Day 63-Social Studies

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then at 9:04 we lined up to go to PE. In PE we played doctors in the battlefield the entire time. After PE at 9:45 we went back to the classroom and did math. In math we got started working on our Bits and Pieces 3 book. Then at 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we did problem 1.1 from our BP3 book in our math spirals. After math we did science. In science we finished working on step 1 of the scientific method and shared our scientific problems that we had. We also started talking about step 2 of the scientific method. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess we came back in and we did literacy. First in literacy we described the picture of a horse that was on Mr. Steele’s computer. Then we drew a picture and wrote a story about one moment with a person that mattered to us. When we finished, we shared either our story with the picture or the horse story. Then after literacy we did social studies. In social studies we worked on finishing the artifact activity with our partners. After social studies we had Ninja Time to get caught up on our work. We did our jobs we had to do at 3:20. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces 3 #1-6, 37-38
• Bonus #7
• Write about your favorite places in yellow spiral
• Bring Old Magazines
• Word of the Day:
  Talisman – an object or charm believed to scare away evil and bring good fortune.

Day 60- "Climb or Die" Rewrite

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then we did word of the day and calendar math. When we finished, we worked on our “Climb or Die” questions in our writing spiral. Then at 9:40 we went to library. In library we sat at our tables and we looked over some book reviews and kept on working on our own. At 10:30 we lined up to go out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we kept on working on our “Climb or Die” questions. Then we started watching a scientific method video. At 11:45, some people went to the cafeteria to get their sack lunches. Then at 11:55 we packed up and went home at 12:00.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Word of the Day:
  Protoplasm – the material that parts of a cell float in

Day 59-Time Run

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up to go to PE. In PE we did the time run and got our bike tests back. After all of us got our tests back, we voted on which games we wanted to play next week when Mrs. Kohlwes was gone to outdoor education with the 5th grade. Then we came back to the classroom and got our math tests back. Then we looked over the test together. At 10:30 we lined up and went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back and we did science. First we got handouts about the scientific method and talked about it. Then we finished working on the sheet that is about asking questions. We shared some ideas we had. Then we worked on the other side of the sheet. We decided which questions were testable and which ones weren’t testable. At 11:45 some people went to get their lunches. After everybody came back, at 11:55 we packed up and went home at 12:00
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Word of the Day:
  Nondescript-Lacking distinctive or interesting qualities

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then at 9:04 we lined up to go to music. In music we started watching the Nutcracker movie. Then after music at 9:45 we went back to the classroom to do word of the day and calendar math. When we finished them both, we finished our math assessment or described the picture on Mr. Steele’s computer in our yellow notebooks. While we were working, Mr. Steele called each of us into the shared space to talk about how we did on the Bits and Pieces 2 final assessment. Then at 10:30 we lined up to go out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we either finished working on our math assessment or the “Climb or Die” questions while Mr. Steele continued talking to individual people about how they did on the assessment.Then some people left to get their sack lunches. At 11:55 we packed up and went home at 12:00.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Word of the Day:
  Myopic - An eye problem that makes a person unable to see distant objects.

Day 57- Half Day

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up to go to our last dance class. First we did some line dances with the music. Then we got in our dance boxes and did all the dances we learned that we do in groups. After dance class we came back up to the classroom. We did calendar math and word of the day. Then we got in groups of four and talked about what was hard in math. Then we asked Mr. Steele the questions we came up with. After Mr. Steele answered all the questions, we corrected some of our math homework from last night and the day before. At 10:30 we lined up to go out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back and we took the Bits and Pieces 2 final assessment. Then at 11:55 we packed up and went home at 12:00. Tonight is the school dance at 6:00!
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Word of the Day:
  Medium - A person who is a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits.

Day 56- Science Center

Today we went to the science center. We got in our groups and left at 9:30. About 40 minutes later, we got to the science center. Then we got to look around the exhibits. The exhibits were dinosaurs, body works, and insect village. In the dinosaur exhibit, we saw lots of models and we had to find the real name of the dinosaur with just the nicknames. In the body works exhibit, there were body games to measure our body. The insect village had displays of insects. It also had displays of what the insects were used in. Some of our groups got to go in the real life butterfly exhibit. We also watched the razor show before lunch. Then during lunch some of us stayed and went to the cafeteria and some of us went to the Seattle Center to buy lunch. After lunch we watched the IMAX show about dolphins. Then at 2:30 we got with our chaperones and went back to the school. When we got back, we wrote about what we liked and didn’t like about the field trip. Then at 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework:

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Skill Sheet
• Word of the Day:
  Dimension-One of the four coordinates determining a position in space and time.

