Week of January 28th

Valentine's for Veterans
We got together with our buddy class to make Valentine's for Veterans, which are donated to the VA Hospital in West Roxbury.

 

 

 

 



Science
Written by:Keith, Parsa ,Brien

• We read about plate tectonics and there are two types of plate tectonics, which are the continental plates and the ocean plates. Also we read about Pangea, which is when all the continents were together forming when big super continent.
• For both Tuesday and Wednesday we did the same thing. We made a pangea map. We colored and cut out pictures of what earth looked like 450 million years ago, 250 million years ago, 65 million years ago and today. We cut out the different continents and made Pangea.
• We talked about how the surface of the earth can change over time and it is a very slow change. This happens because the plate tectonics are moving around in the ground.
• Today we did the same states and capitals test we did in the beginning of the year.

Pangea Map

This is the earth model from last week. 

Reading
Written by: Stacey, kaitlyn, Liam

• On Monday we read the legend The Seventh Sister. We also read the Cherokee legend of how the milky way came to be. Later that day we compared the two stories.
• The next day we read three stories from three different cultures about how fire came to be.
• This Wednesday we read a myth and had to explain in writing what thing came to be.
• The next day we went on the Spaghetti Book Club website to explore book reviews and what made it good or bad
• At the end of the week we read more book reviews and made a chart of good vocabulary and that makes a good book review. We also talked about what makes a good book review so we know what to do when we write one.

Writing

Written by: Cassidy, Jack.C, Tommy

• On Monday, we did a question and answer session about the upcoming long comp. We also learned how to properly pick a good topic. Lastly, we made our revising and editing checklist on the back of the packet.
• Next, we learned how to plan a topic with space they give us.
• After that, we learned how to use binoculars in our writing. Binoculars means zooming in important details that may be happening in the background.
• The whole class practiced dialogue rules using the mimio.

Math
Written by: Amy, Paris

• We  learned  how to cut a rectangle into halves and fourths and worked with the fraction ½, ¼, and ⅛.
• On Tuesday, we practiced cutting rectangles into thirds and sixths and worked with the fraction ⅓ and ⅙.  We also practiced finding equivalent fractions.
• We learned how to find fractions of a group. That would be finding ¾ of 24.
• On Thursday and Friday, we used 5 x 12 rectangles and practiced finding different fractions on it. We also solved story problems about fractions. We also started working on adding fractions up to 1.