Wildfires

The Science of Wildfires - 8 min. video

Firestorm

Thursday our whole school goes to see Wonder!  Please be sure you've turned in the permission slip. 

Tonight's homework assignment is to read Fire Storm in our Storytown book, page 345-354. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hghT1W33cY - National Geographic Fire Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFcUrerRuKA - Firestorm Information Video

Students have a small fluency assignment (poem) to practice at home for fun.  Volunteers will present the poem to the class on Friday.  We are using Shel Silverstein poems to help us practice rhythm and poetry, as well as fluency.

Here are our Spelling Links - We are on Unit 13, Suffixes, and our test is Friday. 

Spelling City Unit 13

Spelling Words

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/suffix.html - Suffix Game

Our Grammar skill this week is identifying nouns. Today we worked on common/proper nouns and abbreviations.  Here are a few practice games:

https://www.turtlediary.com/games/noun.html or Noun Games

UPCOMING:

Christmas is a wonderful time to think about our own family traditions and customs.  During the next week, we will be discussing ways that different countries celebrate the holiday season.  Each student will be giving a short oral presentation about a selected country.  The report will only last between 3 to 5 minutes, and nothing will need to be handed in for this report.

Students will:

* Pick one nationality to talk about (it does NOT need to be their own nationality)

* Be able to locate the country on the MAP and GLOBE

*  Bring in at least ONE, but not more than three, items that represent the country(flag, photo, drawing, souvenir, figurine, etc.)

*  Tell the class about a special tradition or custom used during a holiday celebrated in that country.

Students may use note cards, but the goal is to look up at the class and speak fluently, without reading directly off of a paper.

Please note that students should select a country that does not include the United States, unless they are specifically reporting on Native American customs or traditions.  Mexican and Canadian traditions are fine, as they are from a country separate from the United States of America. 

Research Facts can be found here:  

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/christmas-traditions-from-around-the-world-infographic/

Christmas Around the World video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQCxRLo8rGs

Fluency Practice

Students have a small fluency assignment (poem) to practice at home for fun.  Volunteers will present the poem to the class on Friday.  We are using Shel Silverstein poems to help us practice rhythm and poetry, as well as fluency.

This week we will be studying the vocabulary, comprehension, and writing an extended response test over Fire Storm in our Storytown book, page 345-354. 

eBook  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hghT1W33cY - National Geographic Fire Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFcUrerRuKA - Firestorm Information Video

Here are our Spelling Links - We are on Unit 13, Suffixes, and our test is Friday. 

Spelling City Unit 13

Spelling Words

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/suffix.html - Suffix Game

Our Grammar skill this week is identifying nouns. Today we worked on common/proper nouns and abbreviations.  Here are a few practice games:

https://www.turtlediary.com/games/noun.html or Noun Games

UPCOMING:

Christmas is a wonderful time to think about our own family traditions and customs.  During the next week, we will be discussing ways that different countries celebrate the holiday season.  Each student will be giving a short oral presentation about a selected country.  The report will only last between 3 to 5 minutes, and nothing will need to be handed in for this report.

Students will:

* Pick one nationality to talk about (it does NOT need to be their own nationality)

* Be able to locate the country on the MAP and GLOBE

*  Bring in at least ONE, but not more than three, items that represent the country(flag, photo, drawing, souvenir, figurine, etc.)

*  Tell the class about a special tradition or custom used during a holiday celebrated in that country.

Students may use note cards, but the goal is to look up at the class and speak fluently, without reading directly off of a paper.

Please note that students should select a country that does not include the United States, unless they are specifically reporting on Native American customs or traditions.  Mexican and Canadian traditions are fine, as they are from a country separate from the United States of America. 

Research Facts can be found here:  

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/christmas-traditions-from-around-the-world-infographic/

Christmas Around the World video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQCxRLo8rGs

Spelling Unit 12 and Mountain Story

This week's Spelling Unit is about using prefixes and suffixes to change base words.  Our test is FRIDAY.

Spelling City Unit 12


Here's a link to our story for this week:

eBook

Volcano Introduction for Kids

Mountain Video (Short)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW86gAzQH3g&t=159s - volcano video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUN2hXvn6Y&t=8s - volcano video

Mountain Video - long (30 min.)

Find the Mountains - where mountains are located game

We will NOT have a story test this week.  Instead, students will create a mountain poster.  They selected whether they will work alone, with a partner, or with two partners.  This poster will replace the story test and will be graded on these criteria:

Mountain Type	Clearly Describe How Formed	Examples of these Mountains	Labeled, Colorful Picture	Neatness, Proper Spelling, Attractive Presentation
Mountain 1	/2 pts.	/2 pts.	/2 pts.	/2 pts.
Mountain 2	/2 pts.	/2 pts.	/2 pts.	/2 pts.
Mountain 3	/2 pts.	/2 pts.	/2 pts.	/2 pts.

* Use vocabulary and science words to describe each kind of mountain and to label your pictures.  Words you may wish to include are strata, magma, crust, lava, eruption, ash, molten rock, vent, plates, layers, shift, pressure.

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/mountains.htm - mountain facts

http://www.ducksters.com/geography/mountain_ranges.php - more facts

http://www.ducksters.com/geography/top_10_mountains.php - Top 10 Mountains

http://www.3dgeography.co.uk/mountain-diagrams - Detailed Mountain Facts 3-D

Noun Games

Noun/Verb Games

Common/Proper Nouns

IXL Nouns

Ralph S. Mouse

Block 1 just completed the novel study of Ralph S. Mouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGFvrQkQ4dM

Story Test

Our Spelling words have a V-C-V Pattern. Our test is on Friday.

Spelling City Unit 11

We are reading "Mimicry and Camouflage" this week in Unit 11 from Storytown.  Today we are testing over the story and vocabulary.

eBook

Mimicry and Camouflage Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxnIrI4LTzQ ***

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pQg7e_sac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP0ySp-la9Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nb47pO60oc

Sea Life :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB7tqiL-Eqs

Butterfly Camouflage and Mimicry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIlT2PlbaM

Our Grammar skill this week is identifying nouns.  We will be working on Common/Proper Nouns, as well as abbreviations. Here are a few practice games:

https://www.turtlediary.com/games/noun.html or Noun Games

We are also working on the skills of Drawing Conclusions and Cause/Effect.

Mimicry and Camouflage

Our Spelling words have a V-C-V Pattern.  Today we completed workbook pages 43 and 44.  Our test is on Friday.

Spelling City Unit 11

We are reading "Mimicry and Camouflage" this week in Unit 11 from Storytown.  Our story homework Tuesday is to reread this selection:

eBook

Mimicry and Camouflage Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxnIrI4LTzQ ***

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pQg7e_sac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP0ySp-la9Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nb47pO60oc

Sea Life :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB7tqiL-Eqs

Butterfly Camouflage and Mimicry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIlT2PlbaM

Our Grammar skill this week is identifying nouns.  We will be working on Common/Proper Nouns, as well as abbreviations. Here are a few practice games:

https://www.turtlediary.com/games/noun.html or Noun Games

We are also working on the skills of Drawing Conclusions and Cause/Effect.

What is Daylight Savings Time?

Daylight Savings Time Video