Week of August 20th

Our focus this week:

Language Arts

Math-Divisibility 

Geography

Science

Brain Based Learning

MARS  KBears

*Upcoming Events: School Fundraiser at DQ-Tuesday 8/28th*

Welcome 2012-2013 fifth graders!

Mars in the Computer Lab

Task Options:
1. Use Microsoft Word to type a fantasy story about living on Mars. Story must include at least three vocabulary words from your science notes.

2. Use Microsoft Word to type your MARS class notes and add more words, with definitions, useful websites (with a description) & facts. 

SCIENCE: Let's begin the year by exploring MARS, which will help prepare us for STAR BASE!  
Live Satellite Tracking-http://www.n2yo.com/ 
NASA'S Curiosity Rover
Mars Science Lab
Space X
Mission to Mars
Fun Zone
SCIENCE/PSYCHOLOGY: How does your brain learn? Are you right, left or middle brained?
GEOGRAPHY: 5 Themes, oceans, continents & understanding geography to scale; community, county, city, state, country, & continent.
MATH: Multiplication, division and factors
LANGUAGE ARTS: Story elements, genre focus on fables, poetry, theme & moral
We're off to a FANTASTIC YEAR!

Metro de Paris

Second oldest metro in the world after London!

'The Iron Lady'

La Tour Eiffel aka Eiffel Tower

In Brussels, Belgium for a month! Great city. Back when school begins in August! Great to hear from former students. Thanks for the kind comments and e-mails! :-) enjoy summer!

Hi!

I hope you are all having a great summer! My family and I were in Aruba for a beach vacation/sea turtle hatching season. Unfortunately, they didn't hatch while we were there, but the good news is, turtle hatching in Florida is record breaking this year! Yay!
Now we are off to Brussels, Belgium and Ireland until the new school year begins. How is your summer?I'd love to hear all about it! comment below:
:-)

Aruba

Plastic washing up from the ocean

If you love science......

 

Follow the remarkable journey as space exploration advances via SPACE X 

Create and problem solve how to either prevent your rocket from crashing, or the best way to cause it to crash and make the biggest impact. Kerbal Space Game

*Not too early to think about science projects! Check out: Bridge to Science