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Group 5 Shares Their Organizer

Jonathan discusses book situations & characters

9/21/10

Today:
1. Reading-LOTS of  nonfiction text & Brain Teaser Activities
2. Geography/Current Events- Student News for Kids
3. MAP testing for Math (pre-assessment)
4. Time For Kids
5. Continuous focus on our environment unit Build Your Own Creature!
6. Collaborative Group Activity Saving the Sea Turtles
7. Geography Locations Quiz
8. Emphasis on Study Skills-learning effective ways to study
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September 14th

Our class is becoming experts on the eight parts of speech. Yesterday was, "Pronoun Day", and today was "Adjective Day", both comparative/superlatives. Understanding these will help us become better writers.
We took the NWEA MAP test for reading, and then focused on number stories in math.
We read National Geographic Magazine for Kids and discussed the planet Mars. Students participated in virtual simulations on the SMART Board-Understanding the atomic Structure of Metal & the Phoenix Rover MARS Mission (UofA) project . We concluded the day with our MAP Quiz and progressed with our geography studies. What a full day!

2010-2011 School Year!: Remembering 9/ 11/01

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/world_trade.html/

Remembering September 11, 2001

Our class learned more about the history of September 11, 2001. We read and discussed a book called, The American Spirit. We wrote letters of appreciation to our local heroes. In addition, we also learned about the science behind the construction of the Twin Towers. 9/11 was a very sad day that most will never forget.

Geography Video Clip

Geography Review & Issues @ Yahoo! Video

SchoolTube - Between the Lions: Vowel Boot Camp: rip-ripe

SchoolTube - Between the Lions: Vowel Boot Camp: rip-ripe

Today, August 18th

Today was a day full of learning. Our class began with reading/writing,then morning meeting. We discussed current events and then www.cnn.com/studentnews/ went to library and checked out books for the first time this year.
Our class also reviewed genres, specifically, myths, folktales, fables, & faiytales. We also reviewed arrays, factors and products in math.
For geography, we worked in groups on continents posters. Each group will present their posters to the class on Friday afternoon. It was a good day.

Dancing Badly Around Walker School

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Beginning of the school year.

How does it feel to be a fifth grader?