Science

We are learning about pulleys. Two types of pulleys we experimented with today were

pSingle-fixed-pulley system.

p“Single” refers to ONE pulley wheel.

p“Fixed” means ATTACHED.

pA single-fixed-pulley system uses a pulley with one wheel, and it is attached to something high, in this case a binder clip on a half-meter stick

 

pIn a movable-pulley system the pulley moves with the load.

Social Studies

We have a test TOMORROW. Please study!!!!!!!!!!! It's chapter 11.

Reading and Spelling

This week we are learning about making predictions. We will be reading the story called The Night Alone.
Mrs. Lincoln will be reading parts of it to us tomorrow. We will have to read the rest on Thursday with a partner or ourselves.

In spelling we had to sort our words. Our spelling words our state words. See earlier blog post for the list.

Social Studies

The students will be having a test on Tuesday.  I saw many students with books and study guide; therefore, I know they will be studying over the weekend!!!!

Greek and Latin Root Words for Jan 31 - Feb 4

PED = FOOT
biped         a creature with two feet
centipede    a creature with 100 feet
impediment  something that stands in one's way
millipede      a creature with 1000 feet
pedal           a lever that is moved with one's foot
peddler       a person who goes from door to door on foot
                  trying to sell a product.
pedestrian   a person who walks across the street on foot
pedicure     a foot treatment that could include soaking the
                  feet and polishing the toenails
quadruped  a four footed creature
tripod         a three-footed stand often used to balance
                  a camera

Spelling Words for Jan 31 - Feb 4

Word Sort

January 31 – Feb 4

Ohio	Maine	Alaska	Iowa
Texas	Nevada	Montana	Florida
Alabama	Maryland	South Carolina	California
Washington	New York	North Dakota	Colorado
Massachusetts	Wisconsin	Minnesota	Illinois

Science Vocabulary Quz on Friday, 1/28/11

Here are the science vocabulary words and definitions.

Lever Vocabulary

Advantage: A gain in effort or distance or a change of direction resulting

from the use of a simple machine.

Class-1 lever: A lever in which the fulcrum is between the load and the

effort.

Class-2 lever: A lever in which the load is between the fulcrum and the

effort.

Class-3 lever: A lever in which the effort is between the fulcrum and the

load.

Diagram: A drawing that describes the relationship of all the parts of a

system.

Effort: The force applied to move a load using a simple machine.

Fulcrum: The point at which a lever arm pivots.

Lever: A beam, free to pivot around a point, used to move a load.

Lever arm: A beam, free to pivot around a point.

Load: The weight or resistance that is moved using a simple machine.

Newton: The metric unit used to measure force.

Two-coordinate graph: A graph that shows relationships between two

variables.

1st grade friends

We watched Martha Speaks. Then we made puppets of dogs with our 1st grade friends, they got to name the but the sad part was we didn't get to make a puppet. :(
 
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Reading and Spelling

We finished read the Jr. Iditarod Race. In spelling we did page112.

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Music

We learned square dancing.

Spelling

We had to do Unit 18 (Review).

Social Studies

We took notes about The Troubles with Great Britain.

P.E.

We continued our unit basketball.

Reading

Today we learned about Main Idea and Supporting Details. We read the story Saving Nome.

Social Studies

In Social Studies today we read and took notes.

Spelling Words for the Week of January 24 - 28

Word Sort

January 24 - 28

clearing	noisy	refuel	beginning
chrome	sheer	convoy	rethink
continued	cucumber	warning	fountain
co-owner	friendliest	conceal	cinema
earlier	drown	lore	prepackage

Reading and Spelling

In reading we are having a test. In spelling we are having a test.


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Math

Mrs. Lincoln's math class is learning how to divide with decimals. Our first was easy, but wait until Friday!!!!

Science

We are learning about different types of levers. Today we got to experiment with Class 1, 2, and 3 levers.
We are wondering which class of lever gives the most advantage. Do you know?

Social Studies

We are reading Chapter 11 lesson 1.  We did a great job on our Test. Why? ask Mrs. Lincoln because we are learning how studying and spending more time studying.

Reading

We are reading Yangs First Thanksgiving. The Yang family has never celebrated Thanksgiving in America. Mrs. Yang isn't familiar with the oven. What's going to happen?

Reading

We read America is different than Japan and we did a vocabulary sheet in reading.

Social Studies

Today we took a test :(. Mrs. Thurm informed all of us we did a good job on the test.

Greek and Latin Roots Words and Definitions

We are studying Greek and Latin roots. We will have a test over the words and their meaning on Friday, January 20th.

acronym            an abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words.
anonymous        not named or identified
antonym            a word that means the opposite of another word
eponym             a person for whom something, such as a city, building, or street, has been named
heteronym         one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and
                         pronunciations, such as bass voice and bass, a fish.
homonym          one of two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different spellings and
                         meanings, such as isle and aisle.
onomatopoeia   the formation of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions to
                        which they refer
oronym             a string of words that sounds the same as another string of words, such as gray
                         day and grade A  
pseudonym       false name: a fictitious name
synonym           one of two or more words that have the same meaning.            