Day 55-Element

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then we did word of the day and calendar math. After calendar math we flipped the everyday counts calendar. Then we corrected our math homework from last night. We finished correcting and passed them forward. After we passed the homework forward we worked on our element until recess. At 10:30 we lined up to go out to recess. After recess we came back in at 10:45 and we finished our “Climb or Die” reading questions from Tuesday. When we finished, we got to work on our element. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back and we worked on our element. Then we At 1:55 we packed up and went home at 2:00. Tomorrow we go on our field trip to the science center.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Skill Sheet
• Word of the Day:
  Decency-The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

Day 54-"Climb or Die"

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up and went to dance class. First we got warmed up by dancing the electric slide and some other line dances. Then we got in our dance boxes and we learned a dance called “Magical Boxes”. After dance class at 9:45 we came back up to the classroom and we did word of the day and calendar math day 54. After calendar math we went over our math homework from yesterday. We also wrote word problems for 4 divided by 6/7 and 6/7 divided by 4 and talked about what each number sentence means. At 10:30 we lined up to go to recess. After recess at 9:45 we came back and ate our snacks as we finished correcting our math homework. Then we did math. In math we did a review on all the things we did with fractions. After math we started science. We got paper for step 1 of the scientific method. We came up with research questions with our partners. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in to do literacy. We got our reading books and read the “Climb or Die” story and answered questions in out writing spiral. Then we did social studies. We started the activity with our partners to guess the characteristic that an artifact fits in. Then we went into Ninja Time. We got caught up on our work and worked on our element. Then at 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Additional Practice Page55
• Word of the Day:
  Arrogance-An attitude of superiority displayed in an overbearing manner.

Day 53-Dance Week

Today we came in and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up to go to dance class. This week is dance week. We learned and practiced four dances. After dance we came back and did word of the day and calendar math day 53. After calendar we flipped the math calendar. We guessed the pattern that was going on in the calendar. Then at 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess we came back and did math. We split up into 2 groups. One group went to the shared space and the other stayed in the classroom. After math we got some time to work on our element. Some of us were on the computers while some of us drew our pictures. Then at 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back and we did literacy. All of us shared our story we wrote in our yellow notebooks. Then we wrote about the person who matters to us. After literacy we did social studies. In social studies we started reading chapter five from our social studies text book. After social studies we went into Ninja Time. We got caught up on our work or worked on our element. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces 2 p.55 #15-23
• Bonus#38,40
• Word of the Day:
  Anticlimax- An outcome that is less important or dramatic than expected.

Day 52-Social Studies Asessment

Today we came in at 9:00 and we got unpacked. Then we did calendar math and word of the day. At 9:04 we went to the computer la b. In the computer lab we reviewed which documents to save our documents to. At 9:45 we came back to the classroom and we corrected the math homework from last night. Then we started math. We worked on problems 4.4 individually. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess we came back and ate our snacks while finishing the math. After math we did science. We talked about how atoms bond together and we thought of some combinations that would bond together. Then at 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we got our yellow notebooks and we looked at Mr. Steele’s computer desktop picture. Then we wrote down qualities of good personal narrative writing in our yellow notebooks and using them, we wrote about something important that happened in our lives. Then we did social studies. We got in our groups and finished the defense plan. We also read from our book, did a page of our workbook, and took an assessment After social studies we went into Ninja Time and got caught up on our work. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Two Stories in Yellow Notebook
• Word of the Day:
  Aberration-disorder of the mind
  

Day 51-Social Studies

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then we lined up to go to music. In music we read about Mozart and started watching the Beethoven movie. After music at 9:45 we came back and did calendar math and word of the day. Then we started correcting our math homework from Tuesday. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we finished correcting our math homework. Then we wrote down our objectives for the day in our math spirals. After math we started talking about our periodic table of elements. We got the sheets to do our element on. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we did social studies. In social studies we got in our groups and we did critical thinking question C, which we had to choose how to keep the river canal clean from silt. We also came up with a plan to defend our city from attacks. After social studies we transformed back into pairs and we went into Ninja Time. We got caught up on our work. After Ninja Time at 3:20 we did our jobs that we had to do. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• AP p.55 Whole Page
• Word of the Day:
  Tangible-detectable by the senses
  

Day 50-Computer Lab

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then we did calendar math and word of the day. We didn’t have PE because of the Veterans Day assembly. At 9:10 we lined up to go to the assembly. In the assembly we listened to other classes sing and finally we sang. After the assembly we came back and corrected our math homework from last night. At 10:30 we lined up and went out to recess. After recess the bell rang and we came back in and we did math. We started working on our 4.3 from our BP2 books alone and got together with our group and worked on it together. After math we did social studies. We started to watch a video about Mesopotamia. At 12:10 we lined up and went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess we came back and we had art docent with Mrs. Stanger. During art docent Mrs. Stanger taught us about “taking the dot to a walk”. After art docent we went to the computer lab. In the computer lab we did what Mr. Steele told us to do and he checked us off. Then we came back and we read a book on our own until Mr. Steele checked off everyone’s B2T essays. He finished and we went into Ninja Time. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30. No school tomorrow.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces 2 p.55 11-14, 36, 37
• Word of the Day:
  Morass-An overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture

