For the past couple of weeks in science, we have been working on sound and how it travels. We have science packets with all kinds of experiments and questions to explore and question with our groups. As we work with our groups Mrs. Snyder comes around and guides us in the right direction. One experiment we did with our groups was getting a small cup filled with ¼ of water and a tuning fork, struck it against the bottom of our shoe, placed the tuning fork in the water, and saw that it made a splash. Another experiment you can do to show sounds energy is cover up a container with plastic wrap and put some salt and making SUPER LOUD noise and the salt will move slightly because of the sounds energy. One other thing that we did to help us with our study of sound, is that we went out into the hall and Mrs. Snyder went into another smaller room just outside the hallway and banged a hammer against a piece of wood. This helped us with how sound echos and how sound reflects. So in conclusion, we have learned a lot about sound. Submitted by: Maria Rump Wall By Mjed & Jin The Rump Wall is about the recent book that we are reading. We are reading Rump The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff. The Rump Wall is a wall where we read the book, and then illustrate important and descriptive quotes from the story. There lots of quotes to go and illustrate. If you help make more art, our wall will grow on and on!!! Ralph Fletcher said, “Stories… contain small details that often turn out to be important” P.46 Flying Solo By Ralph Fletcher. Here are some important phrases that we think will be important later in the book. “In the Kingdom your name isn’t just what people call you. Your name is full of meaning and power. Your name is your destiny.” P.2 “If I find lots of gold, then maybe no one would laugh at me or make fun of my name. Gold would make me worth something.” P.7 “I felt like the spinning wheel had bitten me, like it had clamped on me because it didn’t want me to spin…” P.16 “...everyone thought the miller was crazy. Did he expect a royal marriage?” P.21 “ ‘She is a fine spinner, but I’ve known some who possess a more… natural talent.’ He looked down at me with a strange smile on his face.” P.21 “She stared at me all curious and said, ‘Are you made out of gold or something?”’ P.23 “This pixie… had such a smug and teasing look on his face, like he knew a secret about me.” P.23 “All magic has consequences, Rump. Even small magic can have big consequences.” P.34 “That bit of magic made me hungry for more. More magic, more transformation… I wanted magic all my own. How bad could the consequences be?” P.35 Main IdeaIn reading, we have really focused on main idea for the past couple weeks. This week, we got to pick out a book for ourselves on a topic of our choice and we got to do a couple of things with it. First we had to read the book. Next we had to come up with some of the main ideas of the book and support it with several pieces of evidence from our book. We also came up with which perspective our book was written from(1st person, second person, third person limited, or 3rd person omniscient). Soon, we will be reading one other article or book on the topic we chose to come up with other main ideas and what perspective but to also to compare with the first text we read. One more thing! I gathered some information from students and I just wanted to share that some people said that their favorite part was seeing the different structures of non-fiction and being able to pick their own topic. So...thats what we did! Written by Maria The Class TableauThis week we read a nonfiction book and discovered the main ideas of the book. When all the groups were done each group talked about the heart of the book which is the main idea. The groups made a tableau explaining the heart of the article. Each person had something to say explaining what their character would say at that moment in time. We did this because we are talking about main idea and the heart of nonfiction articles. We had two groups read the same topic but different books and we figured out that each character of the book had two different sides about the same topic. We also figured out that all of the books we read had a favored side to one of the characters say If you were reading a book about the Indian Removal Act the author might have favored the Indians more than Andrew Jackson. Or, if you were reading a book on Christopher Columbus the author might of favored him more than anyone else. Lastly, you might of read a book on Martin Luther King Jr. and the author would of favored Martin Luther over the people who were against the civil rights movement. As a reader we need to remember the author’s bias and think about the point of view not mentioned. Submitted by: Hope and Kennedy Here we are reading our books and discovering main ideas!Pictures of us doing our tableaus!Some of our learning charts |