5M Highlights:
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Many
students had the opportunity to be role models and helpers to younger students
this week, by helping Mrs. Roberts swing jump ropes.
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Our
volume work this week culminated in the measuring and calculating of the cargo
space in the back of my car. Students were excited by the opportunity to
measure and calculate volume in a real world situation. They are attempting to
answer whether or not my camping gear will fit in the cargo space of my car. I
had my fingers crossed. As a class, we contacted Toyota
via email because we found a discrepancy between our volume calculation and the
figure claimed by Toyota.
Kids were excited to communicate with experts.
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Students
also got the opportunity to do a measurement scavenger hunt on our playground.
They measured circumferences and distances, calculated area and volume too!
·
We
began our new unit on the Gulf
of Maine beginning with
ocean basics. Students got the chance to “map the ocean floor” in one lesson by
using a weighted plumb line to measure the depths. We also did some reading and
experiments to learn about waves, currents, and tides. Check out the pictures
on the back of the page.
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In order to practice making inferences, we did an
activity called “Trash Talk.” Basically, we studied garbage (it is clean I
promise!!) to see if we could make inferences about the owners of the trash. Students
made some incredible inferences about the families. Check out the pictures on
the back of the page. See if you can make some inferences.
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Our Winter Camp reading reached a major
turning point this week. A character was injured by a charging moose, causing
the two kids to be required to take on some major responsibilities! We have
been using these chapters to discuss tone and mood in text. First we watched
some movie clips to identify various moods created by movie producers, as mood
and tone is a bit easier to discern in film. Then we began looking at tone and
mood in our reading. Kids accurately described the tone of these chapters of Winter
Camp as frantic, exciting, chaotic, anxiety producing, and scary.
Our
“graphing the ocean floor” activity:
