This morning in class we came in and unpacked our things. We started calendar math. We had a really, really hard problem today. We had to do a lot of simplifying and only a few people got it. At 9:14 we went to library. At library, Mrs. Joseph assigned us a book report. We have to find a Newberry award winning book and read it. When we get back from winter break we will do the actual report. So we spent the whole library time finding books. So when we got back from the library we worked on the math problem all the way until break time.
At break we had our snacks. Then we did Houghton Mifflin. We worked on the packet of papers for the Amelia Earhart. We did that until it was time to go to lunch.
When we got back from lunch we did the squid dissection. We all had one stinky squid. We had a razor blade and then dissected it and it was really, really fun. Then we had free time until the end of the day.
ONLY READING FOR THE WHOLE BREAK
Have a great winter break!!!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Day 70 - Choir Assembly
Today, we have been in school for 70 days exactly!!! We only have 110 days of school left. So this morning in class we came in and unpacked. We started on our calendar math. Today we didn’t have any daily conversion, only daily shape and daily problem. We did calendar math all the way until 9:45. Then we started daily math. Today we would have gone to computer lab at 9:50 but we didn’t have time. Instead we worked on daily math until about 10:20. At ten twenty we went to computer lab. In computer lab we went to our assigned computers. We were planning on checking out Microsoft office publisher, but we had to work on changing our passwords. The computers were really, really slow so it took a long time. Some people already had theirs changed, so they got to play on coolmath4kids.com. By the time most people were finally on, we needed to go back to the classroom for break.
We actually didn’t get to have brake because we had about 15 minutes of game time on the computer and that was considered our break. So once we got back we just got to have snack quietly at our seat. Mr. Steele passed out our science quiz. The quiz was 17 questions long. So we did the quiz. We worked on it all the way until lunch time.
When lunch recess and lunch was over, we came in and then kept working on the quiz. We worked on it for about 45-1 hour. Then we went over it and corrected it. Then we did social studies. In social studies we moved onto the next thing in the Zhou Dynasty. Then we went to an assembly and did a sing a long. Then we did pack stack and vac and then went home.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD-Aviation
Previous WOD- accomplish: having success in something
HL p.13 Q# 9, 10, 24, 25
We actually didn’t get to have brake because we had about 15 minutes of game time on the computer and that was considered our break. So once we got back we just got to have snack quietly at our seat. Mr. Steele passed out our science quiz. The quiz was 17 questions long. So we did the quiz. We worked on it all the way until lunch time.
When lunch recess and lunch was over, we came in and then kept working on the quiz. We worked on it for about 45-1 hour. Then we went over it and corrected it. Then we did social studies. In social studies we moved onto the next thing in the Zhou Dynasty. Then we went to an assembly and did a sing a long. Then we did pack stack and vac and then went home.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD-Aviation
Previous WOD- accomplish: having success in something
HL p.13 Q# 9, 10, 24, 25
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Day 69 - Goodbye Bacteria
This morning in class we came in and unpacked. We had music class today. In music we practiced all of our Christmas songs. Then Mrs. Frank told us that we are going to do a small musical. We normally don’t do one in 6th grade but this one is about bullying. So we will start it in about May. Then when we got back to the classroom we worked on math. We went over our math assessment that we did. Then we did some more daily math all the way until break time.
Once break was here we had snack. We are still having break alone. Then break was over and we went back to our seats. We worked on the same math paper until it was time to go to lunch.
When we got back from lunch we did science. In science we looked at the bacteria we have had growing. Then we moved onto our science notes again. We worked on the science notes until it was time to go and do jobs. We did jobs and then it was time to pack up and go home.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- accomplish
Previous WOD- moral support
HL P.13 Q# 6-8
Bonus # 21-23
Study science
Once break was here we had snack. We are still having break alone. Then break was over and we went back to our seats. We worked on the same math paper until it was time to go to lunch.
When we got back from lunch we did science. In science we looked at the bacteria we have had growing. Then we moved onto our science notes again. We worked on the science notes until it was time to go and do jobs. We did jobs and then it was time to pack up and go home.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- accomplish
Previous WOD- moral support
HL P.13 Q# 6-8
Bonus # 21-23
Study science
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Day 68 - How Likely Is It?
This morning we came in and unpacked our things. We got to work right away on calendar math. Then at 9:04 we went down to PE. In PE we played a game and I don’t of different colored hula hoop in front of each team. Then there were 3 hoops in the middle of the gym with 6 beanbags in each. In each group there were about 4 or 5 people. So once the PE teacher says go, we run to get the bean bag and put it in our hoop. Then we would tag the next person and they would go get a bean bag and you had to try to get as many bags as you could. Then we mixed up the rules and added many different tricks. Then it was 9:50 so we went back to the classroom. When we got back we worked on math. We are moving onto a new bits and pieces. It is called “How likely is it?” So we worked on one problem all the way until break.
We had break. Then we did the same math problem all the way until lunch time.
When we got back from lunch we did science. In science we kept writing down some notes for our test that we may do tomorrow or on Thursday. Then we moved onto social studies. In social studies we did work on Daoism. We had to be peaceful and quiet. We could do anything and sit with our partners. We went through and read the section on Daoism and then filled out the questions for them. Then Mr. Steele pulled names of people and if you were called, you would answer whatever question he asked you. Then we did Houghton Mifflin. We read a really long story about Amelia Earhart. Then it was time to do jobs. After jobs we did pack stack and vac and then we went home.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD-Moral support
Previous WOD- Ancestral
Study Science
HL p.13 Q# 1, 3-5, 19 and 20
Bonus # 2 and 31
We had break. Then we did the same math problem all the way until lunch time.
