ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS THE "HOPE OF AMERICA" PERFORMANCE. Students should bring a pair of sunglasses tomorrow for the show. We do have flashlights for the class.
Our new vocabulary words are:
spurious: plausible but false OR could be, but not true
submissive: inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination OR tends to surrender to orders or wishes of others or showing such tendencies
substantiate: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts OR to back up something
subtle: difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze OR difficult to see or understand or take apart and put together (as in learning)
superficial: of, affecting, or being on or near the surface OR fake, not deep feelings
We are not doing grammar or idioms this week. Instead, we are concentrating on finishing our Meridian newspaper featured articles and working on our invention stories. NEWSPAPER STORIES OR ARTICLES OR FEATURED WORKS ARE DUE THURSDAY. INVENTION STORY ROUGH DRAFTS ARE DUE NEXT MONDAY, A WEEK FROM TODAY.
Danny found his dad in a pit in Hazell's Wood today.
MATH HOMEWORK IS 11:4:A. We began volume today by learning what 3-dimensional really means, how to depict 3-D pictorally, and how to write "cubed" correctly. We created 3-dimensional objects out of cubes, guessed and checked the volume, and also built cubed objects. Students learned that a cube 1 foot by 1 foot by 1 foot actually needed 1,748 cubic inches to fill the space! Groups of students predicted, then built cubes 6 cubes long by 6 cubes wide by 6 cubes high. They figured out how many cubes were needed to complete the cube. This is a great brain exercise!
After lunch we had Meridian Math Club, S.I.R., and some students elected to work on their Invention stories. We then moved to poetry, dong a hands-on rotational pre-write assignment with verbs, nouns, and adjectives having to do with the seasons. This will expand to a haiku syllabic lesson tomorrow.
4th Graders went to Art and 5th Graders learned more about genetics, specifically dominant and recessive genes and crossovers. They learned how to chart BB, Bb, and bb off-spring. We used hair color, size, and earlobes to determine physical traits. We discussed physical and character (personality) traits that can be passed on to children.
After P.E. students reviewed the "Hope of America" schedule for Wednesday. We will be leaving the school at 9:15 a.m. to go to the Marriott Center for a rehearsal. PLEASE BRING A SACK LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY, AS WE WILL RETURN TO SCHOOL JUST AFTER LUNCH.
We also read a few invention books to get more ideas for our stories. HOMEWORK IS 30-40 MINUTES OF READING AND WORK ON YOUR INVENTION STORY.
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