Aloha parents!

Here is the blog for this week. On Monday for morning meeting we started to do an activity called bust a balloon. We blow up balloons, and every day until the end of the year we will pop each of them. In the balloon there is an activity that we do for ELA or morning meeting, Today we did Scrabble for ELA.

In ELA we are working on our persuasive pieces, and soon we will start peer editing them. On Monday we couldn't do any of our writing because we did Scrabble. On Tuesday, we popped the balloon that said we could have a paper airplane contest, so we made paper airplanes and flew them. Andy and Ethan won. After that, Ms. Stan had checked and commented on some of our persuasive essays. Those people fixed mistakes on their essays and then started peer editing. The people Ms. Stan didn't get to yet did book club assignments.

In math on Monday, we were finishing our math packets and then working on Prodigy test review. We also are usually having On Core math homework instead of Eureka now so we have less homework. Tuesday in math Mrs. O let us do our homework in class because it was an MCAS practice packet. After that we did prodigy. On Wednesday in math we checked our MCAS packet homework and our “do now” work and then we got to play Prodigy.

In science we are starting a new crash course on simple machines, and we learned all six simple machines: screw, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, and lever. We had a scavenger hunt and tried to find all six simple machines, and whoever thought of the most unique simple machine won a lollipop. Marin won uniqueness for thinking of a light switch as a lever. On Wednesday in science we watched a video on simple machines. Then we split the class up into two teams and we did a contest to see which team could get the most questions right.

In social studies we are writing a letter to King George III about how mad we are about the taxes and violence (we are pretending to be colonists in the 1700s, of course). We are also learning our scripts for the play. Will is John Adams in the play, and Sydney is James Otis. The people in the scene ‘13 little countries’ are: Eshwar, Abby, Michelle, Johnny, Ryan, Meghan, and Aditi. The rest of the class in in the chorus for the play.

Have a great weekend!

Connor and Shoba