MATTER LINKS
PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
OIL SPILL
OIL SPILL FAST FACTS
PIPELINE SPILLS
Friday, January 26, 2018
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
HEY KIDS AGAIN!
It's Nola's turn this time. She was singing and dancing and then lays down and says, "I just don't feel well." Check the temp and sure enough its a fever and aches and coughs and all that. So I am home this morning taking care of Nola. I am sorry to miss decimal subtraction practice with you but I will be back after lunch so you can tell me all about it. Please enjoy your morning with Mr. Ryffe. See you soon!
Friday, January 19, 2018
HEY KIDS!!!!
All Stars, I am super bummed I can't join you today. Its going to be a really great day for you and you are doing something super important and cool - saving monarchs.
You all know I was still not feeling well yesterday. Well, after I left early to go to the doctor and listen to Sprout, I got home and walked in ready to rest for the night and hike with you today. I opened the door and it was like SPLPPHLHSPPPSHLLHLPSPPJ!!!!!!!
There was water shooting like a cannon out of a pipe in the wall and my house was flooded! I thought I was going to get some rest, but I ended up moving and cleaning and dealing with, well, a flooded house. So today I am still not feeling well, maybe worse actually, but I also need to be at home to start the process of cleaning up and making the house a home again.
Thanks for understanding and have a wonderful day with Mr. Persky. I will tell you more about my adventure on Monday. Be ClassC today!
Here are some monarch butterfly links you might enjoy:
1. AMAZING LIFE CYCLE OF A MONARCH BUTTERFLY VIDEO CHICAGO NATURE MUSEUM
2. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY KIDS ZONE
3. MONARCH BUTTERFLY (DANAUS PLEXIPPUS) RAINFOREST ALLIANCE
4. MONARCH BUTTERFLY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
5. MONARCH BUTTERFLY DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
6. MONARCH BUTTERFLY ANIMAL DIVERSITY WEB
7. MONARCH BUTTERFLY GARDEN ECOSYSTEM WEBSITE
COLORING PAGE
You all know I was still not feeling well yesterday. Well, after I left early to go to the doctor and listen to Sprout, I got home and walked in ready to rest for the night and hike with you today. I opened the door and it was like SPLPPHLHSPPPSHLLHLPSPPJ!!!!!!!
There was water shooting like a cannon out of a pipe in the wall and my house was flooded! I thought I was going to get some rest, but I ended up moving and cleaning and dealing with, well, a flooded house. So today I am still not feeling well, maybe worse actually, but I also need to be at home to start the process of cleaning up and making the house a home again.
Thanks for understanding and have a wonderful day with Mr. Persky. I will tell you more about my adventure on Monday. Be ClassC today!
Here are some monarch butterfly links you might enjoy:
1. AMAZING LIFE CYCLE OF A MONARCH BUTTERFLY VIDEO CHICAGO NATURE MUSEUM
2. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY KIDS ZONE
3. MONARCH BUTTERFLY (DANAUS PLEXIPPUS) RAINFOREST ALLIANCE
4. MONARCH BUTTERFLY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
5. MONARCH BUTTERFLY DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
6. MONARCH BUTTERFLY ANIMAL DIVERSITY WEB
7. MONARCH BUTTERFLY GARDEN ECOSYSTEM WEBSITE
COLORING PAGE
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
1/17/18 LINKS
READING:
MARTINS BIG WORDS
PBS VIDEO: NONVIOLENCE
SOCIAL STUDIES:
PS 46 EUROPEAN EXPLORERS
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG KIDS ZONE
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG PBS
SCIENCE:
BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY: ATOMS AND MOLECULES
BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY: PHASES OF MATTER
MARTINS BIG WORDS
PBS VIDEO: NONVIOLENCE
SOCIAL STUDIES:
PS 46 EUROPEAN EXPLORERS
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG KIDS ZONE
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG PBS
SCIENCE:
BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY: ATOMS AND MOLECULES
BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY: PHASES OF MATTER
Sunday, December 10, 2017
LOTS OF LEARNING
December is usually a productive month in the classroom and this year is no different. As we transition into new books and a new math unit, we also find ourselves managing a few projects and fun topics in science and social studies. These next two weeks aim to be full of enjoyable learning activities as we head into a deserved winter break. Below is the learning snapshot for this week with a couple new categories.
MATH: We will spend Monday revising our work on the unit test from Friday. Starting Tuesday, we will jump into our new Unit 4: Decimals and Coordinate Grids. Family letter will go home Tuesday evening with background information for the unit. We will be in the middle of Unit 4 when Winter Break starts.
READING: This week students will read the 2nd section of their books. Literature Journal 2 A/B is due this Friday. For this work, readers are comparing real world information about explorers from our textbook to scenes in our chapter books, focused on characters who are on a journey.
