Ag in the Classroom

Mrs. Clodfelter visited our classroom yesterday to talk about growing vegetables.  She read a book to us, and talked about hydroponics.  The students had an opportunity to create a "garden in a glove" where they started germinating corn, pea, cucumber, radish, and carrot seeds.  We just love it when she visits!

Lessons & Assignments Thursday, April 7th

Language Arts - None - We worked on our informative writing assessment today.

Math - parcc practice worksheet - We learned about how to find the area of objects today.

Science - None - We had Ag in the Classroom today.

Social Studies - None - We read a Scholastic News article on bugs today.

Lessons & Assignments Wednesday, April 6th

Language Arts - None - We finished up our Earth Day posters, read for AR, and took a quarterly assessment.

Math - ws 35-36 - We completed lesson 11.3 today on finding an unknown side.  We used toothpicks today to create models, and find the unknown side lengths.

Science - None - We read about electromagnets and generators today.

Social Studies - None - We used our social studies time today to review multiplication facts.

Sorting with Magnets

We've been talking about magnets and electricity in science, and today we used magnets to help us sort objects.  The students had to sort paperclips and plastic beads by hand, and then again using a magnet.  The sort was timed, and our data was recorded in our science journals.

Lessons & Assignments Tuesday, April 5th

Language Arts - None - We practiced our Earth Day speeches today, and made posters with Earth Day tips.

Math - None - We finished lesson 11.2 on finding the perimeter of an object.

Science - None - We did a lab activity where we used magnets to sort objects.

Social Studies - None - We used our social studies time to catch up on corrections, recite our skip counting, and have our Star of the Week presentation.

Star of the Week

Ethan is our Star of the Week this week.

Lessons & Assignments Monday, April 4th

Language Arts - None - We started working on outlines for speeches on our Earth Day research.

Math - worksheet 29-30 - We started chapter 11 today on area and perimeter.  Lesson 11.1 focused on modeling perimeter.  We used grid paper, dot paper, and the GeoBoard app on the iPads to practice modeling perimeter.

Science - None - We read about magnets today, and how the opposite poles repel one another.

Social Studies - None - We played base 10 bingo today to review basic math skills.

Reminder:  March reading logs due tomorrow!