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ELA: We read chapter 6 of The Chicken Squad.  We will be drawing pictures of and writing sentences for 4 of our vocabulary words.  We will be matching vocabulary words to their definitions.  Vocabulary words are: unique, decisively, twitchy, atmosphere, delicate, particular, enormous, extraordinary, helium, pluck, scribble, remark, terrifying, approximately

Math: Heart Art.  We are exploring light and shadow by creating a 4ft tall/long shadow for a teddy bear using a flashlight.

ELA: We are exploring literary elements of foreshadowing, metaphors, personification, and clarifying meaning with the first 12 chapters of our novel.  Vocabulary words: Procession, sustained, deceiving, murmur, skeins, exhilaration, plummeting, blathered, merely, reprimanding

Math: We are exploring the ideas of structure and the effects of height on stability.  We are working to create the tallest freestanding tower possible out of straws and a limited amount of tape.

ELA: We are answering qustions for pages 157-187 of The One & Only Ivan and learning a new set of vocabulary words.  Vocabulary words: vanishes, stench, glints, cluttered, gingerly, frantic

Math: We are continuing to work on our educational board games.

ELA: We are answering questions about chapters 11-13 of The Bridge to Terabithia and summarizing our learning on these chapters.  We will be learning our new set of vocabulary words.  Vocabulary words: relentlessly, dredging, smothering, piteously, traitorous, allegiance

Math:  We are working on creating bridges out of craft sticks that can hold up textbooks.

ELA: I will not see the Monday group as Monday the 5th is a Teacher Workday.

On Wednesday, we are watching the movie to compare to the book.

Math/STEM:  I will not see the Monday group as Monday the 5th is a Teacher Workday.

In the Tuesday group we are continuing to work on creating a suspension bridge that can support a full soda can.

In the Wednesday group we exploring friction by finding a surface that will let a marble run the fatest speed possible down a luge.

ELA: In all groups we will read and summarize chapter 7 of The Princess Bride by WIlliam Goldman.  We will learn the new vocabulary for chapter 7 and begin reading.  Vocabulary words are: appalled, fantasmigoria, distill, liabilities, assets, contingencies

Math/STEM:  In the first and last groups, we are continuing to work on creating a 'snowball shooter' to protect our Arctic scientist group from polar bears.  We are learning about the effect of force on motion.

In the second group we are continuing to work on creating a kid sized mummy.  We are researching to determine what "average" means in relation to a child's size and working on measuring as we build to make sure it remains proportional.

 ELA: We are learning about archetype characters that can be found in literature and archetype plots in stories.  We are learning that acrhetypes can be found in colors as well!  We are reading chapters 13-14 in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  Vocabulary words: condenses, void, botched, rejuvinating, dispersed, lapdogs, gall, hoist, inprudent, dynamic, scarcity

Math/STEM:  In the first and last groups we will be continuing our Greek Pottery project where we will be piecing together broken pottery like Archeologists.  Students will research and create Greek based designs on terracotts pots before breaking them.

In the second group we are working on creating a raft with a mast that will float and hold as many pennies as possible.

-ELA: I will not be seeing 8th this week since Monday the 5th is a Teacher Workday.

Math/STEM: I will not be seeing 8th this week since Monday the 5th is a Teacher Workday.