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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Tall Tales!
What is a Tall Tale?
Next we will compare and contrast the two tales below. Both are the story of John Henry, but are there any differences? Are there any similarities?
John Henry- Disney Version
The Story of John Henry
Thursday, October 23, 2014
The Golden Touch en espanol :)
Are You Afraid of the Dark
Good morning!
It's Thursday.. therefore I have morning duty. I will be in a few minutes late. I have given ERNEST the responsibility of putting the computer on amd pulling up The Weston Times. If you're reading this, then that means it's worked.
**Anthony and Marquez can pass out breakfast. Everyone needs to be conducting themself in a mature and ORDERLY fashion.
**If you're all sitting down silently watching this video when I come in, you'll earn a letter!
Let's do this! Be awesome! We're going to have a great day! I can feel it! #workhardplayhard
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
All about enərjē
Monday, October 20, 2014
Energy Exploration
Types of energy
Whats The Deal About Energy?
Energy Puzzles
EnergyStar Kids
Kids Korner- Energy
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
We've been trippin'.... Field trippin'!
We had a great time at Jones Valley! Comment what your favorite part of the trip was below. What did you learn?! (Extra points opportunity!!)
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Fantastic Rockin' Friday!
When you are finished with your enrichment work, go explore the following websites. Don't forget to comment below about what you think! I just love seeing your messages!
How Stuff Works- I love this one. You can see how a bunch of things work.
FunBrain-Poptropica Comics- Comics? What??
Charlie Brown Comics--- yeah I like Charlie Brown! :)
TIME for Kids
OMG. Experiments you can do at home
FunBrain-The Plural Girls
Fun Brain- don't forget to check out the MAD LIBS! (at the bottom)
NatGeo Kids
Build Your Garden
Build a habitat
And just in case you were wondering: check this out: How that tape on my arm works
And….. also in case your up for the challenge- CLICK HERE for some spooky stories for you to enjoy
Monday, October 6, 2014
Happy Monday!
Reading:
Vocab!!
Definitions in reading workbook.
Go to study stack to play the game as a class.
Time permitting, let the class choose which games to play.
Preview new story.
Picture walk: ask th e questions: What do you think will happen? What do you think it might be about? Why do you think that?
Begin listening to reading. Cd is on black cabinet
Science:
What is gravity anyway?
Sir Isaac Newton
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rOtWO94ld3o
Bill Nye the Science Guy!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6Ih2NVh1Q