Day 14 (September 22, 2015)

Evening Question
Tomorrow is the Autumn Equinox. In a sentence, please explain the term equinox. The first correct answer in the comment section will get two (2) "CNN Student News" points!

Highlights of Day 14:

• Morning Reading: Visualization
• Reading: Review Summaries of "Goin' Someplace Special"
• Treasures Reading: "Toward FREEDOM / ON SACRED GROUND"
• How do we pay tribute to those who stand up for what they believe in? Students stated they could thank them in person, build a memorial in their honor, set aside a special day to honor them, give them a medal for what they have sacrificed, or pray for them if they are injured or no longer with us.
• Main Focus: Inflectional Endings

"National Museum of the American Indian"

• Genre Reading: Chapter 8 of "Shiloh"
• Science: Test on "How can you describe motion?"
• Grammar: Lesson 3 - Simple Subjects and Predicates

• Vocabulary: Multiple-Meaning Words and Similies
• Art Class with Mrs. Smith!

Homework

- Vocabulary: pg. 14-15, read Unit 2 words

- Math: pg. 5 (the rest of the even problems)

- French: Name your puppet

Notices

- Thank you for supporting the PTO for Dress Down Day!

- Bowling Form

Day 13 (September 21, 2015)

Evening Question
According to today's issue of the Eagle Tribune, how many alarms were sounded in the fire that destroyed the Hudson Manufacturing building at 30 Stevens Street on Sunday night? The first correct answer in the comment section receives two points toward "CNN Student News" points.

Day 13 Highlights include:

• Morning Reading: Visualization
• Treasures Reading: Inferences
• Use the clues in the text to discover what is not directly stated.
• Text: Ana collected shells, and she swam in the salty water.
• Inference: Anna is at the ocean.

• First Library Visit of the Year!
• Science: Review for Test on "How can you describe motion?"
• Calculation of Speed for Recess Run Activity
• Vocabulary: Review Unit 1 Test Corrections
• Grammar: Lesson 3 - Simple Subjects and Predicates
• Ryan's Italian Ice Birthday Treat!
• Computer: Students continued to work on Prezis.

Homework

- Math: pg. 5 #1-10, the rest of the page "odd"

- Reading: Inferences Quiz

- Science: Test on "How can you describe motion?"

- Grammar: pg. 17 #6-12

Notices

- Bring $1 tomorrow for "Say Goodbye to Summer" Dress Down Day

Day 12 (September 18, 2015)

Weekend Question
The earliest origin of Four Square goes as far pack as the 17th century with a game called "Paume." Which European country was "Paume" played in? The first correct answer in the comment section will earn two "CNN Studnet News" points and two pieces of candy!

Highlights of Day 12:

• Morning Reading: Visualizations
• Genre Reading: Chapter 7 of "Shiloh"
• Main Focus: What is a theme? A theme is the moral or message that goes beyond the story itself. It is a timeless truth that expresses something about life.
• "Humans should protect God's creatures no matter what."
• "Doing what is morally right, might not be what is legally accepted."
• Treasures Reading: Final Real World Connection on Emmett Till
• Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in a town called Money, Mississippi. On August 24, 1955, he "reportedly" flirted with a white cashier at a grocery store while buying bubblegum. Four days later, the cashier's husband and half-brother kidnapped Emmett Till, beat him, and shot him in the head. The men went to court for murder, but an all-white, male jury stated the two men were not guilty. Till's murder and open casket funeral motivated many to join  the Civil Rights Movement.

• Though an extremely graphic image, it says a lot about the hatred present in our world. I was in the fifth grade when I first came across the story of Emmett Till, and since that day I have been reflecting on one question. This is the final question I will leave you with as we conclude this part of our "Taking a Stand" unit: Why didn't the jury take a stand against the hatred of these two men who brutally beat and killed a fourteen-year-old child?
• Science: How can you describe motion?
• Main Focus: Solving Problems to Find Speed
• Students measured their speeds (distance divided by time) by completing a Recess Run!

• Vocabulary: Unit 1 Test
• Religion: Father Andreas
• Main Focus: Valid and Invalid Sacraments and the Upcoming Visit to the United States of America by Pope Francis

Homework 
- Science: Study for "How can you describe motion?" Test on Tuesday

Notices
- Sign and return CORI Form
- Daycare Payments
- $1 for Dress Down Day on Tuesday!

Day 11 (September 17, 2015)

Evening Question

According to CNN.com, who do they believe was the top "winner" from last night's CNN Republican  debate? The first correct answer in the comment section will receive two points toward "CNN Student News" points and two pieces of candy from Spidey!

Highlights of Day 11:

• Morning Reading: Visualization
• Treasures Reading: "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges
• Main Focuses: Autobiography and Timeline
• White Americans rioted when a six-year-old African American girl wanted to be educated in a "white only" school. What were people so afraid of? Can we tolerate differences? Norman Rockwell pushes us to think about this in his artistic portrayal entitled, The Problem We All Live With.
• We identified this "problem" as the inability to accept differences in other people.

• Science: How can you describe motion?
• Focuses: Types of Motion, Speed, and Velocity
• Objects move in many different ways and at different speeds including constant, variable, periodic, circular, and vibrational. 
• Average Speed = Distance / Time
• Velocity describes the speed and the direction of an object.

