We will be welcoming our advanced learners soon!

ELA:  We are using descriptions in chapter 1 of The Chicken Squad by Doreen Cronin to visualize the characters.  We are drawing the characters in our workbooks.  We will also be doing activities with our vocabulary words.

Math/STEM:  We are working on creating a game from an empty egg carton and coming up with the rules to win the game. (September 26)

ELA:  We are working on sorting vocabulary words in chapters 3-4 of Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff  into a list of nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.  We are learning clues in definitions that will help us determine what types of words they are.

Math/STEM:   We are working on creating a device that will let us hear someone in another room.  (September 26)

ELA:  We are working on reading the first 18 pages of The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and predicting what will happen next in the novel.  We will be talking about events that happened for clarification and will be working on character maps for 3 of our main characters.

Math/STEM:  We are working on creating 5 new insects and creating a guide to describe their features and adaptations. (September 26)

ELA: We are working on the vocabulary for chapters 3-4 chapters of Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson.  We will start reading these chapters.

Math/STEM:  We are working on designing and building a marshmallow catapult to learn about trajectory (path of an object) and how to manipulate or change it.  (September 26)

ELA: We are working on reading chapter 2 of From the Mixed Up Files of Mr.s Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Koningsberg.  We are learning new vocabulary words.

Math/STEM:  In our Monday group we are working on determining which surface will allow a marble to roll the fastest and why.

In the Tuesday group we are working on following our plans for a table with the fewest amount of popsicle sticks that can hold a soda can.

In the Wednesday group we are working on following our plans for a table with the fewest amount of popsicle sticks that can hold a soda can.

ELA: We are working on reading chapter 3 of The Princess Bride by WIlliam Goldman. 

Math/STEM:  In the first and last groups, we are working on building the largest igloo we can in an hour.

In the second group we are working on creating a mini mummy and wrapping it in a continuous strip of crepe paper.  We are looking at the porportional size of the wrapping to the mummy.

ELA: We are working on reading chapter s 1 and 2 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  We have learned about Roman influences.  We are mapping the characters and what we know about them.

Math/STEM:  In the first and last groups we are working on constructing a marble maze (like the labyrinth of the Minotaur).  The mazes will be complex with traps, turns, and dead ends.

In the second group we are working on creating a hut that will withstand a wind storm from a hair dryer.

ELA: We are working on reading chapter 3 of Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.  We are using what we learn in this chapter to discuss foreshadowing.

Math/STEM: In the first and last group we are working on creating pland and starting to build water filters that will clean dirty water.  We will reflect on the process.

In the second group we are learning about electrical circuits by creating working light sabers using LED lights, copper strips, button batteries, and milkshake straws.  Our challenge is to create one that will light up AND be able to turn off.