5th+Grade+Work+Area


 * *5th Grade Work Area **

Update 4/27/11: Good morning, 5th Graders ~

Sorry I wasn’t able to meet with you today. I do, however, have a few things for you to make sure you have complete before you meet with me on Friday.


 * 1) Go back to our blog posts on “The Washing Machine.” Read through the group’s responses and be prepared to discuss and respond to your reactions. If you need to, watch the video again. (Both the link to the blog and the video can be found at the bottom of the 5th Grade Work Area page on my wiki.)
 * 2) 5th Grade Letter Project, Part 1 - Your letter to Julianna should be done and in final copy form. We’ll complete the questionnaire to send with the letters on Friday.
 * 3) 5th Grade Letter Project, Part 2 - Your letter to a 5th Grader (from anywhere) should be done and in final copy form. Please have an address for the school we’ll be sending to. I will have the questionnaires to send with them ready on Friday. I’ll also have envelopes ready for you to address and send. (It is likely that we won’t hear responses until you’re 6th graders. We’ll share those with you when we receive them. No worries!)
 * 4) We’ll talk about Science Projects on Friday.

SEE YOU FRIDAY!!!

**Assignments due April 20th ~**

**Lab experiment** **Blog updates (TED video & Heart Rate Challenge)** **Letter to Juliana (Merrick)** **We'll do the questionnaire together as a group next time.** **Letter to another 5th grade class - anywhere**


 * Assignments due April 6th ~ **

__**NEW BLOG POST - respond by Wednesday! **__

__**Science Projects** __

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">We've been working on our science projects. Let's regroup and find our status and figure out where to go next. I believe most of us are at the point where we're ready to conduct our experiment.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Schedule a time to conduct your experiment when you can all get together. Ensure that you have all your materials. Invite me to participate. I'll come if it works in my schedule. I can even find a place for us to conduct it at school if you'd like (in Hartford/Humboldt)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Remember the goal is to be able to display our projects after Easter. That means we should be conducting our experiment in the next couple weeks, so that we have time to put together our displays. (Remember you'll have Dakota Step Testing in there where you may not have your 30 minute RtI time to work.) Map out your time! I can assist if you'd like. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">@WC Humb Elem Math & Science Night

__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">**In the Meantime. . .** __ **We've watched the video - now it's time to respond.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">media type="custom" key="8807340" <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Our Blog - INSDClassroomPals** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Reminder - you must post on the blog before we meet again on Wednesday, March 30th. I only received one submission for posting on the blog.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">**You need to post your response!**