Fun activities!

We have a lot of updates from this past week! I think that sharing through pictures will be the best way to do this!

Our  new student teacher, Miss Ali Middleton.

  Playing division bingo for review!



  Using the "Weekly Reader" and online discussion boards.



  Dr. Roney visiting with us to talk about the respiratory system!

  Viewing real x-rays of lungs!



  Starting our colonies unit!

Show Me app on the iPad

Students have had fun learning about division this week. To show other students how they solved the problem, they used the showme app on the iPad to solve the problem! Click the following links to see two students' work.

http://www.showme.com/sh/?i=60481

http://www.showme.com/sh/?i=60486

 

Respiratory system

Students created examples of lungs that really work!

Making blood!

To prepare for our circulatory test, the class made "blood" using hot tamales, corn syrup, marshmallows, and sprinkles. We reviewed the parts of blood using this fun activity!

Finished cells and social studies

The class finished their plant cells in science and have starting working on the circulatory system this week.

Miss Briggs has finished the Native Americans project and are starting work on an Explorers unit where students are researching and creating captain's logs of their explorer's travels.

 

FINISHED CELLS!



WRITING AND PRACTICING NATIVE AMERICAN SCRIPTS









WORKING ON CAPTAINS' LOGS

Cells

In preparation for our cells test and extra review, students have begun making plant and animal cell replicas!

Hyperbole and Multiplication

The class has been learning about figurative language. Here are some examples of hyperboles that they wrote and illustrated!

"I am madder than a bull!"



"I read so much I thought my head would explode!"



"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"



In math, students have been playing multiplication games to help them learn more about multiplication! Here they are competing against each other in multiplication war.