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ELA: We are working on Day 10  of The Chicken Squad.  We will be working with vocabulary from this chapter and vocabulary we have learned through the whole unit.  Vocabulary: epilogue, detection, invisible

Math: We are continuing our project Repurpose for a Purpose.  Students will repurpose an object and turn it into something new.  We will start our builds this week.

ELA: We are reading chapters 23-26 of Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin and answering questions about the story.  Vocabulary words: recoiled, rickety, intricately, embroidered, aura, stupor, loom, abominable, wariness, contagious

Math: We are exploring measurement by creating a bat that has the same wingspan as our arms!  This week we will be taking measurements of our arm spans and starting our builds.

ELA: We are starting our new book Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo.  We are continuing chapters 6-8.  We will be answering questions about the story and learning about the Heimlich Maneuver.  Vocabulary words: contract, unassuming, tentative, profound, descend, unpredictable, submersion, disdain, hysterical, inadvertently

Math: We are continuing our Newsworthy Tower project and exploring geometry and stability in archetecture.  Students will create a tower out of newsprint that will support the weight of a bar eraser.

ELA: We working on chapters 3-4 of Tuck Everlasting.  We will be taking about cliffhangers and using clues to figure out our vocabulary crossword puzzle.  Vocabulary Words: forlorn, tangent, tranquil, contemplation, dissolve, infinite, tolerant, oppressive, meager, accessible

Math:  We are continuing our project on Pulleys.  Students will create a pulley that can lift a paper cup.  This week students will finalize a plan with a partner and start their builds.

ELA: We are working on projects that show our understanding and knowledge of the story.

Math/STEM:  In the Monday group we are starting to work on a catapult to try to land a bead in a bowl.

In the Tuesday group we are continuing our Take the Stairs project where students will create a staircase of at least 5 steps that can hold a penny on each step.

In the Wednesday group we are continuing to work on our project Energy In Play where each student will create a Newton's Cradle.

ELA: All groups are continuing our new novel, Pay It Forward!  We are reading the first 10 chapters, answering questions about the reading, and choosing 4 characters to write a diary entry from that characters point of view.  Vocabulary words: sauntered, euphamistic, dismissive, oversensitive, scrupulously, distressingly, divinely, idealism, transparent, revelation, expectance, repel, excruciating, indignation, petulant

Math/STEM:  In the first group we are continuing our Parachute project where students will create a parachute that will stay in the air at least 6 seconds.  

In the second group we starting our new Arctic Circle Unit.  Students will be creating the largest igloo possible with marshmallows, packing peanuts, glue, and toothpicks.

In the last group, we are continuing our Parachute project where students will create a parachute that will stay in the air at least 6 seconds.  

 ELA: We are reading chapters 23-27 in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  We are learning about how foreshadowing helps make a story believable.  Vocabulary words: arduous, asset, infusion, emanating, irreparable, ominous, staunch, vaguely, plaintively, famished, irreverent, tirades, exorbitant, exasperated

If we have time left over we will be starting to watch the movie.

Math/STEM:  In the first group we are starting our Deserted Island unit by building a hut that can withstand a "wind storm".

In the second group we are continuing our Greek Mythology unit by piecing broken pottery pieces together to help learn about the ancient Greek civilization.

In the last group we are reflecting on our Trojan Horse project.  Students will create a plan for a rolling Trojan Horse model that can hide an object inside.

ELA: We are continuing our story Murder on the Orient Express by finishing part 3 (chapters 8-9). We are continuing to track our clues and making predictions about "who done it".  Vocabulary words are didactically, nebulously, propounds, egress

If we have time left over, we will start watching the movie.

Math/STEM: In the first group we are continuing our Star Wars unit by creating unique droids that have some purpose to help society.

In the second group we are continuing our Pioneering Town unit by building a tower that can hold the weight of an apple on a platform at least 12 inches off the ground.

In the third group we are continuing our Star Wars unit by creating unique droids that have some purpose to help society.