Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Muscles


Did you know there are over 600 muscles in the human body? We use the muscles every day for every action we perform. Even when we are sleeping our cardiac muscle keeps the heart pumping. Our skeletal muscles we use to sit, stand, walk, run, and many other activities. Our smooth muscles are used when we digest our food. Smooth muscles can also force food down to our intestines or up when we are feeling sick.

In class we demonstrated the strength of our muscles by performing a series of pushups. In 3 minutes, the students were able to complete an average of 55 pushups. In 1 minute, the class average was 45. Not bad!

Take a look at some pictures of our class doing push-ups!

Kobi trying to make a straight angle for pushups.

DeVonta has perfect form!

Dominic is letting his giggles slow him down! More pushups, Dominic!

Marie is showing us how her muscles keep her strong!


April is a machine! She completed 50 pushups in 1 minute!!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Homework Alert 9/10/12

There are only 9 students who have homework in Math tonight. They are making a factor rainbow picture. The factor rainbow tells all the factors of a number.

For Example:









When the students are all finished, I will grade and scan them onto the class blog. You can also check them out in our classroom!!

Friday, September 7, 2012

SS State Reports


We have had some magnificent state presentations from the students in our class.
Click on the link below each student's name or picture. When you get to the Google Documents page, click on the top right side "Start Presentation." Enjoy!


Ellie: Wyoming
Ellie chose Wyoming because of her family's link to this great state.
  

One can only guess which state Kobi did..Kobi's family is from Kansas. He loves Kansas basketball and owns everything Kansas!!
Here is his presentation on Kansas!

It's no surprise Jelena picked Florida for her state report. She visits Disney World almost every year. You can see in her attire that she is loving every trip she takes!



 Beautiful scenery, nice cool summers--it's no wonder Gabrielle picks Maine as her state report!

April's mom was so excited when April picked Montana as her state. April had fun coloring pages, maps, and work pages galore! We are all now well informed about this amazing state!
Edit: The one saved to the Docs is April's original unfinished ppt. We will have this edited and fixed when school resumes.
 Ah, the sun, the sand.... Hawaii. Whenever you think of this beautiful state you can't help but imagine yourself at a luau soaking up sun and surf. Lucky Nishoni was here to tell us all about it!



 Michigan! Makes you think of last Saturday when Alabama beat them in football... (okay, maybe that's just me because I'm an Alabama fan!) When I really think of Michigan I think about all the snow and the beautiful views of Lake Michigan! Lucky for us, Jadin could enlighten us and share tons of knowledge about this great state.

 When I think of Oklahoma, I always want to sing the song from the musical. Too bad for us that Natasha didn't break into song and dance. I'm sure that would have been quite entertaining. She did bring us wheat bread and delicious creamy butter. The grains produced to make this delicious bread are from her state of Oklahoma.

You're probably asking yourself right now about the item Tyler is holding. Well you'd guess correctly if you said potatoes. I don't know any other thing Idaho is famous for besides potatoes. We were lucky because Tyler didn't just bring them as a prop; his mom baked us potatoes to eat! Yum! Yum!!! Tyler and Orin both worked on PowerPoints. Orin was absent the day Tyler presented, but I have included their PPT below.

Brr! It's cold in Alaska! The state Cameron picked for her presentation. She brought her presentation in on a disk and I was unable to attach it to the blog. I will tell you that Cameron looked the part in this parka. She was a trooper too since it was a good 90 degrees in class that day!!


DeVonta was happy and excited to share some delicious California orange juice with us today. We learned all about California, our neighbor to the west.

We've learned a lot in reading class about the great state of Washington, not to be confused with D.C. Adrian was able to share this valuable information and more with us during his presentation.

Natasia brought in some delicious fruits from her state of Nevada. We had a wide assortment and gobbled it right up! As soon as Natasia saves it to the Hulet file, I will upload it for your viewing.

We still need a few students to finish presenting and grades will follow!

Great job to all the kids!!


Homework Alert!!! 9/7/12

Sometime tonight or this weekend your child will need to watch a program of some kind: tv show, commercial, news, or movie. Then they will need to write down the main idea of the program and two supporting details. Due Monday.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Homework Alert!!!

Students should have homework tonight 8/28/12 in the following areas:

1. Math pages 5-2 Practice and/or 5-2 Reteach
2. Writing: Worksheet on using appropriate vocabulary

Yummy Cells

This year we were able to make delicious treats from baking materials. Using cake mix, frosting, and various treats, students were able to create animal and plants cells. Animal cells are found in animals like zebras, fish, eagles, and HUMANS!
Plant cells are found in various plants like sunflowers, rosebushes, and maple trees.

The inside of plant and animal cells vary. See if you can spot the difference in these cakes.
Kobi's Animal Cell Cupcakes

Ellie's Plant Cell Brownies

Nishoni's plant cell cake

Natasha's Plant Cell Cake


Could you spot the differences? If so, share in the comments below!

Friday, August 24, 2012

Welcome to the 2012-2013 School Year!

Welcome parents to our class blog. We will use this class blog to showcase our work using the internet. This way grandparents or long-distance relatives can check in and see what our class has been up to.

I will never post any personal information about your child!! This blog is going to be yet another way you are connected to our classroom activities.

Welcome to our blog!