Reading
Flash cards to study these Latin root words.
How many minutes have you read so far this year?
Happy Pi Day! 3.14
Learn about pi on the Math is Fun website. It lists pi to 100 digits! How many digits can you memorize?
piday.org to learn about pi
Music video for "What is the Value of Pi?" (to the tune of "What Does the Fox Say?")
Math
Learning Targets...
* I can find the area and perimeter of regular shapes by using an area model and develop the formula.
* I can find the area and perimeter of irregular shapes through deductive reasoning and problem solving.
* I understand how area and volume are related.
* I can choose appropriate units for measuring volume.
* I can apply measurement strategies to develop the formula for finding the volume of 3-D cubes and rectangular prisms.
* I can classify two dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
* I can classify shapes according to their angle and side measures.
* I can use appropriate tools to measure 2-D and 3-D figures.
* I understand that there is an hierarchy to classifying figures. (The big umbrella!)
* I can identify characteristics of 3-D figures. and categorize them based on their properties.
5th Graders ROCKED at the Academic Assembly!
5th Grade Entrance Video
"We were born to AIM HIGH!!"
Staff Flash Mob
The Evolution of Dance
I was so excited today to come across this article in TIME for Kids online about the National Museum of Mathematics in New York City. You can read the article "Math Gone Mad" here. We were able to visit this museum over winter break and it was a math teacher's dream playground! So read the article and then take a look at the pictures I posted of my family's MoMath adventure! I was thinking we should try to recreate the life size floor maze...what do you think? It was pretty awesome!
Entrepreneur for a Day
Entrepreneur For a Day is a program offered to fifth graders across Iowa to teach them the fundamentals of starting and operating their own businesses. This exciting field trip is the culmination of a cross-curricular study of entrepreneur concepts including economics and marketing during social studies, calculation of cash flow statements in math, and the writing and sharing of business plans in language arts. The students engaged in a fun-filled day of team building and problem solving as they work together to create prototypes to "sell" and make their businesses successful. This year, we were lucky enough to have some local businesses come and share their own business adventures with the students. Who knows...a few of our future business owners of Grinnell may have just been born today!
Iowa State Capitol and Terrace Hill field trip
We had our field trip to the Iowa State Capitol building and Terrace Hill today. It was a great time! If you have any pictures you'd like me to add to the gallery above, please email them to me and I'll get them added! Can you tell who is waving waaaaay up from the dome walkway??
Check out the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District website for the school calendar, athletic events, and there's even a section just for parents. Did you know you can check your child's grades online and add money to their school lunch account all in one place?
Attendance Hotline 641-236-1414...please call this number to report an absence for a student.
