Weight Watching ~ Investigation 2

Students are learning the metric system for the next couple of weeks.

• Discover the need for a standard unit for measuring mass.
• Learn the metric standard for measuring mass: the gram.
• Use a balance to determine and compare the mass of objects
• Gain experience estimating mass.
• Use scientific thinking process to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communication, comparing, and organizing.  Foss Web

Students were in five groups. They used the sheet called, "Steps for Weighing an Object," ~ to show what they know about the steps needed to weigh an object.

1. Then put the object to be weighed in one cup on the balance. (Paper Clips)
2. Count the number of grams needed to balance the object.
3. Then, record your findings. 
4. Next time, they will weigh different size paper clips, wood square, washer, and plastic chip.

[3] MEA-4 selecting an appropriate unit of English, metric, or non-standard measurement to estimate the length, time, weight, or temperature (M2.1.3)

Area

Area is the space inside a shape. We multiply rows by square units to find area.
Practice finding the area.

How many rows? _______
How many squares units in each row? _______
What is 4 X 3 ? _______
The area is _______

What is the area of a square that is 3 X 3? _______

[3] G-6 estimating or determining area or perimeter of rectangular or square shapes on grids (M5.1.4)

Symmetry and Congruence

Symmetry: A figure has symmetry it it can be folded along a line so that the two halves match exactly.

Symmetry All Around

The reflection has symmetry but the water distorts the image.

• George Washington is on the right.
• Turn the picture around.
• Can you see difference? 

Congruent Figures: Figures that have the same size and shape.
Can You Find the Line of Symmetry?

[3] G-3 identifying, creating, or drawing lines of symmetry for real-world objects (e.g., block letters, flags, insects) (M5.1.3)

 

Angles and Triangles

Angles, Acute, Right, Obtuse 
The size of an angle is the amount of rotation, turn, from one size to the other. Watch the Brainpop Angles
Right Angle Sort

Accelerater Reader

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Can I take an AR Test?

What is accelerated reading?

It is a computer program that helps manage and monitor student's independent reading. They select a book at their "Just Right" reading level and read at their own pace.
Finally, students may take an AR Test in the classroom or the computer lab.

Five Finger Rule:

1. Open a your book to any page.
2. Begin reading.
3. Each time you come to a word you don't know, hold up 1 finger.
4. Check to see how many fingers you are holding up.

Too Easy: 0 - 1 fingers
Just Right: 2 - 3 fingers

Too Hard: 4 - 5 fingers

Reading Practice Quizzes

The purpose of these quizzes is to determine whether you read the book.

Literacy Skills Quizzes

Questions are radomly generated from a 36- or 60-item bank resulting in 12 or 24 questions.

iBook

Student's will begin the iBook Journey this week. 

Lesson one: They observed how the iBook is structured. They set a book mark and reviewed Skinny Bones Using Parts of the Book to observe

1. How the table of contents are organized?
2. How many total pages are in the book?
3. How many chapters does the book have?




Tap on highlighted text

  iBooks includes built-in Highlight and Note features. Highlight any word or passage of text within a book. You can also create a Note from your highlighted selection. Review your Highlights and Notes by tapping the Table of Contents button and then tapping Bookmarks. Highlights and Notes appear in their own section under Bookmarks.  



Dictionary.com

 Chapter One, Me and the Kid With the Wooden Nose pages 11-22 Use Dictionary.com to define the following vocabulary: frustrated, sifted, annoyed, ridiculous, and fib

When see the following text, before my mother got home. Highlight it and respond in a note: What did you have to do before your mom or dad came home?

I had to think fast. Basically, there were two ways of handling this situation. First, I could try to get her to laugh the whole thing off. If that failed, I would move on to Plan B: Blame it on Fluffy. Highlight and write your response: What would you do? 

Questions: Remember to use part of the question for your answer.

1. What did Alex tell his mom about the Kitty Fritters all over the kitchen floor?
2. Why does he do this?
3. Does she believe him?

Chapter Two: Showin' and Telling' pages 23-31 Use Dictionary.com to define the following vocabulary: panicked, motioned

Questions: Remember to use part of the question for your answer.

1. How would you describe Alex's personality?
2. Why do you think Alex likes to make people laugh?

Complete the packet for chapters 1-2

Chapter Three: 

Reekin' and Stinkin' and a Littie Do-Si-Do pages 32-42 Use Dictionary.com to define the following vocabulary: promenade, sportsmanship, figured, and applause

Questions: Remember to use part of the question for your answer.