SS/WRITING: We are slowly entering our Discovery theme work. This unit is turning out different than past years just due to timing. Usually, we finish most of it before break, but it looks like this year we will pick up in the middle after break. As a part of our learning about the Age of Exploitation and colonization of the "New World", students are creating Passport assignments in the classroom and for homework. 3 Passport assignments with a total of 21 points will gain each student passage to a 5th grade "journey" on Dec 21., the last day before break. We are working on Passports in class a bit and also beginning to plan our role playing game, Discovery, where colonies of students attempt to sail to the New World and start a successful colony despite realistic hardships.
SCIENCE: We are planning our 5th Grade Community project a little bit each week. Also, we are focusing on Matter. Our first activity spurred a lot of discussion about elements, atoms, and states of matter. Some of our Matter work will also connect to our community project.
CATTV: Each 5th grader is in a group to plan some aspect of filming footage for our CATTV project. Each group has a topic connected to our school construction. Students are collaborating in person and via technology to plan their portions of our filming. There's a lot going on! So we are working 2 days a week on this project.
This picture below is from our preschool Buddy Time. We enjoyed the Kindergarten winter performance together.
MATH: We will spend Monday revising our work on the unit test from Friday. Starting Tuesday, we will jump into our new Unit 4: Decimals and Coordinate Grids. Family letter will go home Tuesday evening with background information for the unit. We will be in the middle of Unit 4 when Winter Break starts.
READING: This week students will read the 2nd section of their books. Literature Journal 2 A/B is due this Friday. For this work, readers are comparing real world information about explorers from our textbook to scenes in our chapter books, focused on characters who are on a journey.
SS/WRITING: We are slowly entering our Discovery theme work. This unit is turning out different than past years just due to timing. Usually, we finish most of it before break, but it looks like this year we will pick up in the middle after break. As a part of our learning about the Age of Exploitation and colonization of the "New World", students are creating Passport assignments in the classroom and for homework. 3 Passport assignments with a total of 21 points will gain each student passage to a 5th grade "journey" on Dec 21., the last day before break. We are working on Passports in class a bit and also beginning to plan our role playing game, Discovery, where colonies of students attempt to sail to the New World and start a successful colony despite realistic hardships.
SCIENCE: We are planning our 5th Grade Community project a little bit each week. Also, we are focusing on Matter. Our first activity spurred a lot of discussion about elements, atoms, and states of matter. Some of our Matter work will also connect to our community project.
CATTV: Each 5th grader is in a group to plan some aspect of filming footage for our CATTV project. Each group has a topic connected to our school construction. Students are collaborating in person and via technology to plan their portions of our filming. There's a lot going on! So we are working 2 days a week on this project.
This picture below is from our preschool Buddy Time. We enjoyed the Kindergarten winter performance together.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
CLASSY MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICA!
Our Native American museum exhibits are wonderful. Historians did a fantastic job presenting their work last week. Their projects, ranging from NA shelter and hunting to masks, pottery, and kachinas, are still decorating our classroom. As always, this class pulled off impressive work and we enjoyed sharing. Thank you for all your help getting kids prepared to share their projects. Enjoy pictures of projects and more of the Potlatch celebration below.
This week we are transitioning in a few subjects and there is a description of our work below.
MATH: We will finish the fraction unit this week with a math test on Friday! There will be a study guide and math homework each night this week.
READING: This week we are choosing new books based on a Journey theme. Each book has a character going on a type of journey. This dynamic will match our studies of the Age of Exploration in Social Studies. Some students will choose to read in a book club, but they also have a choice to read a journey book by themselves too. There will be weekly literature journal assignments with this reading cycle.
SS/WRITING: We will spend a day reflecting on our Native American work. Then we will start getting into the Age of Exploration. Our work will be nestled in a theme we call Discovery. This integrated work includes weekly projects in writing, mapping, and other skills. There will be a packet for the theme in next week's folder but we will start the foundation this week.
SCIENCE: We are working on many things during science time. Each student will finish sharing their community inspirations on Monday. We will discuss and choose our 5th grade community project. We might have another beeclipse lesson or we will start our matter unit. Our science time will also be used to help plan our CATTV projects.
This week we are transitioning in a few subjects and there is a description of our work below.
MATH: We will finish the fraction unit this week with a math test on Friday! There will be a study guide and math homework each night this week.
READING: This week we are choosing new books based on a Journey theme. Each book has a character going on a type of journey. This dynamic will match our studies of the Age of Exploration in Social Studies. Some students will choose to read in a book club, but they also have a choice to read a journey book by themselves too. There will be weekly literature journal assignments with this reading cycle.
