Dark vs. Light

In Math Workshop, students used their number sense and understanding of fractions to place fractions on a number line.  Students' Unit 7 Assessment will be this Friday.  I will send home a review on Wednesday or Thursday. During workshop, I took a few pictures at our "Technology Station"-- there are some awesome apps and computer games out there for most math concepts covered in elementary school.  I've listed a few new ones below.  You can also find these in the "Educational Links" tab.

Math Games Online:

• Math Man: Fractions on a Number Line
• Animal Rescue: Fractions on a Number Line
• Matching: Fractions of a Set

Math Games Apps:

• Times Ninja Adventure: 
• The game has a Unique Intelligent Learning Engine that identifies what questions the player finds difficult to remember and asks these questions more often, until the player learns the correct answer. The learning engine will adapt to your child knowledge during the first 30 minutes of play – the longer the game is played the better is the adaptation to the player.

In Writers' Workshop, students learned how to add music to their book trailers.  Currently, we have MSA testing going on in the lab (5th grade Science testing).  The date of completion for trailers is pending due to testing.

In Readers' Workshop, students closely read a folk tale and used inferences to engage in dialogue regarding life lessons, theme, etc.

In Science, students explored seeds and their functions today.  Over the next few days, we will plant Lima bean seeds in a plastic baggie with a wet paper towel.  We will hang some on our windows (expose them to light) and the others will be in a closet (no light). We will use this experiment to determine the functions of a seed.  Ask you child: will the seed grow better in the light or dark?  Why do they think that?  Stay tuned for our observations, findings!

Homework: 

• Math homework (double-sided) due tomorrow
• Multiplication facts 0-11: 10-20 minutes
• Read: 20 minutes

Reminders:

• Unit 7 Math Assessment: Friday, April 17
• "Herr's" Permission Slip due: April 23.
• "Herr's" Field Trip:  April 29, 10-:00-3:00.
• Missing classroom books: 
• Exclamation Mark 

Classroom Supplies:  

• Dry erase markers

Thank you,

Ms. Smith