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December 18-21

12/22/2017

 

Christmas Escape

The students worked in groups to try to save Santa. They started with a puzzle to find out what group they had. Then had to use the clues to figure out the codes to unlock the chests. They were given 45 minutes to escape. One group managed to unlock the final chest. Can you use the clues to figure out the codes? Check out more pictures under the "memories" link.
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Secret Santa

Students were excited to find out what "santa" brought them. Gifts were randomly numbered and participants pulled a number and given the matching gift. Ironically, the first three students who pulled a number happened to be the number of the gift they brought! So they pulled a different number. 
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Friendship Mix

Students brought in one of their favorite snacks and we mixed it all together to create a friendship mix. After eating lunch, they enjoyed a movie and their friendship mix. Thank you to Richard and Devon for also bringing mini donuts and watermelon for the class to enjoy with their meal. 
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December 11-15

12/15/2017

 

MATH

  • Measuring angles with a protractor
  • Identifying angles as acute, right, obtuse
  • Identifying triangles as acute, right, obtuse
  • Estimating and calculating angles given clues
  • IXL practice: Level H:CC12, Level F: X1, Level F: Z3
  • Started reviewing M4-6 for next week's quarterly assessment

​​LANGUAGE ARTS

  • Grammar: Linking Verbs
    • Does not show action
    • Links the subject to a noun or adjective in the predicate
    • Usually forms of be (am, is, are, was, and were).
    • Other linking verbs include look, seem, appear, become, feel, grow, smell and taste. 
    • Grammar pkt p. 69 (optional)-answer key available on Google Classroom
    • Grammar practice available on Wonders site (student login required)
  • Writing:
    • Best Place for a Birthday Party-finished
    • A Good Friend-started summative writing piece

​SCIENCE

  • Food chains
  • Scientific Method (5 basic steps)
    1. Observe and ask questions
    2. Form a hypothesis (Tell what you think will happen and why)
    3. Plan an experiment
    4. Conduct experiment
    5. Draw conclusions and communicate results
  • Decomposing Banana experiment-"How does yeast affect bananas"?  
    • Since yeast is a decomposer, students put yeast on a slice of banana and made observations each day. 
    • Some observations included:
      • "It's getting smaller."
      • "It's turning brown."
      • "The one without yeast is wet."  
    • Students drew conclusions about which banana showed more changes during the week and the cause of the changes.  
    • For further investigation we wondered what would happen if we put flour, sugar or baking soda on a banana. We also wondered what would happen if we put yeast on other produce like watermelon.  

Misc

  • Book Fair-Our school's book fair started on Monday, December 11th and runs through Tuesday, December 19th.  Students visited the book fair to make their wish list as well as add to our class wish list. Check out the books the students have requested for our classroom. 
  • Winter Assembly-each grade level performed a holiday song. Check out the video of our class rockin' out to Deck the Rooftop.

Upcoming

  • 12/18-12/19: Book Fair
  • 12/18: Food Chain assessment
  • 12/20: Schools ends at 2:10pm
  • 12/21: End of 2nd qtr-school ends at 12:45pm
              Secret Santa gift exchange
              Friendship mix

Dec 4-8

12/8/2017

 

MATH

  • Word problems-multiplication
    • Additional practice available on IXL:
      Level F: D19 , Level E: H9, Level E: H11
  • ​Measurement-length (customary)
    • Relationship between miles, yards, feet and inches

​LANGUAGE ARTS

  • Grammar
    • Main and helping verbs
    • Helping verbs and tenses
    • Punctuation in contractions
    • Grammar pkt p. 63-64 (optional)-answer key available on Google Classroom
    • Grammar practice available on Wonders site (student login required)
  • POV
    • Stories can be written from different perspectives
    • Read aloud: "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs"-a story from the wolf's POV
    • When your child is reading a fiction story, ask your child to think about how the story might be different if it were written from a different character's perspective. 
  • Writing (informational)-Best Place for a Birthday Party

Science

  • Food Chains student presentations-students presented thier Google Slides presentations to the class.
  • Hawaiian Plants and Animals Presentation-Mr. Mahoney returned to teach the students about some of Hawaii's native plants and animals in preparation for our future Kamananui Hike field trip.  

Social Studies

  • Hawaiian islands map-reviewed the names of the islands and its location
  • Hawaiian islands map test on Tues., 12/12

Upcoming

  • 12/11-12/19: Book Fair
  • 12/15 Never Give Up poster due
    ​          Health-extra credit assignment due
  • 12/21: End of 2nd qtr
              Secret Santa gift exchange
              Friendship mix

Nov 27-Dec 1

12/4/2017

 

Math

  • Solving word problems involving metric units
  • Using the partial products and area model strategy to multiply 1-digit by up to 4-digit numbers and two 2-digit numbers​
  • For additional practice with the area model, students can do IXL Level F: Skill D15
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Language Arts

  • Grammar: Verb Tenses
    • Present tense
    • Past tense
    • Future tense
    • Progressive form (-ing form of the verb)
  • Writing paragraph: Best Game
    • Brainstormed with a circle map-games played
    • Created a one-sided multi-flow map to identify reasons
    • Wrote a paragraph, including topic and concluding sentences
  • Point of View-tells how the narrator feels or thinks about the characters or events
    • 1st person: I, me, we, my
    • 3rd person: he, she, they
  • Vocab Strategy-context clues
    • Look for surrounding words or phrases that give you clues about the meaning

Science

  • Food chain jig saw-students worked in groups to read a section, identify the main idea/key details and create a Google Slides presentation

Misc

  • Career-perseverance
    • After watching a video clip from Facing Giants, students attempted to build a tower out of a deck of cards. They learned the importance of perseverance and the power we have to influence others.
  • HW: Never Give Up Poster-due 12/15

Upcoming

  • 12/4: Native Plants & Animals Presentation @ PRE
  • 12/15 Never Give Up poster due
  • 12/21: End of 2nd qtr

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