SS/WRITING: We will spend a day reflecting on our Native American work. Then we will start getting into the Age of Exploration. Our work will be nestled in a theme we call Discovery. This integrated work includes weekly projects in writing, mapping, and other skills. There will be a packet for the theme in next week's folder but we will start the foundation this week.
SCIENCE: We are working on many things during science time. Each student will finish sharing their community inspirations on Monday. We will discuss and choose our 5th grade community project. We might have another beeclipse lesson or we will start our matter unit. Our science time will also be used to help plan our CATTV projects.
Friday, November 17, 2017
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
AWESOME POTLATCH TODAY!!! THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT HELPED OUT! ENJOY THE PICS BELOW.
Families, I thoroughly enjoyed conferences and meeting with all of you. I fully appreciate all your efforts at home. Every week, I am more impressed with this classes' ability and performance. I am excited to see what class science project they choose for their 5th grade year.
Coming out of conferences, I want to share a couple curriculum developments. I have updated the Book Share link on this blog to include more information about the Book Share program. Everyone should have 3 by Thanksgiving, 4 or 5 by Winter Break. The Book Share page now has student resources, updated links to award winning book lists, and examples of recent book shares. I will continue to update.
Also, I will be sharing information about the math curriculum. I will be sending home all the math books for students to share with you. Also, expect family letters for each unit. Finally, I will be sharing how to access the math curriculum digitally. It might all end up a new link on the blog too.
This week included steady progress in all subjects. Below is a short description of our current work.
READING: Each reader focused on Book Share progress. Book Shares will be the focus next week too. They are looking great. After Thanksgiving Break, we will start new book clubs with weekly assignments until Winter Break. The theme of our next book club will be "journey" and include stories of characters on some type of journey. This theme mirrors our Social Studies work at that time which will be Explorers.
WRITING/SS: All time was spent developing drafts of our Native American museum exhibits. Students are all preparing poster board displays, models, presentations, and more. I hope to have our final exhibits ready by Nov. 30 to start presenting. Finalizing our projects will be our work until then.
MATH: Fractions is what it's all about. Fractions and how they relate to division. Fractions with number lines. Fractions operations with mental math. Our fraction progress is very smooth and kids are enjoying the work. We will assess this fraction unit around Dec 1.
SCIENCE: We really enjoyed our Beeclipse activity this week. Our MU science expert Ms. Emi trained us in listening to the bee buzzes on the data recovered the day of the eclipse. We practiced listening and discussed science words like amplitude, frequency/pitch, and duration. We also learned about bee biology and behavior too. We spent time sharing our science WORDLES as expression of our fall field experiences. This discussion will determine our science project for the year. I have spent time sharing past projects too.
Families, I thoroughly enjoyed conferences and meeting with all of you. I fully appreciate all your efforts at home. Every week, I am more impressed with this classes' ability and performance. I am excited to see what class science project they choose for their 5th grade year.
Coming out of conferences, I want to share a couple curriculum developments. I have updated the Book Share link on this blog to include more information about the Book Share program. Everyone should have 3 by Thanksgiving, 4 or 5 by Winter Break. The Book Share page now has student resources, updated links to award winning book lists, and examples of recent book shares. I will continue to update.
Also, I will be sharing information about the math curriculum. I will be sending home all the math books for students to share with you. Also, expect family letters for each unit. Finally, I will be sharing how to access the math curriculum digitally. It might all end up a new link on the blog too.
This week included steady progress in all subjects. Below is a short description of our current work.
READING: Each reader focused on Book Share progress. Book Shares will be the focus next week too. They are looking great. After Thanksgiving Break, we will start new book clubs with weekly assignments until Winter Break. The theme of our next book club will be "journey" and include stories of characters on some type of journey. This theme mirrors our Social Studies work at that time which will be Explorers.
WRITING/SS: All time was spent developing drafts of our Native American museum exhibits. Students are all preparing poster board displays, models, presentations, and more. I hope to have our final exhibits ready by Nov. 30 to start presenting. Finalizing our projects will be our work until then.
MATH: Fractions is what it's all about. Fractions and how they relate to division. Fractions with number lines. Fractions operations with mental math. Our fraction progress is very smooth and kids are enjoying the work. We will assess this fraction unit around Dec 1.
SCIENCE: We really enjoyed our Beeclipse activity this week. Our MU science expert Ms. Emi trained us in listening to the bee buzzes on the data recovered the day of the eclipse. We practiced listening and discussed science words like amplitude, frequency/pitch, and duration. We also learned about bee biology and behavior too. We spent time sharing our science WORDLES as expression of our fall field experiences. This discussion will determine our science project for the year. I have spent time sharing past projects too.
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