Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Electric Circuits

Here are some links to help you practice what we have learned in science about electricity and electric circuits.


http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/


http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/guide.html


Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Long Division

Here is a Khan Academy video link that explains the long division that we are working on this week.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Gravity Exploration

Today in science we studied gravity and its effect on our weight.
Click here to see what you would weigh if you were on another planet.
We learned that the reason for this is because each planet is a different size, so it has a different gravitational pull!

Monday, May 11, 2015

Math Songs

Here is a link to the multiplication songs that we listened to in class today.
http://www.lexrich5.org/webpages/rderrick/songs.cfm?subpage=31382
Scroll to the "Multiply By" songs by Jack Hartman.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Homework for Week of 3 May

It's May and we are entering the last week of our Abu Dhabi Reads celebration.  Each day during 2nd period we will have a special activity. We have made bookmarks, listened to reading, read by ourselves, read together, and shared our love for reading.  Let's keep working hard, learning, and enjoying our great school.


Here are the homework assignments for this week. Each day students write their homework assignments in their agendas.


English:
Spelling:
Study the words at Spelling City
This week will will have 10 High Frequency Words.
Spelling tests will be on Wednesday (5BB) and Thursday (5BC).
Each night I will send home a paper that the students have started in class. Study the words by finishing the worksheet, or practicing how to spell each word. 
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such             because
turn              here
why              asked
went             men
read             need
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Reading: We have finsihed reading the story Owen and Mzee and will be working on follow-up activities this week in class. 
I am sending home Big Cat Reading Book C on Sunday/Monday.
Please continue to read the story Animals on the Move and think about the what you are learning.
Finish the story Animals on the Move on pages 105-135 After reading, complete the workbook pages 136-148.

Story:  Animals on the Move on pages 105-135
Workbook: pages 136-148

Math:
This week we will continue to be working toward learning how to do multi-digit multiplication.
We will start with our math facts and then learn how to use these facts to multiply 1 digit by 2 digits and 1 digit by 3 digits.


Practice:

Some websites to practice (they are the same as last week):

Multiplication:
http://www.mathplayground.com/multiplication05.html
Practice your math facts.



Multiplication Games:




Science:
We are researching Sea Turtles and learning how to conserve their habitat!
For more information, visit The Sea Turtle Conservatory.