Measurement

During one of the days when we had the MAP test we got to do an expeirement. Everybody got a partner, we had to measure all sorts of stuff from measuring how long one floor tile is to measuring the distance between a fourth grade classroom to a third grade classroom. Some groups had to stop for a while so everybody else could catch up, it took a while to get there but everybody made it! We learned that instead of sliding the tape measurer we could just flip it over and over. At the end we had to multiply 152 with how many we measured, it's fun to be able to do fun hands on stuff like that so we can learn through activities. Everybody just loves doing stuff like that and it's a lot more fun to do activities instead of reading it out of a book and then doing a worksheet because we actually get to experience and see it happen with our own eyes. Mrs.Sims is really good at making learning fun for everyone.

Jonah Werges

Lunch Meetings and Goals

I am writing this because i want to talk about my lunch meeting with Mrs.Sims

my post is about my wig/ wildly important goals, you should read it because my goals are important.

Today at lunch me and lilli were in are classroom talking about our wig

we talked about my and lillis goals ,both of mine are spend more time with family and get better at reading and writing.

For the next 2 weeks our class will meet with her and talk about it with our partners

So me and lilli will check every friday to see if we did our goals

Dominic

LEADERSHIP NOTEBOOKS!!!

On November 4,2014 we were working on our leadership noteooks. A leadership notebook tracks all of the work we do all year long. In our leadership notebooks we were writing out our academic and our personal wig planners.In our academic wig planners we wrote down what we wanted to get better at in school. Then our personal wig planners is for what we want to get better at outside of school like a sport you like to play. In those goals we would set a date when we want to accomplish that goal. For example say you wanted to get better at math you would say I want to get better at math by March. We also made a calender when we practiced what we wanted to get better at. For example i wanted to get better at basketball so I made a calender so every day I practiced basketball I would put a check mark on that day I practiced. In conclusion we all learned how to set goals so we can make our dreams come true.

-Abi:)

Donuts with Dads

At donuts with Dads we did a graph with M&M's. We also had to figure out what the fractions were,decimals,and the percentage. Then when we had our info.we wrote them down on our white board. But in the end we ate our M&M's.  YAY!   And of course we had our Dads helping us.  Right above is our chart for our M&M's. Awesome right.:):)  

Brynn working on her graph.

Camrynn working really hard on her graph to.

Celery experiment :):)

On Monday we put part of celery sticks into colored water. I know that celery has leaves and roots, but those are cut off at the store when you get there.

What we did was we studied the stem of a plant. Our class talked about transport materials inside of the stem. There are two tubes that are made of tissues called the Xylem and Phloem. The xylem tube carries H2O up and through the entire plant and through the leaves. After photosynthesis takes place the phloem tubes carry the sugar produced in photosynthesis down to the rest of the plant. 

Since we talked about the stem of the plant we did the celery stick experiment. Our purpose for doing the experiment was to see the xylem and phloem tubes through the colored water. So we filled little test tubes with 15 mm. of water and colored water with food coloring and stuck the celery into the water.

And yesterday we looked at the creepy stickes to see what happened. The stem (celery sticks) had adsorbed the colored water but never reached the leaves. Since mrs sims cut off the leaves, photosynthesis  could not take place. Some groups plants looked like the water was about to burst through the top of the celery. And the bottom of the plant was completely colored in red or blue. Other groups plants had absorbed so much that you could see the water inside of the plant. Overall we had fun and to was a great learning experience. Now  here's many pictures of the results. #plantpics #celery #tashag

                    #fromanna <3

  

Organizing Data

Today we started unit 6 in math. We will be learning about data collecting and organizing. Today as a class we reviewed the landmark numbers: Min., Max., Mean, Median, Mode, Range. 

NOTES COURTESY OF LOUIS

NOTES COURTESY OF HALEY

We then used maps to circle all the states each of us have visited in the past. We used those numbers to make a line plot on the board that displayed the information. 

We learned that people use charts and graphs because it makes information easier to read and find than it would be if it was just listed out. 

Here is our line plot:

OUR CLASS LANDMARKS WOULD BE:
MIN- 1
MAX- 18
RANGE- 17
MEDIAN- 7
MODE- 4
MEAN- 7.85

Percent Circles

 

This is Brooke, Camrynn, I working on our percent circles.

 

This is a percent circle that we use to help us know what the percentege.

 

 

 

This is a chart that the whole class made about what the percent circle's look like.

 

 

This is Jayden working hard on his percent circle.

 

David coloring his percent circle.

 

Autumn and Hunter are working so good on there percent circles.

 

Looks like Louise having fun working on his percent circle.
And below is Joe coloring his percent circle.

Leadership Notebooks

Today we have stared our Leader in me notebooks. In the notebooks we record our about ourselves.  Basically the notebook is about us being leaders and our leadership roles. Like this is some of our data we are collecting:

(Reading Stamina)

(Fact Fluency)

 

 

Also in the notebook we are always and mostly writing about us. We also wrote about our class leadership roles and jobs today. 

 

 

-Sierra & Trent