SCIENCE:  Watch the power point below to get an idea of what we learned about Plankton.  Click the links inside the power point to watch a couple of videos.

Plankton Presentation

And this is the art project we completed as well (be sure to choose whether you want to create a plant plankton - phytoplankton or an animal plankton- zooplankton):

Plankton sketch

One of the games we played was about food chains.  You can try it here:

During rotation, we completed the plankton artwork, finished our Manatee Blues glog/comic planning sheet, and revised our diaries.  I also read a plankton article with each small group. Your copy will come home with your brother. :)

MATH:  We practiced perimeter today.  The children created rectangles using a geoboard (you can use a virtual geoboard below).

You'll receive a chart today where it will tell you to create a rectangle with a specific perimeter. Once you've created it on the geoboard, you'll record on the paper the length of each side. For instance, if you were asked to create a rectangle with a perimeter of 12, how long was each side?

Looking at the sample, the top and bottom measured 4 units and the sides were 2 units long.  Is there another rectangle you could create with a perimeter of 12 units?

If there is time this afternoon, we will go over what the meaning of area is:

We also completed the math boxes on page 66 of the math journal, worked on one Caught Ya entry, and wrote our spelling words in ABC order. All of this will come to you, but please take your time.

We miss you and hope you feel better soon!

:)Mrs. Neal

So, we've been very busy this morning- but we are having fun!  :)

This morning, we answered questions in our math journal (page 65) and added these words to our spelling dictionaries:

One of them was already in the dictionary- so you can just highlight it.

I also introduced the children to a website called StoryBird.  When you finish with your final draft of the sea creature diary, you will be allowed to play around with the site.  Click below and sign in with your Reading Counts username and password.

 Once logged in, click "create" and you will be taken to a small menu of art choices you can view.  If you don't like what you see, click "see more art". 

From there, you can start dragging artwork onto the book and type a creative story!  

MATH:  This morning, we discussed probability.  

 If you were given two dice to roll, and added up the two numbers, what sum would be most likely to occur?  Well, we tossed those two dice, added up the two numbers, and used the chart below to record our results.  Each time the sum "7" came up, we colored in a square on the row of 7s.  Each time the sum "10" came up, we colored in a square in the row of 10s.  We kept doing this until one row was completely filled up.  Which number do you think is likely to appear most often? 

We also talked about line plots . Look at the information below:

We used line plots to find the minimum, maximum, range,and mode of the data set.  You will have this for homework.  You can try a line plot activity by clicking the picture below and scrolling down on the page to find it. 

ROTATION:  We will be working on our sea creature diaries in small groups.  Seatwork will be to go to the Science Power link and answer questions about Plants.  (I'll send these home.)

READING:  I introduced a project to the students for Manatee Blues.  We won't start working on it until Wednesday, but we did complete a planning sheet (which will come home for you).  View the power point below for an idea of what's coming up.

Manatee Blues comic strip prep

We will end the day at the library with Mrs. Edwards, where we will be working on our Buc Book project.  

We have missed you and hope you are feeling lots better already!

Love,

We hope you're feeling better! We've been hard at work today, and I wanted to give you a brief overview of what we've been doing. Please read on for more...

LANGUAGE: We reviewed the Wordly Wise Words for this week.  (Homework is parts A/B)

SPELLING WORDS:  Add these to your dictionary:  

always

especially

laughed

myself

whole

FALL FUN:  We finished the fall leaves we painted and completed a book recommendation form to attach to it.  I'll save this for you when you come back.  They'll be hanging in the window. :)

MATH:  We practiced measuring to the inch, half-inch, and quarter-inch.  The worksheet will be sent home.  We completed the worksheet instead of the pages in the workbook.  Same work- different layout.  We also practiced our timed subtraction for the first time.  Phew!  It was much harder than addition.

READING:  I demonstrated how to complete the job of Character Captain.  You can see the power point below.  You will need to read chapters 9 and 10 and select two characters from the section to discuss.  

YOu'll choose two characters to talk about.  For each one, you should select two descriptive words to describe how that person thinks, acts, or speaks during the two chapters.  For instance:

Brenna- Angry   Brenna was angry when she noticed the racing speedboat because it could potentially hurt a manatee.

Character Captain 2011