Mrs. Grinley’s class is participating in the Recorder Olympics. We will be practicing four songs. There is a blue medal, a red medal, a silver medal and a gold medal. To get a blue medal you have to perform To Make Words Sing. To get the red medal you have to perform NewWorld Symphony. To get a silver medal you have to perform Ode to Joy. To get a gold medal you have to perform My Country ‘Tis of Thee. People who perform blue through silver will perform at the Night of the Arts. Gold medalists will perform at the Memorial Day celebration.
We just finished unit 10 in math, which was algebra and some geometry. We learned about pan balances, interpreting data and creating charts, as well as diameter, radius, circumference, and area of circles. We also learned that pi equals 3.14.
We just finished a Jean Fritz author study. She wrote books on important characters in the Revolutionary War. We read about Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, King George III, Patrick Henry, Sam Adams and John Hancock. We have moved on to literature circles while studying author Andrew Clements. The books that our class is reading are: A Week in the Woods, Things Not Seen, The Jacket, The Report Card, and Room One. We are also restarting book chats again.
In Science, we just started learning about animal adaptations. We are learning about how animals adapt to obtain food, survive their environment, move, and protect themselves. We will be presenting posters on Friday.
In social studies we are studying the American Revolution. We have been looking at a book that has a lot of primary sources about the Declaration of Independence and other documents from that period. Friday we will be doing a web-quest of the important battles of the war.
In writing we are doing personal essays. We have been brainstorming topics, and are ready to focus in on one topic and bring it to publication.
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