Day 81 - DIG Rosetta Stone

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then at 9:04 we lined up to go to music. In music we almost finished watching the Beethoven video. After music at 9:45 we came back and we corrected the math homework from last night. Then we got back in our math groups and we finished up 3.2 from our math books. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we kept on working on math. Then we took an activote math test. After math at 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we did DIG. We got into our teams and we worked on our group’s mural and the Rosetta Stone. After DIG we did science. We got sheets for step 6 of the scientific method. Then we did literacy. We worked on our “Wrinkle In Time” questions. After literacy we had Ninja Time. We 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 Pieces 3 p.43 #5-14
• Bonus # 31
• Word of the Day:
  Omnipotent – Having unlimited authority, influence, or power

Day 80 - Scientific Summary

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then we did calendar math and word of the day. After everyone finished, Mr. Steele went over calendar math. After calendar we corrected our math homework from last night. Then at 9:45 we went to the computer lab. In the computer lab we researched about the people on our class money. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we finished correcting our math homework. When we finished we passed them forward and got our math spirals. Then we wrote down the objectives for the day and worked on 3.2 from our Bits and Pieces 3 math books. After math we did a little bit of science. We started talking about what a good scientific summary is and how it is written. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we finished up science. We worked on step 5 of the scientific method. We wrote two summaries from the data table on the worksheet. After science we put our science binders away and got our DIG folders. Then we did DIG. We got into our teams and we worked on finished up the sketch of our mural. After DIG at 1:55 we packed up and went home at 2:00.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• AP Packet page88
• Word of the Day:
  Ominous – Foreboding or foreshadowing, evil

Day 79 - Tennis

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. Then at 9:04 we lined up to go to PE. In PE we started the tennis unit. After PE at 9:45 we came back and we did calendar math and word of the day. When everybody was finished, Mr. Steele went over calendar math. After calendar math we finished up yesterday’s math in partners. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we did science. First we talked about line graphs and bar graphs. Then we made line graph or a bar graph for the sets of data from the chart tables we made yesterday. Then we looked at a picture of a giant satellite dish in Puerto Rico. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we did DIG. We got in our teams and we worked on our artifact blueprints. After DIG we finished chapter 4 and we worked on the questions with the groups of our choice. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces 3 p.43#1-4, 28-29
• Bonus #30
• Word of the Day:
  Fallible – Capable of making a mistake

Day 78 - Winter Break

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we went to music. In music we read about Beethoven and started watching the movie. After music at 9:45 we came back and we shared what we did over winter break. Then we started setting up the calendar math for January. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we finished setting up calendar math. Then we did math. First we wrote down the objectives for the day. We worked on problems 3.1 in our math spirals from our Bits and Pieces 3 books. Then we started a little bit of science. We started working on step 5 part 3 of the scientific method. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we finished up science. After science we did DIG. We got in our teams and we drew our pictures of the cultural universal to put on the teams’ mural. After DIG we did literacy. We started reading chapter 4 of our “A Wrinkle In Time” books. Then we went into Ninja Time. We worked on math, science, and the questions for chapter 3 in “A Wrinkle in Time”. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Finish DIG artifact blueprint
• Word of the Day:
  Defer – To put off or delay
  

Day 77 - Movie

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up to go to the computer lab. In the computer lab we finished our greeting cards or played on the computer. Then we came back and we did calendar math and word of the day. After calendar math day 77, we corrected our math homework from last night. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we finished correcting. Then we did science. We got our science binders and a sheet for step 5 of the scientific method. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. During lunch recess we played doctors in the battlefield. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we did literacy. We got our “Wrinkle in Time” books and finished up chapter 3 and started working on the questions. At 2:00 Mr. Steele started playing a movie and had free time. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Word of the Day:
  Dais – A raised platform, usually in a hall or large room

Day 76 - Sing Along

Today we came in at 9:00 and unpacked. At 9:04 we lined up to go to music. First in music we practiced for the all-school sing along. Then the kindergarteners came looking for the gingerbread man. After music at 9:45 we went to the computer lab. In the computer lab we worked on our greeting cards and we e-mailed them to Mr. Steele so he could print them. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we went over the homework from last night while some people went out to the shared space to do other work. Then Mr. Steele showed us robotic human body parts that were improving. After math we did science. We got our science binders and we wrote about an experiment testing which liquid dissolves the color of an M&M faster. At 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we finished up the M&M experiment. After science we did DIG. We got in our teams to work on our cultural universal. Then at 2:45 w lined up to go to the all school sing along. At 3:25 we packed up and went home at 3:30.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Math Sheet
• Word of the Day:
  Corrosive – Having the power to weaken or destroy
  

Day 75 - Greeting Cards

Today we came in and we unpacked. Then at 9:04 we went to the computer lab. In the computer lab we worked on our greeting cards for our families. After we restarted the computers, we went to the library. We had a substitute for library. She read us a picture book about Christmas. At 10:30 we went out to recess. After recess at 10:45 we came back in and we took a math quiz so Mr. Steele could know where we were at in math. After taking the math quiz at 12:10 we went to lunch and recess. After lunch recess at 1:05 we came back in and we did science. We got our science binders and a sheet for step 4 of the scientific method. We talked about what a good materials list should be like and how to read diagrams. At 1:55 we packed up and went home at 2:00.
Homework

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Record
• Bits and Pieces 3 p.28 #7-10, 12-16
• Bonus #11
• Word of the Day:
  Corridor – A passageway, like in a hotel or office building