Vacation....here we come!

Today's guest bloggers are Alex and Brianna

     We have managed to get a lot of things done before we head off for vacation.  In math we just finished up multiplying and dividing fractions.  Now we are moving on to geometry. We are learning new and interesting things like polygon hierarchy diagrams and all of the properties of shapes. 
     We have been getting ready for science MCAS by doing review packets of things we have learned all year.  We have a fun hands-on project where we have been creating earth using humus, sand gravel and clay.  We mix the components up and create a mound. Then we create rainstorms and streams to see how the dirt erodes.  Right before vacation we planted seeds then watered them and put saran wrap to keep the water inside so it doesn't evaporate.
     In reading we have been doing literature circles using Sharon Creech books such as Walk Two Moons, Heartbeat, Ruby Holler, Pleasing the Ghost and Granny Torelli Makes Soup.  Also, we have been studying inferencing, looking at the character in each novel.  We have also used wordless picture books to make inferences.
     In social studies we did a similation of the colonial people and the king of England.  We learned how the colonists felt when their money was taken from them.
     We have been working with our kindergarten buddies on sight words.  We also went to the Rhode Island Philharmonic and got to sing along with and play the recorder with the orchestra.