Welcome to our blog! Use the tabs above to access links to games that will help students practice some of the more complex skills we are learning and will be tested on. I will add more as I find them. I hope to get vocabulary and spelling words updated soon, so check back! on what we are studying can be found below. Please let us know what you think by commenting on our posts!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Iowa Assessments Are Done!
We have completed all of our Iowa Assessments. Students took tests on Reading, Written Expression, Math, Science, Vocabulary, Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation, and Computation. I think all would say they breathed a sigh of relief as they finished taking them and that they really tried to knock my socks off!
Great job to these Inquiring Kids!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a great and FREE website where people can watch videos to learn concepts and then practice those concepts to check their understanding. We've been working on adding fractions with unlike denominators. You can click here to be taken to a video at Khan Academy to work on this skill.
Have Fun!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
BB KING
We've been learning about the Central Region in the United States, also known as America's Heartland. There are 2 regions in the Central Region, the Midwest and the South Central Region.
One of our reading selections mentions B.B. King, the great blues artist. The music he played became associated with the Central Region, especially in the Chicago area, where they have Blues Festivals. Here is a video of BB King playing a song called Blues Boys Tune.
<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4Ny5ajCn0xw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
One of our reading selections mentions B.B. King, the great blues artist. The music he played became associated with the Central Region, especially in the Chicago area, where they have Blues Festivals. Here is a video of BB King playing a song called Blues Boys Tune.
<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4Ny5ajCn0xw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Murals for Unit 5 Inquiry Project
We are looking at murals because it will be our next inquiry project. We've even seen reverse murals, which are dirty walls that are "painted" by cleaning up the dirt. See the examples above.
Look under the Unit 5 America's Heartland tab to see examples of murals in Philadelphia.
This one really isn't a mural, but I found it while searching for Reverse Murals. It is pictures drawn on the dusty glass of vehicles.
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