Technology Lab day --- click here to preview what we did
The kids were really really excited to learn more about all of the SOPA news that led to Google blacking out their name and Wikipedia not working for 24 hours. Unfortunately we tried to watch the Khan academy video on this issue but everyone else must have had the same idea as it froze up on us.
However the kids watched a great lesson on how a business works, it is the video about running a cupcake business. Watch it here I had a great conversation with one student at recess how he appreciated learning about this because “these are the issues that I think about.” I said, “what do you mean?” and he replied, “people need to think about how much it costs to make the cupcakes so they know how much to charge.”
As a related aside, I try to have the kids watch a lesson on a topic that I think will increase their overall breadth of knowledge and still be relevant beyond the May testing. So as a class we watched a video on Ponzi Schemes since it is something that gets brought up pretty frequently and it brings many people financial pain & suffering if they get caught up in it. In Tuesday night’s reading on David Akers, it mentions that he lost millions in a Ponzi Scheme. The kids were excited to discuss how he was suckered and lost $$ in something they had learned about a few months prior.
Library time -- the class only has four outstanding books out at this time!! Strong work.
Math:
We spent time reviewing last night’s homework. We had some response device challenges and it also became readily apparent which three students did not do their homework.
About ½ the class could really use some more practice mastering this concept that will help them with math and WITH SCIENCE.
Click here to have them practice multiplication with 10, 100, 1000 on IXL
Click here to have them practice division with 10, 100, 1000 on IXL
Here are our math notes from today.
Reading review of the Tim Tebow and more discussions on how to effectively reading non-fiction writing.
U.A. time with Mrs. Cargo
Spelling Bee -- We had a super long spelling battle today in class. This year’s class did exceptionally well. We had to pull out the 6th grade spelling bee words since they dominated the 5th grade words. In the end our final three spellers who will represent C-5 will be Brooke, Addison and Drew!!
Kind regards,
Ron Hubbard
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“To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Homework for the week:
Math:
page 138 (1-10) and page 142 (1-10 all) is due on Friday **everyone is completing this assignment
Must show your original problem and then show your work on both assignments.
Book Card -- Historical Fiction is due on 1/31/12 , now due on February 1st because of the field trip on the 31st
Field Trip form -- ASAP
Social Studies -- reading and complete workbook pages 99-110 due on FRIDAY
Vocab and spelling -- due on Thursday
Here are the words this week.
P.B. 232 and 241
Grammar due Friday
P.B. 242, 243 and 244
Due Friday
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