Student's are writing Thick Questions for chapter three. What if . . .?   How did . . . ?   Why did . . .?

What would happen if . . .?   What caused . . .?   What might . . .?   How would you feel if you . . .?   What character traits describe ____________?   Why do you think . . .?   Why is . . .?

1. Do you think that Alex secretly wishes that he and TJ were friends?
2. Why didn't Alex want to get the Most Improved Player award again?

Adding a summary.

Chapter Four: 
They're Magically Delicious pages 23-27

Highlight the vocabulary: leprechaun, frustration, satisfied, absolutely, announced, and circulation and the write the definition on packet.

1. Tap on highlighted tex

Chapter 4: They're Magically Delicious ~ What food is delicious to you? Write in on notes.

1. Last page of chapter 4: Write a 3-5 sentence summary using notes.
2. What is the main idea of Chapter Four? Be sure to include important details to support your answer. Support should be taken from the text. Individual or Partner work.

Chapter Five: Has Anyone Seen My Velvet Pillow?  pages 54-61
Chapter Six: All Wound Up and Nowhere to Throw  pages 62-81
Chapter Seven: Hard-Boiled Egghead  pages 82-98
Chapter Eight: A Faceful of Flakes  pages 99-108
Chapter Nine: Losers Play Ball . . . Film at Eleven  pages 109-117
Chapter Ten: Who's on Second?  pages 118-140
Chapter Eleven: Wake Me When I'm Grown  pages 141-150
Chapter Twelve: Who Would Have Thunk it?  pages 151-174

This site has iBook Lessons

Geometry- Line Segments, Solids

Lines, Line Segments, and Quadrilaterals  khanacademy Lines, Line Segments, & Rays video; practice

Point, line, line segment, and a ray.

Find the prerimeter of triangles, parallelograms, squares, and rectangles

Geometric Solids

Geometric Solids This tool allows you to learn about various geometric solids and their properties. You can manipulate and color each shape to explore the number of faces, edges, and vertices, and you can also use this tool to investigate the following question: For any polyhedron, what is the relationship between the number of faces, vertices, and edges? What other questions can this tool help you answer?

Geometric Solids This tool allows you to learn about various geometric solids and their properties. You can manipulate and color each shape to explore the number of faces, edges, and vertices, and you can also use this tool to investigate the following question:

For any polyhedron, what is the relationship between the number of faces, vertices, and edges?

What other questions can this tool help you answer?

Weekly Update

Why are we adding such detail? One of our third grade student's is out for a bit. (We miss you!) It was good to hear your voice. Your homework plans have been faxed.

1.  Home Reading Log record 4 summaries or reflections.
2. Spelling Contract is on our Blog:
3. Spelling list on Spelling City.com Pretest: Monday in class, students rewrite each missed spelling word and bring home the quiz with a spelling contract. Remember to practice your Missing words.Ask a friend or relative to read you work to make sure that all words are correct and sentences make sense. Each spelling word must be underlined each time it appears. Choose 4 activities and complete by Friday: 
4. Writing Assignments are on the Blog

Ferry Terminal

We are writing about the recent Cold Weather (We had unusual cold temperatures, it dropped to 2 degrees)

StepUpToWriting Steps. It's an organizational tool. (Step Up Reference Sheet.pdf)
Students used colored strips of paper to organize their paragraph.

Green Strip: Write a topic sentence.

Yellow Strip: Give a reason, detail or fact. Use a transition.

Red Strip: Explain, Give an example.

Green Strip: Remind the reader of your topic.

Then students will use  Page 22 to write their paragraph

They used one of the following hooks for their topic sentence

• Dialogue  "Remember you hat and gloves," said Mom.
•  A question     How did it get so cold?
• A vivid description    You can see the snow sparkling in the sun.
•  An interesting fact    We are about to break a record!  In 1946 the temperatures dipped to -4.
•  Sound effect   Woosh, Brrr, 

Geometry ~ Perimeter

Student's helping each other.

If you wanted to measure the perimeter of this parallelogram, would you have to measure all four sides?

Assignment: Draw three different parallelograms
and rectangles on the centimeter grid paper.
Measure the perimeter of each shape.
Show you math thinking and write a number sentence.
Example  4 + 4 = 8,  2 + 2 = 4 (Then record the total and label your answer) 8 + 4 = 12 cm
[3] G-6 estimating or determining area or perimeter of rectangular or square shapes on grids (M5.1.4)

Measuring by cm

Measurement using the Foss Kits

Optical Illusion

Investigation 1:
Students will discover the need for a standard unit for measuring distance.
Learn the metric standard for measuring distance: the Meter.
1 meter = 3 feet
1 meter = 39. 37 inches
Learned the subunit for measuring short distances: the centimeter.
Did you know its 16.5 nauticlal miles from Metlakatla to Ketchikan  (1 nautical mile = 1,852 meters)

Was that 44 or 45?

