Tuesday April 25, 2017

Happy Tuesday everyone!

     We have been having a great and productive day together. After our meditation I handed out extra assignment book pages and we got organized by writing down important dates and looking at what we need to finish by the end of May. 

     Afterwards I presented the students with our idiom of the day which we talked about and then moved on to our Poetry unit. It's nice that they are so excited about this unit! We reviewed figurative language and then I introduced today's poem type which were alphabet alliteration poems. We wrote a hilarious one together and then students had a fun time utilizing all of the vivid verbs and awesome adjectives posted around the classroom to create wild and crazy poems. We enjoyed sharing them with each other at the end of class.

    During Science we moved on to our next lesson about states of water. In Math class we reviewed our mean, median, mode, and range knowledge as we moved on to line plots. In Social Studies we continued to talk about McCarthyism and the Red Scare. At the end of the day Fiona presented her Step into Biography History Project. What a cute Alexander Graham Bell she makes!

HOMEWORK:

*Type up your alphabet alliteration poem on your Poetry Google Doc and add five letters

IXL:

***I am still waiting for several students' IXL Language challenges to be completed.

*Math focus skill: V.4 mean, median, mode, and range


*Practice your invention convention presentation

a)Introduce yourself and your invention name and slogan

b) Explain the problem that motivated you to do invent 

c) Explain your invention, what it's made of, and how you built it (briefly, do not bore the judges explaining every piece of tape you put on your invention!)

d) Reflection and Justification

e) Thank you for listening, are there any questions

SMILE, RELAX, AND ENJOY THE PROCESS! 

Invention Convention Schedule:

Wednesday April 26, 2017

12:45-1:30 Grade 4 Set up in the gym

1:30-2:15 Grade 4 Presentations for judges (parents are welcome to come and watch)

Thursday April 27, 2017

12:45-2:45 Displays are up for viewing in the gym

12:45-1:45 Grades 4-8 will visit grades 1-3 in the cafeteria

2:45-3:30 Announcements and awards will take place in the gym

The idiom of the day is a dime a dozen!