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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.

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.

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.

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

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

December 18-21

Christmas Escape

Secret Santa

Friendship Mix

December 11-15

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