The cost is $1 each day to participate. Monday-Carnival BuddiesTwin Day: Dress like your friend(s) to double up on cancer. Tuesday-"Clowning Around"Dress wild and crazy! Mismatched socks, funky hairstyle, funky hats, etc. Wednesday-Camo CarnivalMake sure cancer can't find us! Dress in camo from head to toe! Thursday-Pajama DayWear your pj's and dream up a cure for cancer! Friday-Under the Big Top!"Top it off" with hats and sunglasses.
Students have been using the ActivExpressions to review for tomorrow's math PASS test. Every time we do well on a question as a class, I randomly chose students who then have the opportunity to win prizes for themselves and their classmates. Students have been working hard to review for this week's PASS testing. We spent a lot of time in the science lab performing a variety of tasks. Students are definitely ready to rock this test! Science Lab Reviews:In the Classroom:We have also been reviewing by playing games in the classroom and using our activexpressions. Pass Relay:Today students worked in collaborative groups to solve this multi-step problem dealing with perimeter: (problem courtesy of Dr. Patty Smith) Jacob just got a little puppy from the Animal Shelter and named him Ben. The vet said that Ben needs a pen with an area of 24 square feet. Jacob needs to put a fence around Ben’s pen but doesn't have much money to buy the fencing, which is on sale for $8.00 per foot. Ben’s pen will be in the shape of a rectangle. He needs to get that pen made quickly as Ben is chewing up all the furniture inside the house! What does Jacob need to do? Directions: 1. Use the color tiles to model all the different pens you could make that are 24 square feet and rectangles. 2. Sketch each pen on graph paper and write the dimensions. 3. Figure out how many feet of fence you will need for each pen. 4. Compute the cost for the fence for each pen. 5. Which pen will cost you the least amount of money for fencing? 6. Which pen will cost you the most money? Students used 24 square inch tiles and graph paper to work out this problem. As a class, all possible pens were modeled (four total) by students, and the total amount of fencing and money needed were calculated correctly. I was especially proud of Dylan and Anastasia and want to give them a shout-out! They discovered a short-cut to creating the pens all by themselves and then were awesome enough to share with their classmates. Ben will be in his pen in no time thanks to the awesome thinkers in my classroom!! Students spent time today practicing the skill of symmetry as well as understanding the properties of different quadrilaterals through stations. This game will help you learn properties of quadrilaterals. You must be able to name a shape by it's properties as well as by sight. Click the picture below to practice by playing this game.
Black BearsStudents learned about overpopulation today. Each student became a black bear and all were living in the same forest. "Food" and "water" were scattered around, and students had to compete for the available resources. Out of both classes, only six bears were able to get enough food and water to survive. This activity demonstrates that too many organisms living in one area is impossible. When overpopulation occurs, weaker animals will either be killed or run off by stronger animals of the same species. GeosticksWe discovered the properties of the following five quadrilaterals today using Geo Sticks: parallelogram, trapezoid, rhombus, square, and rectangle. Students know a lot about geometry! I know they are going to do AWESOME on this unit. Students worked so incredibly hard today in math! I realized that they needed a little more practice with decimals, so instead of taking our unit test today, students spent two hours immersing themselves in decimals! Students compared decimals, found equivalent decimals, added decimals, named decimal fractions, models, and decimal numbers, and converted mixed numbers to mixed decimals and vice versa. Our unit test will be Wednesday. My students are now decimal pros, and I'm excited to see how they perform on their decimal test tomorrow! I know they'll do great! |