Circle Graphs

Students generated these circle graphs using the Create A Graph web site and using data from our Shirley Hills school population.

If any student graphs do not appear above, it was because of an e-mail error.

Verbs of Steel

In writing we are learning how using interesting, powerful verbs can make our writing better. Below is a slideshow of a class writing project from today inspired by Nick Bruel's Bad Kitty.

Bad Doggy

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"Garden of Happiness" Vocabulary Words

Write a sentence with the word "lavender."

Write a sentence with the word "skidded."

Write a sentence with the word "mural."

Write a sentence with the word "haze."

Write a sentence with the word "inhaled."

Write a sentence with the word "seedling."

Scary Leads

Homework: Finish all spelling assignments, complete vocab notebook for the week, and Tic-Tac-Toe reading activities (not GATES reading group). For math do 5.2 the front side only, skip #3.
Tomorrow the kids receive their Blue Ribbon Tie-dye t-shirt and we will be assembling our class banner with items that represent ourselves, our hopes, and our dreams. Have a great night.


Write some more leads. Make them scary this time.

Leading Examples of Leads

Below are some of the lead highlights that we've compiled this week. They were inspired by the 4 pictures posted under the "Leads" label.

zach b:
As I was swimming in what I thougt was an empty body of water I looked up to see at least ten elephants staring at me as if they were going to attack. I tried to stay still but they apparently saw me and charged.

zhylene.e
As i was walking through the woods.I saw a huge cave i went in then all of the sudden.I heard a loud noise.Then I looked at behind me there was a a group of huge elephant following me.

By: Megan M.
I was running through the jungle then
I stumbled on a rock in to the river then I stood up and saw a huge herd of elephants.

matt b. I am running through woods all of the sudden I come to a path.It looks like it never ends.At one point I thought I was being watched.Then I hear a stick crack.

lilli
As I was waking threw the dark woods I was alone at night I heard A screaming noise in the woods but I saw A bat leading to A dark scary PATH!

by jack w

It was normal day and there was one hour left of school and a kid past me a note it said there was an old path in my neiborhood so after school I went down the path and all of a sudden I saw some rustling in the bushes so I went to go check it out and looked above to see the most terrifing thing I EVER SAW I WAS SO SCARED I COULD NOT MOVE.

rahni w.

One day i was walking. in a dark forest all alone. i saw a old shed i opened the door. their was nothing in it i steped out. of the shed and kept walking and mist started to apair. i felt a cold hand on my shoulder i turned around. i screamed and started running and i fell.

By Leo

I was riding my bike on a bike path when I fell down a hill that was never there.Then I heard a ton of ghostly sounds.Then I screamed!

Molly:I wake up on a raft floating in a lilypad garden when I suddenly crash into a giant leaf I look around this time cautious. Then I relax again and look at my surroundings. Leafs,leafs, and a girl.

-By Kate Henley
I was floating along a river filled with shallow, muddy water. I was half awake, yet it felt like I was fully asleep. I dozed off dreaming of wonders, gold and silver. I heard a frog croaking in the distance and woke slightly. In my blurry view, I saw a dark green figure coming towards me. I rubbed my eyes, thinking that it was a figment of my imagination. The blurry figure was coming closer, until I realized it was a leaf. A large lillypad leaf spattered with red clay.

Vocab Word: Unfamiliar

Use the picture to create a sentence using each vocabulary word in the "Comments" section of each blog post. When writing your sentence, try to use the word in a way that shows you know how to use the word well. Feel free to change the word slightly by adding prefixes or suffixes.

Vocab Word: Thicket

Vocab Word: Unity

Vocab Word: Clearing

Vocab Word: Anticipation

Happy Holidays

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Writing- Voice

In writing class we started a unit on Voice. Voice is the energy and personality that makes your writing uniquely yours. It is energetic and spunky and makes the reader enjoy reading and want to read more. Today in class we took some writing samples that were weak in Voice and revised them.

Northeast Comic Strip

We are nearing the end of our studies on the Northeastern states. In the past week we've talked a lot about the population density of these states. To demonstrate their understanding of this concept students created a comic strip. The directions to the assignment are on each sample. Below are some of the comic strips.

Leads

Today in writing we worked on writing an interesting lead to a story. A good lead captures the reader's attention and creates a desire to keep reading. Click on comments to view some great examples and non-examples.

Grammar Posters

In recent English lessons we learned about four types of sentences:

• Interrogative (sentences that ask a question and end with a question mark)
• Imperative (sentences that give a command or order and end with a period)
• Exclamatory (sentences that show excitement and end with an exclamation mark)
• Declarative (sentences that state a fact or give information and end with a period)

The pictures shown below are scans of student posters. They had to create a character for each type of sentence focused around the end mark (since that helps to identify each type). Students also included some example quotes from their character to demonstrate each type of sentence.

The bottoms were cut off during scanning.

Writing

Today we learned about filler. Good writing can get bogged down and heavy if you include unnecessary details. Check out the comments to see some examples. Students picked a topic, began writing as usual and inserted some filler. The students had fun inserting odd and interesting filler sentences. See if you can spot the filler.

Journal Entries

Today we wrote about a time that took courage. Click play to listen to a few of the stories.

Homework Tonight:

Spelling assignments are due Friday (word find and 5x each practice)
The 5x each practice has been changed to only include misspelled words.

Read

Math:
RW 14 All Problems
PW 14 Problems 9-17

Tomorrow we have Art and Library

Estimating Adding and Subtracting by Rounding and Front-End Estimation

When we estimate we round to the biggest place value number. The rest of the digits become zeros. Then we add.



When we estimate we round to the biggest place value number. The rest of the digits become zeroes. Then we subtract.



When you do front-end estimation you keep the biggest place value digit and turn the rest to zero. You do not round. Then add or subtract. By Ellie and Rob






When you are estimating and adding or subtacting numbers with a different amount of digits, you round to the biggest place value spot for each number. By Max

Student Work

Above are examples from Thursday night's social homework. They were excellent. Each table picked one example they thought should be shared.