Spelling List for January 17 - 20

Word Sort

January 17 - 20

chorus	create	suitcase	cereal
recent	practice	company	expect
jacket	frantic	choir	grocery
recite	celebrate	exercise	correct
comic	select	plastic	stomach

Reading

We had our reading test today.

P.E.

In P.E. we did a layup drill we got 15 layups.









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Science

In science we are doing a lever quiz and science story pages 5 and 6.

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Spelling

In spelling we had our spelling test.

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Math

In math we are doing set E (1-8). We have Chapter 10 test on Tuesday in Mrs. Lincoln's room.

Social Studies

We read and took notes on George Washington's  Virgina. We took notes on Slavery in the Colonies. 

Guidence

In guidence we talked about bullying. 




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Spelling

In spelling we had a Buddy Test.

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Reading

In reading we did read w/ a partner or by yourself Babe to the Rescue.

math

In Mrs. Lincoln's class we are doing pages 220 and 221problems 1-9. 

Math

We did 1-9 on white boards and two problems on paper.

Music

We got a new seating arrangement and learn three new songs.

Reading and Spelling

Mrs. Lincoln read some of Babe to the rescue. We also did page 99 in spelling and also wrote our spelling words on the white boards.

P.E.

In P.E. we practiced layups and played knockout. We did a 2 minute drill and we got 8 in our layups.

Social Studies

We did a geography Bee round 1-6.   

Writing

We did verb tenses page 71.

Reading and Spelling

We read a story about What Do  Animals Say. In spelling we page 98 and word sort.

Math

In Mrs.Lincoln's class we are doing pages 212 & 213. We are learning to divide by 2-digit divisors. Here is an example of a problem 1,624 -:- 14 = 116.

Mrs. Thurm's class is working on the division process.


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Social Studies

We read about graphs and did a work sheet if you did not get it done you have homework.


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Writing

We finished writing are stories and started typing them. We finished reading Owls in the Family.

Science




We are learning about Levers. Do you know what a lever is? It's a simple machine that can lift a load. How many levers can you find around your home?

Spelling Words for January 10 - 14

Word Sort

January 10 - 14

calmer	slimmest	removed	denying
sunnier	wiser	grayest	trimming
denied	interesting	sunniest	trimmed
wisest	removing	grayer	calmest
supplied	slimmer	interested	supplying

Guided Reading

This is what's going on in our Guided Reading Books:
Midnight Fox:Tom let the fox out of the rabbit hutch and it ran away with it's mother

Scat:The substitute teacher got fired because he was a naughty teacher the real teacher got lost in a swamp

The of the Snowboarding Superstar:There going on a trip to Vermont they spend the night in tiny log cabins


The Christmas Tree ate my Mother:They found this perfect tree at this weird guy Ralph's Farm
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Guidance

In Guidance we learned to BE A BUDDY NOT A BULLY


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Reading

Have you ever eaten a bug? Well we're reading a National Geographic Magazine article about Far Out Foods,



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Social Studies

We read chapter 10 lesson 2,  243 - 245 and took notes on Mrs. Thurm's computer

Writing

Today in writing we wrote story's about our Christmas vacation and we are typing them tommorow.


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Band Schedule Change

PARENTS
Mrs. Dise needed to change the Band Schedule.  Fifth graders now have large group band on Wednesdays and Fridays.

New and Improved schedule…

Lesson and Band times as of 1/5/11:

Tuesday

10:30 – Anna, Alyssa

10:45 – Ashley G, Ashley B

11:00 – Jakeb, Sabrina

Lunch

Recess

12:05-12:40 - 6^th Grade Band

12:45 – Sammy, Malena

1:00 – Abby, Lynn

Wednesdays

8:45 – Aubry, Sidney

9:00 – Macy, Maria

9:15-9:45 – 6^th Grade Band

9:45 – Grant, Sam

10:00 – Holly, Jordan

10:15 – Hallie, Delaney

10:30 – Todd, Jacob, Abe

10:45-11:15 5^th Grade Band

Fridays

10:30 - Emma, Madison, Mackenzie

10:45 – Ben, Hunter, Matthew

11:00 – Gage, Jaden

Lunch

Recess

12:05-12:40 – 5^th Grade Band

12:45 – Brexton, Bradey

1:00 – Carson, Isabelle

Social Studies

In Social Studies we got are tests back and we read chapter 10 lesson 1 p.240 - 242 we read about the southern colonies and how good there life was.



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