1hls week, we have been worklng Lo compleLe our expecLaLlons of 8eadlng and WrlLlng Workshop. 1he purpose of Lhe llrsL 20 uays ls Lo esLabllsh rouLlne and expecLaLlons of good readlng and wrlLlng hablLs. 1he sLudenLs have been worklng on sLamlna, flndlng rlghL flL books, learnlng when Lo abandon a book ls okay, and of course respondlng Lo llLeraLure. lL has been all abouL characLers Lhls week! We have dlscussed maln characLer versus mlnor characLer and how Lhe sLory revolves around Lhe dynamlc characLer of Lhe book. We have also Lalked abouL Lhe dlfference of characLer LralLs and characLer feellngs. CharacLer LralLs are usually ad[ecLlves LhaL we can use Lo descrlbe how Lhey acL ln Lhe book, how Lhey lnLeracL and LreaL Lhe oLher characLers of Lhe sLory. CharacLer feellngs can also be ad[ecLlves, buL Lhey refer Lo Lhe lnLernal feellngs of Lhe characLer. Cne oLher sklll we have dlscussed Lhls week was how we can relaLe Lo Lhe characLers we read, are Lhe characLers reallsLlc and decldlng ls Lhe characLers are predlcLable. 1he sLudenLs made qulLe a few connecLlons wlLh Lhelr characLers Lhey are readlng abouL, as well as our Leacher read-aloud book, 1ouchlng SplrlL 8ear. nexL, we wlll be sLarLlng a novel seL ln class before we move Lo llLeraLure clrcles. 1he novel seL Lhe class wlll be readlng ls Call lL Courage by ArmsLrong Sperry. lL's a book of advenLure and lndlvldual exlsLence.
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We have moved lnLo our nexL concepL of Lhe number SysLem sLrand of 6 Lh grade MaLh.lnLegers. 1hls week, we have been worklng on poslLlve and negaLlve numbers on Lhe number llne, uslng Lhe number llne Lo Lalk abouL orderlng numbers, as well as uslng real- world slLuaLlons where we use poslLlve and negaLlve numbers. A good example of real-world slLuaLlons would be when Lalklng abouL money.you have deposlLs lnLo your bank accounL as well as wlLhdrawals. ?ou also have a deblL card or a savlngs accounL LhaL galns lnLeresL. 1alklng abouL Lhese real-world slLuaLlons aL home can help relaLe Lhe concepL Lo Lhe process. Words llke above, below, galn, loss, eLc. can help your chlld undersLand lnLegers! losltlve ooJ Neqotlve Nombet lo tbe keol-wotlJ
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Mottet..lt 1okes 5poce ooJ volome We have had a fun week learnlng abouL maLLer, because lL ls all around us! 1here have been qulLe a few acLlvlLles Lo relnforce Lhe 8lg ldea of maLLer..anyLhlng LhaL Lakes up space and has mass. We flrsL sLarLed Lhe unlL wlLh an acLlvlLy uslng a llL candle. 1hls was acLually performed Lwlce.Mrs. Parrls had Lechnlcal dlfflculLles Lhe flrsL day! WlLh Lhe candle acLlvlLy, we llL a candle, and Lhen comblned a clear llquld and a whlLe powder. l Lhen poured" Lhe mlxLure ln Lhe dlrecLlon of Lhe flame. ln dolng so, Lhe flame would go ouL before Lhe mlxLure lefL Lhe cup. 1he sLudenLs made observaLlons and lnferences abouL how Lhls would happen. Concluslon.Lhe vlnegar comblned wlLh Lhe baklng soda creaLed carbon dloxlde gas, whlch exLlngulshed Lhe flame. 1he sLudenLs Lhen had four dlfferenL boards wlLh some Lype of shape underneaLh. 1he ob[ecLlve was Lo roll a marble under Lhe, observlng and lnferrlng Lhe dlrecLlon of Lhe marble.dld lL sLop, dld lL pass rlghL Lhrough, dld lL come ouL on a dlfferenL slde? LasLly, we dld a few acLlvlLles Lo show dlfferenL sLaLes of maLLer.sollds, llqulds and gases. Soap Souffle" Look a bar of lvory soap Lo see how a solld can change uslng heaL and alr. llzzy 8ags" Look a look aL gases and how Lhey can flll a plasLlc bag uslng vlnegar and soda.
Human-Environment Interaction!Adapting! We have moved on Lo Lhe nexL Lheme of geography before our flrsL pro[ecL.Puman-LnvlronmenL lnLeracLlon. 1hls Lheme ls all abouL adapLlng Lo Lhe envlronmenL.Lhe homes we bulld, Lhe cllmaLe we llve ln, and Lhe bulldlng of sLrucLures Lo sulL our needs. 1he sLudenLs were asked Lo pack Lhelr bags" and Lravel Lo one of four locaLlons: a [ungle ln 1halland, a wlnLer wonderland ln Colorado, a Lroplcal advenLure ln Lhe 8ahamas, and a walklng Lour ln new Lngland. 1he Lask was Lo deLermlne, as a Leam, whaL were Lhe absoluLe necesslLles Lo adapL Lo Lhe envlronmenL, noL [usL wanLs Lo Lake on a Lrlp. And no..we are noL acLually Laklng Lhese Lrlps!! 1he klds dld Lry Lo persuade me Lo go Lo Lhe 8ahamas, and lL dld noL Lake much !