Classwork: November 30th

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Hello December!

Writing

Thanksgiving Reflection (informal)

Rough Draft Humans and the Environment (5 paragraphs comparing and contrasting two indigenous cultures)

DGP 7

Reading

Read Chapter 2 from Social Studies Alive!

Create a Flow Map with the major events and the key details from Chapter 2.

Math

 Groupwork 2.4 (due Wed) and 2.5 (due Fri)

Problem of the week: Art Transormation

PART ONE

Create a piece of art on a coordinate plane.

Use only one triangle.

Make at least eight copies of the original triangle. 

For four of these copies, flip each shape in a different dirrection.

For the other four copies, glide each shape in a different dirrection.

PART TWO

Write down the coordinates for two of the triangles AND describe the process of transformation.

Handwriting

6 *'s are due

Art

8 faces

Classwork: November 23rd

Happy Thanksgiving!
Wow.
November is pretty much over.
And so is our unit on Earth History.  Thank you to those of you who came and visited our Rock Museums.  Many kids brought in their rock collections and we did our best to make igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic "Rocks" our of crayons.  Fun!  We also enjoyed root-beer floats, thanks to Dwija, our reading challenge winner.

So...

We are starting our next unit, "Humans and the Environment."

For this unit, students are researching two indigenous cultures: one from North America; and one from around the world.

They are finding sources this week with a set of notes (they have a handout) due by December 4th.
Rough drafts are due December 11th with final drafts following by 18th.

We will have another World Culture Celebration on the 18th (our last day before break).


Matt

Assignments: Nov. 16th 2015

Reading:
Compare and contrast-fossils and crystals articles
Take notes in double bubble [due on 11/21/1]

work of Nov. 9th

Era Poster
Students are working in groups to put the plants and animals on their poster depicting different geological eras.

R- "Weirdest Wonders"
Students are reading an article from National Geographic Explorer and drawing a double-bubble map comparing and contrasting two geological features mentioned in the article.

R-10 Vocabulary words
Students are finishing the second batch of geology vocabulary from their "Earth History" unit.

POW:Baseball Box
Table groups are making a poster to answer this problem:
What is the smallest size of box (surface area) to hold 48 baseballs (each baseball is one unit cubed)?

GW-1.5 + 1.6
Groupwork 1.5 and 1.6 are choice pieces that students select using their pretest reflection sheet.  This can be their post-test.  Most students are finished with unit one and their post-test.  Fourth graders are doing some fifth grade work while the fifth graders finish up.

Jelloquakes
This is a science lab that explorers the effect of earthquakes on buildings.  We build "Jenga" towers on plates full of Jello.

ROL of life
We have been reading about evolution during our read aloud.  Students are taking notes on what they hear and writing reflections for each chapter in their reading journal.

W- Authors Night
Next Thursday (Nov. 19th, from 6pm-7pm) is the 7th Annual HAP Authors' Night.  Students have selected which piece to read and have been editing, revising, and finishing a final draft.

DGP #4
We started this one last week, but ran out of time and pushed it to this week.

Classwork: Nov. 2nd

Reading-  Fossil map:
read "Fossil Facts" in National Geographic Explorer
draw a bubble map that shows the structure of the article

Science:
Pick 5 Vocabulary words from Earth History unit to define and illustrate.
Stream Table: experiment on Friday; handout finished in class
R.O.L of Life: take notes in your reading journal on the read aloud.

Math- P.O.W Solid Size
Pick three of the lettered solid cards (in class).  Determine the volume and illustrate how you calculated each one.

Math Group Work #3 and #4 of Unit 1  (aka. MG 1.3 and MG 1.4)
Students use their pre-test data to set goals for themselves.  Then, they work  in small groups and agree on problem sets from the Bridges curriculum to work on those goals.

DGP #4

Work for the week of October 26th

 DGP 3 Due: Friday
More of our daily grammar.


 Bubble Maps x2 Due: Friday
We are practicing pre-writes without actually having to do the writing.  Do two bubble maps for your choice of game-related topics.


 Build a Mtn. Due: Friday
We are conducting the "Build a Mountain" lab on Tuesday.  These are the handouts that are involved.

 Poster Background Due: Friday
Table groups are working together to create a background for their geological era project.  The next step will be to draw pictures of plants and animals on index cards to cut out and put on the poster.

 Reading Journal Due: Friday
Students will do a reading entry for every chapter they read at home.  They should read 15-20 (every day) minutes every day.

 Math: POW Cubes Due: Friday
What is the volume of the first ten cubes in this sequence:  (1x1x1); (2x2x2); (3x3x3)...

 Math Assignment #2 Due: Friday
4th graders: pg. 7 and pg. 11
5th graders: pg. 3-4.

CONFERENCES!

Classwork October 19

Lava Lake: 9 Main Ideas
Read "Lessons in Lava" and write down the main idea of each of the nine sections.

Vignette #2 RD
Make a "hand" prewrite (focus on description).
Write a one page description of your favorite place in Port Townsend.

3rd Art Project
We have done 1) earth core drawing.  We are finishing up 2) Pangea.  Now kids have a choice of which art projects to do for our Earth History Unit (check out the link to the right for more details).

Era Worksheet
We are beginning a mural project where students explore the different eras of geological time.  We will be making posters and kids will add plants and animals from each era.

Watershed Diagram
We are doing a brief demonstration where kids will draw a cross-section of a valley to show that they understand the concept of a watershed.

DGP week 1 + 2
We are on week two of Daily Grammar Practice. 

X tricks math
We have been talking about strategies for mastering the basic multiplication facts.

1st pages
After taking the pretest for unit 1, students will be identifying learning goals.  Then, working in groups, they will select work from their Bridges workbooks that target those goals.  The pages will differ, depending on the group.