Think Pink!

On February 25, we wore pink to show our support against bullying.

 

 

 

For a group activity, I randomly picked for students to write a poem from the point of view of the bully, the bystander, and the bullied. These turned out to be very powerful. If you have chance, please stop by and read these poems! They are located on the way to the cafeteria. 

Research and Blendspace

We have been learning about research writing and nonfiction text structures. We are combining those two objectives for our next project. We have started our research over our chosen biography. We are keeping all of our data and research on our blendspace site. Blendspace is a great site to use for keeping all of your information in on spot. Ask your student to see their blendspace site!

Mixtures and Solutions Investigation

We have been working on learning the basic vocabulary of matter this week. After we learned about matter, mass, volume, etc...we moved on to mixtures and solutions. We did a great job on discovering what is a mixture and what is a solution. We used three types of matter; gravel, a powder, and salt to see what would happen when a solid was mixed with a liquid.

Interactive Jamestown Site

We have been learning about Spanish, French, English, and Dutch settlements in North America. We have recently been discussing Jamestown. I am including a great site that will link you to a Jamestown interactive adventure.

 Jamestown Site

Have fun exploring!

State Road Trip

We have been on a road trip across the United States! Our first trip was to Wisconsin where we learned about why it is called The Badger State and what a cheese head is!  We then ventured to South Dakota and to Oklahoma.  In Oklahoma, we learned that the capital building in Oklahoma City is the only capital building in the world to sit on top of an oil well!  We had Oklahoma Dirt Pudding to represent the oil (Oreos).  Today we went to Ohio where we learned that Tomato Juice is the state drink!  The class couldn't believe that something that tasted so horrible ( in their words) could be a state drink!  We also learned that Ohio is home to the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and seven United States Presidents are from that state!  We can't wait to see what state we visit next!

Oklahoma! 

Tomato Juice- The state drink of Ohio!

The Hour Of Code

Today we participated in the Hour of Code. This is where we worked on computer programs by learning about codes to create a computer game. The activity can be found at: http://www.code.avengers.com . You can click the link to check out the activity that we completed!

State Practice!

He are beginning to learn the states and capitals of our country. I am listing some links below to help!  These are great practices to review the states!

http://mrnussbaum.com/cstates-play- This is an interactive United States map where you find the states in one minute. How many can you name in one minute?

http://mrnussbaum.com/ameriquake-play- This is another interactive map of the United States, and you need to match the state name to the correct state on the map.

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/CapitalUnitedStates.html- State and capital quiz