• Vocabulary: SPARKLE and Vocabulary Review
• Computer Class with Mrs. Boyd!

Homework

- Math: Study for Quiz

- Reading: "Goin' Someplace Special" Summary

                  "Making Connections" Quiz

                  Read Chapter 7 of "Shiloh"

- Science: Study for "How can you describe motion?" Quiz on Monday

- Vocabulary: Study for Test on Unit 1

Notices

- September Dress Down: "Say Good-Bye to Summer" on September 22!

Day 10 (September 16, 2015)

Evening Question
The first person to correctly comment on the author of this quote receives two (2) CNN points:

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."


Highlights of Day 10 include:

• Morning Reading: Making Connections Quiz

• Treasures Reading: Revising Summary

• Students shared their summaries and agreed on the following list of words related to the main idea:

• Tricia Anne, keep your head up, never give up, Public Library, all are welcome, treated equally, Peace Fountain, Blooming Mary, Jimmy Lee, Mama Frances, garden, hotel, grandmother, segregation, "White Only" signs, special place, "blacks in the back," in spite of what others say, African American, Hickey, trust, Jim Crow Laws, and born in the South.

• Students can use these words to revise their summaries which are due tomorrow.

• Genre Reading:"Chapter 6" of Shiloh

• "Don't know if Shiloh's gettin' more human or I'm gettin' to be more dog. If Jesus ever comes back to earth again, I'm thinking, he'll come as a dog, because there isn't anything as humble or patient or loving or loyal as the dog I have in my arms right now."

• Every day in school we watch CNN Student News: If you are ever interested in checking out more of their content, go to following link: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews.

• First French Class!!!

• Students are adopting puppets from French-speaking nations! 

• This is Brigitte from Belgium! She is rather pretty...

• Gym Class: Playing Team Handball!

• Grammar: Reviewed Lesson 2: Complete Subject and Predicates Quiz
• Music with Ms. Navien!

Homework
- Math: Complete Worksheet
- Reading: Revise "Goin' Someplace Special" Summary
                  Complete "Gardens and Grades" Quiz
- French: Think of a name for your puppet
- Vocabulary: Study for Unit 1 Test

Notices
- Consider signing up for the School Band

Day 9 (September 15, 2015)

Evening Question
From today's episode of "CNN Student News," which country is Hesham Modamani from? The first correct answer in the 'Comment Section' earns two CNN points and two pieces of candy!

Some highlights of Day 9:

• Morning Reading: Making Connections
• Genre Reading: Chapter 5 of "Shiloh"
• Main Focus: Finding Evidence of Realistic Fiction in Informational Text
• Though fictional, the animal abuse in "Shiloh" does really happen!
• Treasures Reading: "Goin' Someplace Special"
• Main Focuses: Summarizing and Identifying Theme
• Review "Balloon Blow-Up" Lab Report
• Science: Rube Goldberg Machine
• A contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, usually including a chain reaction. 
• The Simple Task: Get a Marble in a Cup!

surveys

#1 Skateboard City


#2 Play Dough Pandemonium


#3 The Domino Effect


#4 Jenga Jungle Gym


#5 The Mighty Fine Zip Line



Vocabulary: Corrected Completing the Sentences (pg. 12)
Grammar: Collected Lesson 2: Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates Quiz
First Art Class of the Year!!!

Homework

- Math: pg. 4 #1-11

- Reading: Forty to Sixty Word Summary for "Goin' Someplace Special

                 Reread Chapter 5 of "Shiloh"

- Science: Vote on this very blog for the most innovative Rube Goldberg Machine

- Vocabulary: Study for Unit 1 Test

Notices

- Sign up for the School Band

- Sign and return Tests or Quizzes less than 70%.

Day 8 (September 14, 2015)

Evening Question
Name one feature of the "Teen Driver" technology showcased today on CNN Student News.  The first comment in the Comment Section will earn TWO (2) "CNN Student News" points and two pieces of candy tomorrow.

Some highlights of Day 8:

• Morning Reading: Making Connections
• Treasures Reading: "Goin' Someplace Special"
• Main Focus: Figurative Language - Metaphors
• Genre Reading: Chapter 4 of "Shiloh"
• Main Focus: First Person vs. Third Person
• Which person is "Shiloh" written? Is this effective?
• Paul Elfman Music Service Presentation
• Interested in playing an instrument?! Join the SJS BAND!!!

• Science: "Bill Nye the Science Guy" - Motion
• Main Focuses: Force, Inertia, and Newton's Laws
• OK Go's Rube Goldberg Machine

• Vocabulary: Unit 1 - Completing the Sentence (pg. 12)
• Grammar: Lesson 2: Complete Subjects and Predicates (pg. 14)
• Religion: Introduction to Sacraments
• How many times can you receive each one?
• Computer: Video Presentations on Civil Rights

Homework

- Math: Odd #s on pg. 3

- Science: Bring in three (3) items for Rube Goldberg Machine

- Vocabulary: Completing the Sentence (pg. 12) and Study for Unit 1 Test (Friday)

-  Grammar: Lesson 2: Complete Subjects and Predicates (Quiz)

Notices

- Sign and return "Acceptable Use" Form

- Sign and return "Video/Photograph Consent" Form