Saturday, February 4, 2017

Week of 1/30-2/3

Happy weekend to all of you!

Report cards went home yesterday.  Make sure to look it over with your child.  Here's a little of what we did this week.  Also, you can find important dates that are coming up.  Thanks!

*Math:
  •   Continued working on our bakery project (adding and subtracting fractions)
  • Reviewed for and took our unit test on Wednesday
  • Took a pre-assessment for our upcoming unit (multiplying and dividing fractions)

*Literacy:
  • Used MixBooks to begin bringing our nonfiction research reports to life
  • I will be doing a bulk purchase for those of you who are interested next week.  I will send an email home with the price that the book will cost.  They typically are anywhere from $10-$15 dollars depending on the number of pages. 
*Social Studies:
  • Completed scripts/pictures for colony presentations
  • Presented live infomercials to the class on Thursday
*Science:
  • Explored different types engineers, what engineers do, what characteristics engineers need to have and the process they go through
  • Explored the PMI rating to assess various objects in the classroom
  • Visited four different engineering centers: marking & cutting, joining, sketching and strengthening
  • Began brainstorming everyday objects that groups could redesign for their Shark Tank pitch
*Important Information:
  • A class Valentine's Celebration will take on February 14th
  • Early Release: February 15th
  • Puberty Talk with Nurse Lily: February 16th and 17th
  • Author of Luck Uglies, Paul Durham visits on Tuesday, February 21st
  • Shark Tank Presentations: Wednesday, February 22nd
  • Museum of Science visits: Friday, February 24th
  • Winter Break, 2/27-3/3

*Buddy Stem Challenge (Pictures Below): Given a bag of random supplies, each buddy pair/trio was asked to create a bicycle.  Check out their creations!






Pairs matching inventors with their invention and date of creation

Students working in pairs with the PMI scale
P = + (pluses) M = - (minuses) I = improvements




Engineering Stations


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