Yes, we still need to do school work!

I know that now that the warm weather is here, we all can just taste summer just around the corner ... but we are still in school and there will still be learning going on, right up until the very last day! So come prepared to class to work and have fun!

Here is what we are working on this week:

In language we are starting to look at the format and features of a diary or jounal. We will reading "Diary of a Fly" as our read aloud, and most student have read this before, or another diary from this series. Then, to tie in with our habitat unit, students will be writing a diary of a chosen animal themselves.

Spelling (time related) - workbook and quiz: Friday

In math, we are working on finishing up measurement by taking a quick look at time.
Our math learning goals are:
I will be able to tell time on an analog clock to the nearest minute
I will be able to determine elasped time

Success Criteria:
- I know how many seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, hours in a day, days in a week, days in each month, weeks in a year, months in a year, years in a decade, years in a century and years in a millenium.
-  I can can read an analog and digital clock
- I can estimate elapsed time
- I can read and create time line

We have done some fun activities with this unit, including designing watch concepts and we will be making personal timelines as well (which will tie in with language when we look at autobiographies)

Below are some sites that have some activities involving time

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/clock_shoot.htm

http://www.thatquiz.org/tq-g/math/time/

interactive clock:
http://www.time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf

clock timeline
http://www.teacherled.com/resources/elapsedtime/elapsetimelineload.html


We are continuing with Habitats in science and made a food web outside today with ourselves and some yarn. This way, it was easy to see how everything is connected together and if one organism in an ecosystem or habitat is effected, many others are effected as a result.  We are also continuing to look at movie clips about animal life as well.

Some extra information:

build an online habitat
http://www.switcheroozoo.com/games/habitatgame.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml

check out this clips to build your own habitats at home! watch in order (they are not long)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lUsCFDAS4M&list=PL66088158FF933E91&index=1&feature=plpp_video&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3noXhWAM28&list=PL66088158FF933E91&index=2&feature=plpp_video&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnOxQPyiMpo&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5mFr4ojgA&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNf3gVgEiBE&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKVmkaw4e34&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0EjNAEXMuw&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active