Day 49-Periodic Table of Elements

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up to go to PE. In PE we had stations with sit-ups, flexed arm hang, the bike unit test and scooters. After PE we came back and we did calendar math and word of the day. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we did math. In math we looked over our notebooks from Friday. We also worked on some dividing problems from our books. After math at 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. At 1:05 the bell rang and we came back in and did science. In science we talked about the periodic table of elements and about protons, electrons and neutrons. After science we got our “Passage to Freedom” questions and a rubric to look over our papers and edit. Then we shared what we wrote for question #1. After reading we went into Ninja Time and finished editing and got caught up on our work. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces2 p.55 #5-10, 30-35
• Finish “Passage to Freedom” editing
• Word of the day:
  Inexorable-Not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped.
  

Day 48-Crystal Mountains

We came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we went to the computer lab. In the lab we learned some more hotkeys. We also learned about paint.net, a program we could do art with layers on. After computer lab at 10:30 we went out to recess. At 10:45 we came back in from recess to do calendar math and eat our snacks. After calendar math we corrected our math homework from last night. Then we did math. We learned about how to divide a whole number by a fraction by answering problems from 4.2 in our Bits and Pieces 2 book. After math at 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. At 1:05 we came back in from lunch recess and we did literacy. We described Mr. Steele’s computer desktop picture creatively in our yellow notebooks. After literacy we did science. In science we did the salt crystal mountain experiment using some salt, bluing, food coloring and ammonia. First we got transformed into our groups and got our group bins. Then we put food coloring on our cardboard mountains to make the crystals to be that color. Finally we mixed the rest of the materials in a jar and put our mountains into it. Then we finished up our science reading questions and cleaned up our notebooks to turn in to Mr. Steele. After science we went into Ninja Time and got caught up on our work and kept on cleaning our science notebooks. We did our jobs at 3:20. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Word of the Day:
  Ineffable-incapable of being expressed in words.
  
  

Day 47-Salol Experiment

We came in at 9:00 and went to music. At music we sang the songs we are going to sing at the veterans’ day assembly and watched a video about the star spangled banner. After music at 9:45 we came back and did calendar math and word of the day. Then we corrected our math homework from last night. At 10:30 we lined up and went out to recess. After recess we came in at 10:45 and did math. In math we learned how to divide fractions. After math at 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we did science. In science we did an experiment using salol. After science we did social studies. In social studies we came up with ideas to keep the water from coming in to our village and read a chapter from our text books. After social studies we went into Ninja Time. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces 2 p.55#1,2,24-29
• Bonus#3,4
• Word of the Day:
  Gambol-to skip about in play

Day 46-Science

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then we did word of the day and calendar math. After calendar math we corrected our homework from last night. At 9:40 we lined up and went to library. In library we Then at 10:30 we put our things away and went out to recess. At 10:45 the bell rang and it was time to come inside for our snacks and math. In math we started to learn how to divide with fractions. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After recess at 1:05 we came back in and did science. IN science we started to observe crystals. After science at 1:55 we packed up and went home at 2:00.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Skill Sheet
• Word of the Day:
  Essence-the most vital or significant aspect of a person or thing

Day 45-Study Skills

Today we came in at 9:00 and went to P.E. at 9:04. In PE we rode bikes and got to ride them on the upper field. At 9:45 we came back in and had a study skills lesson with Ms. Illingworth. We cleaned out our backpacks and desks and talked about how you could get organized. But at 10:30 the bell rang and we all went out to recess. At 10:45 we came back in and kept on talking about how to get organized. Then we talked about how to be on time. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After recess we came back in at 1:05 and talked about how to be an active listener. Then we talked about Note taking skills and test taking skills. After talking about skills we did role plays. At 3:00 we finished the study skills lesson and corrected our math homework from last night. Then at 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Word of the Day:
  Ephemeral-lasting a very short time.

Day 44-Calendar Math

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up and went to music. In music we practiced the U.S. Air force song for the veterans day program and did rhythms that people made. After music we came back and set up our calendar math for November. At 10:30 we went out to recess. We came back in at 10:45 and finished setting up calendar math. After calendar math some people went out to the shared space and did math. After math we did science. In science we talked about what everything is made of. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess we came in at 1:05 and we did literacy. In literacy we wrote about our big issues in our yellow notebooks. After literacy we did social studies. In social studies we got in groups and talked about how we would solve the food problem if we were the people back then. Then we went into Ninja Time. We worked on our name art, propaganda ads, finishing our social studies and our writing. Then at 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces 2 Additional Practice #3
• Word of the Day:
  Dubious-full of uncertainty or doubt.