Practice Runs for The MEA's

http://me.portal.airast.org/training-tests/

March 30

Spelling: Spelling Review - Review the words in Chapter 22

Opinion Writing: You should have two paragraphs at this point

Reading: Indian Captive - Read A New Cooking Pot and choose 3 quotes and make an inference how it relates to the theme
Make sure you have completed the Willing Sacrifice questions

What could be my evidence?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/21/142517141/whats-to-love-and-loathe-about-chocolate-milk

What about those atoms?

Let's Check out How Stuff Works
http://science.howstuffworks.com/atom.htm/printable

Interactive Links
http://teacherweb.com/CA/ElliottRanch/Jones/apt10.aspx

Difference between an atom & element
http://education.jlab.org/qa/atoms_and_elements.html

Homework March 26

Reading: Indian Captive - Finish Reading - A New Cooking Pot and choose 3 quotes that you think are related to a theme in the story
Your Willing Sacrafice questions should be completed

Jump Ship To Freedom - make sure to add more detail in your responses for Chapter 2

Spelling Unit 23 needs to be complete

BRING INDEPENDENT READING BOOK TOMORROW

March 23

Reading: Indian Captive - 5S - Students need more examples and evidence in the extended responses
Finish reading Willing Sacrifice and Questions on Google Docs

Read for 1/2 hour for independent reading goal

Jump Ship to Freedom - 5W - Finish reading chapter 2 & Questions
5S - Read 1/2 of Chapter and questions that go along with those questions


Spelling - Unit 23

March 23

Update: April 3rd -  5th grade is going to the University of Machais for a career day
Visiting Author Rebakah Raye     **Coming April 7**

Reading:
Indian Captive - Read Willing Sacrifice and finish questions in google docs

Jump Ship To Freedom - Finish reading chapter 2 and questions

Spelling:
5W & 5S  Unit 23  - 5S  Study the words if you got more than 4 wrong so
you can retake it tomorrow

Homework March 18

5W - Reading: Indian Captive Work on extended response (1/2 way)
Jump Ship To Freedom - Read chapter 2

5S- Indian Captive - Finish reading Porcupine Quill
Jump Ship To Freedom - Finish Reading Chapter 1 if you haven't and Questions in Google Docs

Spelling Finish Unit 22

Finish math worksheet

Homework - 17

Reading:
Read one more article - write down three pieces of evidence from the article

5W - Read Chapter 1 - Jump Ship To Freedom

Spelling Page 96 Unit 22 - Finish Unit by Friday

Science Elements

Link to Elements:
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index_num.html

Wow! Let's build an atom!
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/build-an-atom/latest/build-an-atom_en.html

Homework

ELA: Read one more article and pick out 3 pieces of evidence ---- FOR or AGAINST chocolate milk in schools   I gave them a new two column

Spelling: Unit 22 - Page 95

Read: Read for 1/2 hour

Math: Worksheet

Study Jams

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html

What is the Periodic Table All About?
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/services/search-results?query=atoms

Element Song
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/chemistry/elementsong.html

How are elements arranged?


What are two cool facts you learned from the song or video from Study Jams?


What element do you want to learn more about?

Pi Day

NATIONAL PI DAY 

     According to MEA, "National Pi Day celebrates Pi, a mathematical concept  and a number that never ends...yet. Often, we round it off to 3.14.   But this year is 3.14.15, is the only time this century that the first 5 digits of Pi are in the date."

    Pi Day is celebrated on March 14, 2015 around the world. Pi (Greek letter π) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter which is approximately 3.14159. 

Check This Out! Maine Science Festival - March 20 - 22

http://mainesciencefestival.org/festival-schedule/

March 11

Reading: Continue to work on your reading goal; Conferences on Friday!

Spelling: One page in Unit 21

5S: Read one more article or video and write evidence on Pros & Cons Sheet

Math: Worksheet

March 10

Reading: Read one article from the blog about wether chocolate milk should be served in school.
You were given a  two column sheet where you are to provide 3 pieces of evidence from an article that you have chosen.

Read to meet your independent reading goal- Last day to conference will be Friday!

Spelling: Unit 21 next page

Should Chocolate Milk be Served in Schools

Let's Watch an infomercial by Melissa Dobbins a nutritionist  who works for Midwest Dairy Association
http://www.midwestdairy.com/0p17i200/flavored-milk-tasty-nutrition/


James Oliver Food Activist & Researcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ4wGDl56Zg

Monday March 9