Monday!
Homework:
Read 30 min + reading record
Movie slips
BPI Page 28 Q# 25-37
Bonus # 72
WOD- Diplomat
Previous WOD- Product: answer to a multiplication problem
Friday, September 24, 2010
Day 17 - Jag-a-thon
Ready for the weekend? I hope so because it’s coming up no matter what! So this morning in class we came in and unpacked. Then we went over homework and then worked on some math. In math we learned about how to do some new things. Some things like finding what is in between ¼ and 2/4 and it can’t be like 1.5/4. We didn’t have any specialist today so we did science early. In science we finished up some summaries we had started yesterday. There were about three summaries and if we didn’t finish those today we have them for homework tonight. Then about after an hour of working on the summaries and other things it was break time. At break we had snack and just hung out.
After break we did Language Arts. In language arts we finished up the packet we had for a story that we read yesterday. Most people finished that today. Then Mrs. Stairs (Principal) and Mr. B (Counselor) came in and showed us a video about the school rules. A few people in our class volunteered for the video and I think from other classes too. It was about lunch time now. Before we left Mr. Steele gave us each a paper and he told us that we will play some gym games sometimes. So we will either play flag football or a game like doctors in the battle field with Mr. Steele rules. So we went and played the game like doctors in the battle field all recess and then went to lunch.
So after lunch we came back to class and finished our social studies video from yesterday. We watched how they finished connecting the body and how long they had to work on it. They also showed that they can make it into a movie almost. A girl put on a black suit with detectors all over and there were 120 censers everywhere to detect her movements. Then they transformed her into a monkey on the computer using her actions. Then when the video was done we went to the Jag-a-thon assembly. At the assembly a speaker spoke about when, why, where we are doing the Jag-a-thon. We are doing it on October 8th. And we are doing it for fun, for funds, for fitness, and for prizes. And we are doing it on the upper field unless it rains. If it rains we will do it in the gym. Before we had gone to the assembly we went over some rules and they were,
-Clap for the appropriate length and sound
-Sit on your bottom
-We leave earlier and stay later to put away chairs later
So we did stay to put chairs away after and Mr. Steele showed us the right way to put them away. When we came back up to the classroom we did some more catch-up work until our job time. After jobs we did pack stack and vac. We did all that and it was time to go home for the weekend. Have a good weekend!
Homework
Reading Record + Read 30 min
Finnish Scientific Method notebook
WOD- Product
Previous WOD- Factor: one of two or more numbers that when multiplied together get a product
After break we did Language Arts. In language arts we finished up the packet we had for a story that we read yesterday. Most people finished that today. Then Mrs. Stairs (Principal) and Mr. B (Counselor) came in and showed us a video about the school rules. A few people in our class volunteered for the video and I think from other classes too. It was about lunch time now. Before we left Mr. Steele gave us each a paper and he told us that we will play some gym games sometimes. So we will either play flag football or a game like doctors in the battle field with Mr. Steele rules. So we went and played the game like doctors in the battle field all recess and then went to lunch.
So after lunch we came back to class and finished our social studies video from yesterday. We watched how they finished connecting the body and how long they had to work on it. They also showed that they can make it into a movie almost. A girl put on a black suit with detectors all over and there were 120 censers everywhere to detect her movements. Then they transformed her into a monkey on the computer using her actions. Then when the video was done we went to the Jag-a-thon assembly. At the assembly a speaker spoke about when, why, where we are doing the Jag-a-thon. We are doing it on October 8th. And we are doing it for fun, for funds, for fitness, and for prizes. And we are doing it on the upper field unless it rains. If it rains we will do it in the gym. Before we had gone to the assembly we went over some rules and they were,
-Clap for the appropriate length and sound
-Sit on your bottom
-We leave earlier and stay later to put away chairs later
So we did stay to put chairs away after and Mr. Steele showed us the right way to put them away. When we came back up to the classroom we did some more catch-up work until our job time. After jobs we did pack stack and vac. We did all that and it was time to go home for the weekend. Have a good weekend!
Homework
Reading Record + Read 30 min
Finnish Scientific Method notebook
WOD- Product
Previous WOD- Factor: one of two or more numbers that when multiplied together get a product
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Day 16 - Substitute
Today in class we had a substitute. Her name was Mrs. Chung. She is really nice so far. I bet it is hard for substitutes because they are at a whole different school and have to learn about everything that is in that school. She is very funny and she was learning how to use the active board. She is a fast learner on that! So we did math and went over homework. In math we copied down some things to help us and those were,
-How to find a fraction between two given fractions
-See that using smaller partitions will allow you to always find the fraction between others
So after that we went to the computer lab. In the computer lab we finished our Where I’m from poem. Only four or five people have finished so we are probably going one more time next week. Then we came back up to our classroom. When we came back to class we had break. At break we had snack and everyone was chatty. Then after break we talked to Mrs. Chung about fines. Yesterday Mr. Steele told us that any fines that are given will be doubled because we have a substitute. So we have been trying to be on our best behavior because we don’t want to go broke. So as we finished our talk about that we moved onto science. In science we did summary and conclusion writing. So we got two data tables and had to write a summary for each. Then we had to write a conclusion about those same data tables. Then it was lunch time. Today was very rainy so at recess most people were undercover. Most boys were playing football in the undercover area and the girls were just hanging. So after lunch we came back and did the end of the unit social studies quiz. So after that we did Houghton Mifflin. We read a story about man and his family who helped the Jews and wrote visas for them to get out of the country and away from the Nazis. We got a packet for that with about four pages to do. We will probably finish the packet tomorrow. So after that we watched a video about the discovery of the hominids. It showed where they went to search for the bones. Then it showed what bones they found and what they did to transfer them back to America. We watched the video until job time at 3:20. So we did our jobs and then it was 3:25 and we did pack stack and vac. That was the end of our day. Goodbye!
Homework:
Reading record + Read 30 min
No word of the day today
Previous WOD- Factor
Handout math paper Q# 4, 5, 6, 10
-How to find a fraction between two given fractions
-See that using smaller partitions will allow you to always find the fraction between others
So after that we went to the computer lab. In the computer lab we finished our Where I’m from poem. Only four or five people have finished so we are probably going one more time next week. Then we came back up to our classroom. When we came back to class we had break. At break we had snack and everyone was chatty. Then after break we talked to Mrs. Chung about fines. Yesterday Mr. Steele told us that any fines that are given will be doubled because we have a substitute. So we have been trying to be on our best behavior because we don’t want to go broke. So as we finished our talk about that we moved onto science. In science we did summary and conclusion writing. So we got two data tables and had to write a summary for each. Then we had to write a conclusion about those same data tables. Then it was lunch time. Today was very rainy so at recess most people were undercover. Most boys were playing football in the undercover area and the girls were just hanging. So after lunch we came back and did the end of the unit social studies quiz. So after that we did Houghton Mifflin. We read a story about man and his family who helped the Jews and wrote visas for them to get out of the country and away from the Nazis. We got a packet for that with about four pages to do. We will probably finish the packet tomorrow. So after that we watched a video about the discovery of the hominids. It showed where they went to search for the bones. Then it showed what bones they found and what they did to transfer them back to America. We watched the video until job time at 3:20. So we did our jobs and then it was 3:25 and we did pack stack and vac. That was the end of our day. Goodbye!
Homework:
Reading record + Read 30 min
No word of the day today
Previous WOD- Factor
Handout math paper Q# 4, 5, 6, 10
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Day 15 - Battle Hymn
Today in class we came in and unpacked. Then at 9:04 we went to music. We practiced only one song today, the battle hymn of the republic. Then we finished our Bach video. When we got back to class we did math. We corrected our homework. Then it was break! So during break we opened the wall and everyone had snack and did a lot of talking. Then we worked on science. In science we worked on how to make graphs. On the paper we did yesterday we copied those into graphs. Then we talked about those for a little while. Then it was lunch!!! So today at lunch they served turkey gravy and mashed potatoes. Then when we came back from recess and lunch we did Bridge to Terabithia. In bridge to Terabithia it was after Easter and it was super rainy. So one day Leslie and Jess went to Terabithia that day. The water under the rope was really fast and high. Jess was afraid of it but he didn’t want to admit it to Leslie. Then we worked on some stories again. We wrote about a family member or someone who is special to you. Then we did jobs and pack stack and vac. That was the end of our short Wednesday.
Homework
Reading record + read 30 min
WOD- Factor
Previous WOD- Equivalent fraction: a fraction that is equal to another fraction.
Finish Science graphs
BPI p.28 Q# 12-23
Bonus # 65-69
Homework
Reading record + read 30 min
WOD- Factor
Previous WOD- Equivalent fraction: a fraction that is equal to another fraction.
Finish Science graphs
BPI p.28 Q# 12-23
Bonus # 65-69
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