The Underground Railroad

Click this link to learn about the Underground Railroad.

Comment:
Take on the role of either the slave trying to escape on the Underground Railroad or a person helping a slave escape.  Then tell what your job is, how you feel about slavery and what you wish the United States would do about slavery. Make your writing based on what you have learned. Use correct punctuation and accurate information.  Your comment should be at least 3 sentences long!

Measure It

Practice measuring with the game linked below:
Measure It.

COMMENT:
What measurement is the hardest for you?
What measurement is the easiest for you?
Do you know your height? Tell it to us in this comment.

Basketball

                                                      

We have many students in our class that play rec. league sports. Earlier in the year there were pictures posted of some of our special volleyball players.  Here are some pictures of a few of our students playing basketball!  Whenever I attend games, I am impressed with your ability to play as well as your team spirit and helpfulness to everyone playing.  Way to go All-Stars! 

Marven of the Great North Woods

Our reading story this week is titled, "Marven of the Great North Woods". Marven worked for a lumbering camp. Click on the link Lumbering Camps to read the graphic novel to learning about lumbering. Read it carefully and learn all you can about this fascinating way of life.  

    

 In the corner of some pictures are scrolls that look like this:

When you see them, click on the little boxes for more information.

After reading everything- COMMENT with telling 3 things that you learned about lumbering. THEN tell if you would like to be a lumberjack or not and why or why not! 

Merry Christmas from Mrs. Lane

I miss each of you! I hope your Christmas is extra special! I love you all! Enjoy your holiday and I will see you on January 9.

Mrs. Lane

Christmas Activities

Clicking here: 
Christmas Activities
will take you to fun activities to use for celebrating the holiday!
Enjoy and then comment about a family holiday tradition that you have.

Learning Graphing

Learning to make graphs is fun and can help you organize information.
Bar Graphs help compare and contrast information while line graphs help show changes in information over a period of time. 
Play the graphing activity below to use data to make graphs. 

Graphing

COMMENT: How can you use graphs to help you with something you need to see visually? 

Force, Energy and Motion

Do the activities linked below: 

Friction Game

Forces and Movement

Links to Many Examples of Force, Energy and Motion

COMMENT: What did you learn about force, energy and motion through these games. 

Food Chain Game

You are learning about food chains in Science.  Each living thing has a part in the food chain; some are producers, some are consumers... Complete the activity linked here: Food Chain Game.
Comment: List an animal or plant in the food chain and tell what it's job is in the food chain. 

Welcome to Tech NIght

Welcome to Tech Night!  
I am so glad that you came to learn about the technology that your child uses in our classroom!  It makes learning so engaging and fun. Please take the information from tonight and let your children use technology in your home. 

Parents please follow the blog when you get home!

Students have your parents comment about something that they have learned so far tonight. 

Enjoy the remainder of the fun!