We have finally finished our read aloud of The City of Ember and also finished watching the movie. We found out that the book and the movie had some similarities and some differences. Books are always better than their movies it seems! Below is a link to the official website of the author in case you are interested in reading some more of her books in the series. Keep in mind, that these books are at a grade 5 - 6 reading level. There are other activities on the site that are worth looking at as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
We will continue to examine this novel as we work in language with summarizing, synonyms, quotations and points of view.
In math we are continuing to work with numbers and their operations. Today we tried adding and subtracting large numbers by using an open number line. Tomorrow we will work on multiplication using arrays. These strategies are designed to help us see how numbers work and slow down our thinking when we are trying to problem solve. They will give us a better understanding of operations and what really is going on when it comes to working with whole numbers.
In gym class today we started a small unit that is a part of the art curriculum as well . . .DANCE! We looked at some of the trendy dances through the last few decades and turned our room into a dance floor to display our "moves". We found out that dancing is quite good exercise as we "twisted" up a sweat! Below are the two videos that we watched and danced along to in class. We also then did the Twist, and the Macarena!
Evolution of Dance part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Evolution of Dance part 2
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=evolution+of+dance+2&oq=evolution&aq=2&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_l=youtube-reduced.1.2.0l4.1911l3088l0l4584l9l9l0l5l5l0l122l398l3j1l4l0.&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
We hope to be able to come up with some of our dance routines in the near future.
We are still working at becoming a certified green school and everyone is helping to do our part. We really appreciate everyone who works hard to bring in waste free lunches and recycling the things that we do bring in. I would really like to start composting soon as well. Below is a site that you can look at at home for ideas and fun activities:
http://www.kidsbegreen.org/
Finally, upcoming for this week:
- spelling quiz Friday (words given out tomorrow)
- Lunch orders due tomorrow
- raffle tickets for baskets $1
- take home building projects by end of week, or they will be recycled.
- Math quiz on Thusday!
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