Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Tremendous Tuesday!

Parents we need empty Kleenex boxes for an activity we are doing next week. If you have one, please recycle and bring them in for us to use. J

Bake Sale Wednesday and Thursday. All the money we collect will be used for a PA system and audio books! 

Casual Day is on Thursday.

Macbeth tickets are on sale! All the money collected will go to our SJA Science program!

We began the day having art with Mr. Monaghan. We discussed what kinds of instruments we would like to learn and why. We also played a game making sound effects.

During UOI we did a fun experiment that helped us learn the important job that a fulcrum has on a lever. The fulcrum is what allows the lever to move and do it’s job. We used a cube, triangular prism, and a sphere to see which shape fulcrum could hold a load. We first made our predictions and then performed our experiment. We noticed that the sphere could not even hold the ruler so it could not hold a load. The cube was able to hold a load but it made everything level. The triangular prism worked like a sea saw and was able to hold a load.

During math we inquired into conducting surveys. We first discussed what the main parts are of a bar graph are (title, labels, numbers). We then talked about the steps that we would take when conducting a survey:

1.     Choose a question

2.     Decide how to collect your data

3.     Ask each person your question

4.     Tally the results

5.     Make a bar graph

Then we use the bar graph to explain what kind of information it is giving us.

Each student then came up with their own question and went to survey students in other classrooms making sure to tally their results. They made a bar graph (including all the important parts: title, numbers, and labels) and answered questions about their tally and bar graph.

After first recess and lunch students had French. After, we took our SJA panoramic photo.

When students returned, they wrote their homework in their agendas and then practiced their poems with a partner. They also explained their poems to their partners and any unknown words.

After second recess and lunch, students continued writing their letter to Hong Kong.

At the end of the day, we practiced Read to Self. We made sure that we were quiet, we stayed in one spot, and that we read each “just right” book three different ways (read the pictures, read the story, and retell the story). Students were able to read for 10 minutes with few interruptions. We will keep practicing so that we are able to read for a whole 10 minutes without any interruptions. Great job!!

Homework:

1.     Read for 20 minutes

2.     Read poem with enunciation, feeling, and volume

3.     Sign Summative

4.     Bake Sale Wednesday and Thursday

5.     Casual Day Thursday