Tuesday, November 25, 2014

ArcGIS

 A lesson in ArcGIS. Plotting our water samples and noting the salinity. Thanks to our awesome computer teacher, Mrs. Troxell. 

Monday, November 17, 2014

New Literature Unit!

Set up our journals and started The Secret Garden! Discussion centered around the choice of an unlikeable protagonist. 

Saturday, November 15, 2014

BoxTop Winner Party! Great end to the week! Thank you #CrazyGoodDonuts for the delicious treat! 

TABA on change to kick-off our William and Mary Unit- Literary Reflections. Ideas are flowing and across disciplines. 

 Proud teacher moment: When activating prior knowledge, this is how they explain sustainability... 




Friday, November 14, 2014

Math games!

High level math games.... Name that Number and The String Game help us practice terms, factors and divisibility rules 


Working on our writing skills!

Strong expository writing needs solid organization. Time to organize a jumbled paragraph and explain decisions. 



Progress at our new school!

Skype session with Mr. Cole at our new school! A concrete pour- Real world application-concrete testing explanation! 

Grammar!


Grammar is fun when you use the work of Michael Clay Thompson! 


Multiplication- Factors, prime, square, composite

Going deep into multiplication using the M3 Unit, Factors and Multiples. Kaplan Icons focus our work. Pattern search! 

Rich literature

Great way to start the week! Just read the #JuniorGreatBooks story, Prot and Krot, and now we're sharing connections. 

Monday, November 10, 2014


Great way to start the week! Just read the #JuniorGreatBooks story, Prot and Krot, and now we're sharing connections.