Simple Machines

Click HERE to explore four areas of a house and identify 40 different simple machines.

There are 10 in each room: Garage, Bathroom, Kitchen, and Bedroom.

Have fun!

Free-Form Concept Map of Sound

You will create your own representations for Sound as a post-reading activity. Reference pages 406-415 in your textbook for help in building your map.

You will need to decide the important ideas from your reading assignment, organize the information and present it through words, pictures and diagrams. Be creative!!

Main ideas to include in your map:
definition of sound
wavelength
echoes
pitch
frequency
mediums through which sound travels
loudness
percussion instruments
string instruments
wind instrument
Optional: The Piano

This is due Monday, May 18th.

Here are some sites to get ideas on creating concept maps.

http://www.slideshare.net/jtneill/introduction-to-concept-mapping

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Concept_mapping/Gallery

Big Chickens

Reading and Writing Week of May 4th

This week will be a review of spelling words from last week. We will have a 10 wrod quiz on Thursday.
This week we will also have a D.O.L quiz on Thursday! Skills will be Monday- Wednesday!
We will take the Reading Diagnostic this week. We are looking for 80% mastery! The students will have plenty of time to finish the test.
Our author study of Chris Van Allsburg will resume later in the week. So far we have read The Stranger, The Wretched Stone, and The Garden of Abdul Gazazi.
In writing we will begin our genre study of persuasive writing. A published piece will be completed at the conclusion of the unit.