Marvelous Monday!
Actions Star:
Marcus went to the nursery with
his family and bought flowers, fruits, and vegetables!!!! He is helping the
bees, he is reducing energy because he won’t need to use a car to go to the
supermarket to buy fruits and vegetables and he is also reducing the packaging
used! Great Action Marcus!!!
Krina also did some planting
this weekend! She planted some flowers for the bees!!
We then had physical education with
Mr. Slyk.
We then continued our inquiry into
mass. We explored what would happen when we use different non-standard units of
measurement to balance the same items. We weighed a white board eraser and
white out using glue sticks, snap cubes, and markers. First we made our
predictions and then we weighed each object using a scale. We found out that it
would take less glue sticks to weigh each item because they are heavier while
the snap cubes are lighter and therefore we would need more of them. We also
found out that the white board eraser has more mass than the white out because
it took more of the glue sticks, markers, and snap cubes to make it balanced
with each non-standard unit of measurement. We then compared our estimates with
a friend.
Afterwards, we read “One Well- A
story of water on Earth.” While reading the book, we had various discussions
about where water comes from, the fact that there is a limited supply, and the
importance of keeping it clean and not wasting it. We also talked about various
ways that we can conserve water in order to protect our Earth; all living
things depend on water and therefore we need to protect it.
Action Star:
After first recess and lunch, Avaneesh
performed his action for this unit. He brought in a book titled, What if there
were no bees? And we learned just how important bees are to our survival.
We
learned Bees are a keystone species: “keystone species help make sure an
ecosystem has many types of life in it.” Bees are very important to the food
chain because the make honey and also help crops grow and survive. Many animals
are depended on honey (example: bears). Also, flowers and other plants couldn’t
make seeds without bees. Flowering bushes in nearby forests couldn’t grow
berries for birds. Soon, many mice, squirrels, and other small animals would
not have enough food to survive. With fewer small animals, larger animals would
be in trouble too. Foxes, owls, and other meat eaters would have a tougher time
finding food. Eventually we would run out of food and would not be able to
survive. Therefore we need to make sure that we are not polluting our
environment, not using chemicals and other pesticides on our crops, and
generally helping bees survive (example: growing gardens)
Avaneesh also brought in the
Honeybee life and he explained it the class.
We then worked in our unit 29
spelling words.
We were then off to French.
After second recess and lunch, we
worked on our Art’s Night performance.
At the end of the day, Joshua shared a game that he plays that has to deal with pollution and cleaning the pollution. Great Action Joshua!
Homework:
1. Read for 20 minutes
2.
In class spelling bee tomorrow
3.
Summative due May 24
4.
Spelling pg. 117-120
5.
Math test Wednesday
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