When we got back from lunch we did science. In science we kept writing down some notes for our test that we may do tomorrow or on Thursday. Then we moved onto social studies. In social studies we did work on Daoism. We had to be peaceful and quiet. We could do anything and sit with our partners. We went through and read the section on Daoism and then filled out the questions for them. Then Mr. Steele pulled names of people and if you were called, you would answer whatever question he asked you. Then we did Houghton Mifflin. We read a really long story about Amelia Earhart. Then it was time to do jobs. After jobs we did pack stack and vac and then we went home.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD-Moral support
Previous WOD- Ancestral
Study Science
HL p.13 Q# 1, 3-5, 19 and 20
Bonus # 2 and 31
Day67 - Substitute
Today we came unpacked and lined up to go to P.E at 9:05. At 9:50 we came back did our test and we got right to work most of us finished before break but we still had to be quite for the ones that were still working and that was ok because it was quite reading time and everyone liked it or I think they did. And we worked until 11:00 break time. But today during the break we couldn’t open the wall today because it was too rough during break time. After break time we saw a science video on bacteria and we saw it until lunch time at 12:10. Then when we came back we did social studies and we watch two videos on china. The video would tell us how there life was like. Then we did writing on the three of the topic we worked on over the week end and choose one of them and put it into a paragraph. Then we packed up and went home!!!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Day 66 - Confucianism
This morning was a cloudy but nice, in a way morning. So we came into class and we had no daily shape or conversion. We had another one of the math tests. They are technically almost like the MSP but not as crucial. So Mr. Steele went over some things and then we had library at 9:14 so we had to go. When we got to library we did another scavenger hunt on the “World book online” Then when we finished we got about 15 minutes of checkout. Then we went back up to the classroom. When we got back to the classroom we did the test again. We did it all the way up until break time.
When we started break some boys got into rough housing so we have to stop break for a while. So for a while, I don’t know when, but we will not have break. We worked on the math test for about 45 minutes more. Then we did science. In science we worked on our graphing again. We only had about 10-20 minutes to work on that. So when it was time to go to lunch, we did.
When lunch was over we came back in to our classroom. We started on social studies. We got into 4 different groups and formed our desks into circles. Then one desk was set in the middle. The “elders” would sit in the middle on top of their desk. They would tell us certain things to do. They weren’t bossy though. Then we studied up on questions. Then Mr. Steele assigned everyone in the group to a question. Then he would ask all the questions. So as he asked questions, we answered them. If you answered them right, then you get $20. Then we did some reading out of Houghton Mifflin. Then it was time to do planner and then do jobs. Then we went home for the weekend. Have a nice weekend.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- Loam
Previous WOD- Amid: in the middle of
Write about three objects that spark a memory
When we started break some boys got into rough housing so we have to stop break for a while. So for a while, I don’t know when, but we will not have break. We worked on the math test for about 45 minutes more. Then we did science. In science we worked on our graphing again. We only had about 10-20 minutes to work on that. So when it was time to go to lunch, we did.
When lunch was over we came back in to our classroom. We started on social studies. We got into 4 different groups and formed our desks into circles. Then one desk was set in the middle. The “elders” would sit in the middle on top of their desk. They would tell us certain things to do. They weren’t bossy though. Then we studied up on questions. Then Mr. Steele assigned everyone in the group to a question. Then he would ask all the questions. So as he asked questions, we answered them. If you answered them right, then you get $20. Then we did some reading out of Houghton Mifflin. Then it was time to do planner and then do jobs. Then we went home for the weekend. Have a nice weekend.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- Loam
Previous WOD- Amid: in the middle of
Write about three objects that spark a memory
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Day 65 - Math Assessment #1
This morning was a drizzly morning! We came in today and unpacked our backpack and everything else. Today was the day we did the first math assessment. Today we had no specialists. We also had no daily problem or daily shape. We would have gone to the computer lab but the math assessment was really long so we didn’t have time for computer class. The math assessment took up all the time until it was break time. We corrected the test before break and we got to correct it ourselves, but Mr. Steele still helped us.
So we had snack and took a break from the test. Then we continued to work on the assessment. We worked for about 20 more minutes and then started on science. In science we talked about how each colony of bacteria has about 1 million cells in them. Then in our science notebook it had a page that we were going have to make 1 million dots. In two minutes most people made about 250-300 dots. When we combined them all together we had about 8,000 dots. We figured out that it would take about 4 hours to get to one million dots without stopping. Then it was time to go to lunch.
When we got back from lunch we did social studies. In social studies we did some reading and some work on a page in our binders. Then we did some Houghton Mifflin. In our reading book we read more poems. Then we did some haiku poems. We did one on the topic of Christmas and holidays, and then one was a mystery. Everyone had to try to guess the topic of your haiku. Then we did some MSP reading review. Then it was time for pack stack and vac. That was the end of our day.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- Amid
Previous WOD- monotony: boredom
So we had snack and took a break from the test. Then we continued to work on the assessment. We worked for about 20 more minutes and then started on science. In science we talked about how each colony of bacteria has about 1 million cells in them. Then in our science notebook it had a page that we were going have to make 1 million dots. In two minutes most people made about 250-300 dots. When we combined them all together we had about 8,000 dots. We figured out that it would take about 4 hours to get to one million dots without stopping. Then it was time to go to lunch.
When we got back from lunch we did social studies. In social studies we did some reading and some work on a page in our binders. Then we did some Houghton Mifflin. In our reading book we read more poems. Then we did some haiku poems. We did one on the topic of Christmas and holidays, and then one was a mystery. Everyone had to try to guess the topic of your haiku. Then we did some MSP reading review. Then it was time for pack stack and vac. That was the end of our day.
Homework
Read 30 min + reading record
WOD- Amid
Previous WOD- monotony: boredom
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