Melody's Biome

Thanksgiving week:

We are learning all about colonial history. We read/discussed pg 130/131 of our social studies book and began our KWL chart which will be ongoing this week. 

Tuesday Computer Lab:  
1.  Web Quest

2. Thanksgiving History

3. Mayflower Voyage

Mountain View, CA

Our class says hello to bloggers in Mountain View, California.

November 16, 2010
Our class began the day with nonfiction reading comprehension about magnets and insects. For an additional morning challenge, we collaboratively brainstormed answers to brain teasers and wrote them in our journals. At about 9:15, we transitioned to our morning meeting where we discussed current events. We continue to think about, discuss, and relate daily current events to our Environment/Biome Projects- understanding geographical features, environmental and human impacts.
Computer Lab Options: 1. Work on final presentations 2. Create an X-tra Normal or Toon Doo about your Environment to link to class blog 3. IXL Math Practice
Math-Watch this video on Partial Quotients Division
Geography- New countries of study include; Mediterranean Sea, Israel, Egypt & Lebanon

ENVIRONMENTS PROJECT!
Review your list of biomes.  Working in a group of 2-3, you will choose/research a biome and its environment, and then report your findings to the class in the form of a 3 dimensional display box/poster.  Complete your research using the Internet, books (including textbooks), encyclopedias, magazines, etc.  Be sure to keep track of all of the references you used. Write/attach to your project a list of references (websites, books, additional sources). 

 *Don’t forget to use your rubric as a guide.                                                         

Math- Log in at IXL Math and gain some extra practice!

World's BIGGEST Pumpkin!!!!!

10/26/10

Today we bgan the day with fact/opinion practice & Cause/Effect relationships. Then we teased our brains with the riddles: 1. What do you call a fish without an eye? 2. What is as big as an elephant, but weighs nothing? Think you know the answers? :-)
Computer Lab-Today we received our usernam/passwords for IXL Math Practice. This is a great website to increase math abilities and it's fun!

10/22/10

Today's Focus 10/22:

Antonyms-Words that mean the opposite. Become and Antonym millionaire

Synonyms-Words that mean the same. Try Synonym Sam's Lab game.

Art-Focus on Story Telling Dolls 

Math-Adjacent/Vertical/Opposite Angle review

Writing-Creating Slogans for Fall Festival Poster Contest.

Afternoon-Buddies & Pep Assembly

Upcoming events: Legos & Lollipops- TONIGHT!

10/29-Fall Festival 5-8-wear costumes, buy tickets early next week Monday-Friday 7:30-2:00-3 for $1 in the front office. 
                         *Have a great weekend! 

Thursday, 10/21/10

YEY! Mrs. Smith is back! Our teacher was pleasantly welcomed back by loads of hugs and fall break adventure stories. We began the day learning about synonyms and practiced using a thesaurus. We caught up with the latest news with our morning meeting where we discussed current events and optional, oral presentation fall break summaries. Our teacher showed us two websites that helped us learn about the places we are studying in geography and the places Mrs. Smith happened to be at during her fall break, London and Ireland. In math we are learning about angles (right, acute, obtuse, adjacent, vertical & opposite). In science, Mrs. Elena, our former UCAT from the University of Arizona taught us about the human body. We'll miss Miss Elena. ;-( but we are getting a new UCAT next week  :-)
Today was a short but great day. Our fifth grade class is learning a lot.
Homework: Don't forget to update your standards based reading logs, math study link, study for geography quiz, and finish any unfinished assignments.

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Update

Hi everyone! My family and I are on our way back to Tucson. Thank you for commenting on the last post. Ani, I haven't been able to post pictures because I had very limited access to Internet in Europe. It's very slow and expensive in most places there. Can't wait to see you all on Thursday. Continue to enjoy Mr. Matchett, behave and learn well. Cheers (they say that instead of goodbye in London). :-)

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