Thursday, September 29, 2016

MATH:  Looking at equivalent fractions, mixed numbers & improper fractions. 
Share ideas, strategies and thought on the Pizza Night challenge in the Math NSN Blog. We will be discussing suggestions later this week into next week!
***Practice your multiplication tables for 7 & 8: 
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

POETRY: Pollination Poem with the list of descriptive words inspired by the Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination. (scroll to 3:20 to begin viewing the timelapse video)  Google Classroom assignment. Second draft peer feedback tomorrow.

SCIENCE:  Create a classification tree with at least three sub-levels on anything you choose to sort (e.g., toy cars / dolls / types of food / furniture / clothing / pets)  Online with bubbl.us.  We will print them off in class for our anchor wall.


GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2016 (GRA) : In PADLET: PAX Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book:  Here is a quick glimpse into the story PAX by Sarah PennyPacker

  Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. 
  At his grandfather's house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be—with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox.
  Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own