Science
When it comes to building structures, what shape can hold the heaviest load?
Triangle
A, E, I, O, U, and Y are called the what?
Vowels
These are examples of which addition strategy?
1+1
2+2
3+3
4+4
Doubling
On what day do we do recycling?
Friday
What did we eat at our class party?
Taco in a bag
Name the three types of structures we've talked about.
Shell, frame, solid
What are the two books we've read as a class during our read alouds?
Captain Underpants, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Invasion of the IQ Snatchers
If a number has 4 tens and 8 ones, what number am I thinking of?
48
Name three other teachers (not including Mr. Pierce) that teach classes in the school.
What holiday did we just celebrate that gave you guys a 4-day week of school?
Thanksgiving
Name two ways you can make a structure stronger.
Add braces, use more triangles (trusses), use stronger material, use more layers of your material
Why are the vowels on our wall printed on glue bottles?
The vowels hold our words together like glue. Vowels can be found in every word in the English language!
In the number 352, what number is in the tens position?
5
What happened at the end of the Pierce vs Klenz obstacle course?
They both got pied!
What movie did we watch during our class party?
The Secret Life of Pets
Why is a shell structure very hard to break?
Because of its shape, the load is spread out over the whole structure.
How many consonants are in the word:
THANKSGIVING
9
Adding numbers by moving across the number line is called the
a) jump strategy
b) bridging to 10
c) vertical strategy
Jump strategy
On the same day as our class pictures, we were also asked to wear what color of shirt to honor kids who were taken to residential schools?
Orange
What is something you might say to yourself if you have a growth mindset?
Variety of answers
In our video yesterday, we learned that a bunch of triangles put together on a bridge is called a what?
Truss
How does knowing doubles addition facts help you when it comes to subtracting?
You use the same three numbers.
4+4=8 SO 8-4=4
10+10=20 SO 20-10=10
Trust is something that is earned over a long time. What are three things you can do in our class to earn trust?
Various answers
Name one part of the brain we learned about and colored while reading My Fantastic Elastic Brain.
Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Pre-frontal Cortex, Amygdala,