• Students made a paper meter tapes and used them to measure length and distance.
• Measured and compared body dimensions.  

[3] MEA-4 selecting an appropriate unit of English, metric, or non-standard measurement to estimate the length, time, weight, or temperature (M2.1.3)

Visitor from Kansas

We have a flat person from Langdon, KS visiting our class. Her class read the Book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. In that book, Stanley became flat when a bulletin board fell on him. He got to take many adventures because his parents could sent him places through the mail.

• Can you see her in the picture? She's visiting a  few days. Then she'll be onto her next destination.

  

  Traveling by ferry to Alaska.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. liked to read books with big words. Try making big words with the following.

My Big Words

"I have a dream."

I Have a Dream Speech (Short)




I wonder what big words the author discovered?

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read about Martin King and how he liked big to read big words. I wonder what big words the author Doreen Rappaport shared in the book. Are they BIG words or IMPORTANT words?


David A. Boxley and David R. Boxley Jr.

Listening to David A. Boxley Live!

• Student's read a newspaper article  Museum Gets Totem Pole in the Washington Post 

• They listed details from the article that answer the five Ws.
• Then they wrote a summary.  [3] 1.4.2 Restating information after reading a text or identifying accurate restatements
• Finally they drew a picture to illustrate the summary by using the iPad. They found photos of David's carving and selected their favorite one.

We watched David Boxley and David Boxley Jr. Live. They were carving and painting the 22 foot totem pole. Mrs. Brooks wrote a text to Mr. Boxley that we were watching them carve. They both waved back in real time. It was exciting!

David R. Boxley Live

We watched the Native Dance Live: The Git-Hoan Dancers perform. They have beautiful masks and tell stories with humor. We watched the Mosquito Story.

Saturday, January 14, 2012 | 12 – 1 PM EST

The museum welcomes Tsimshian carver David Boxley and his son David Boxley Jr. for the official unveiling of a specially commissioned, 22-foot-high totem pole that will be permanently installed in the museum's Potomac Atrium. See Webcasts

The Mosquito Story

iPad Instruction

Mrs. Bobo gives "Pages" instruction.

Mrs. Cheryl Bobo , M.Ed. Educational Technology

Technology Director gave student's an iPad Lesson.

Student's were taught how to use the App Pages



We're changing the text!

Copy and Paste from Wikipedia

1. They copied 5-6 wolf photos (Images) from Google.
2. Then placed the photos in a Visual Report (Template).
3.  After that, they located wolf facts from the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and copied a few facts.
4. Then they pasted the information in the template.
5. Now, they are rewriting in their "own" words

[.3] 1.4.1 Rearranging and/or adding supporting details to improve clarity

We learned how to lock the screen, about the home button, taking photos, and placing music in a slide show
A student shared, we learned to lock the screen so it doesn't move. Because the screen keeps moving. How? Press the home button twice and then look for a  button with an arrow circle and press on it. It will say landscaped locked. Also, if you press again it will say operation unlocked. 

• We discovered additional wolf stories like the Lone Wolf (See in the Wolf Research section) named Journey
• Mrs. Brooks friend shared Dave Person's Research on Prince of Whales (See research section)

You can choose from 16 Apple-designed templates and styles to instantly create beautiful letters, reports, flyers, cards, and posters.

Customize your document with the colors, fonts, and textures you like.

[3] 1.1.2 Writing a paragraph on a single topic with two or more supporting details

Multiplication

What was that number?

Three dice add a challenge.

Student's began the Zero Property for Multiplication:

The property which states that the product of zero and any number is zero

Property of One for Multiplication:

The property which states that the product of any number and 1 is that number

Here is a simple way to multiply by Nines ~ using your fingers
Vocabulary 
You can practice your facts at   Multiplication.com
You can try the most popular games: Gone Crazy, Fish Shop, or Grand Prix

A student shared, Me and my friend played Grand Prix on multiplication.com. We played each other. I won a few times and so did he. How? Because I put my name on Create Player and login in. You can Join a Game.
Up to 4 players can play at once. To begin the game, you need to either create a new game for your friends to join, or you can join a game that was created by a friend.
Multiplication by Sets           Times Table

You need 24 ladybugs.