MATH
If 3x10=30, what is 3x100?
300
Name the 4 main landforms of California (think STEAM room: colored clay)
Mountains, desert, coast, central valley
Describe in your own words the difference between fiction and nonfiction text.
Fiction texts are not about real things or people, often stories (narratives).
Nonfiction texts are not stories. They're about real people, things, animals, history..
What's our next STEAM project?
Build our First Nations tribes' structures.
Everyday for homework we're supposed to write in our reflection journal and answer 5 questions. List 3 of those questions.
Something you learned today, something that was interesting, something that was challenging, one goal for tomorrow, tootle..
In 6.37, what place value is the 7 in?
Hundredths
What's the scientific term for rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
Precipitation!
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
A fact can be proved, cannot be argued with.
An opinion is someone's personal feeling.
What does STEAM stand for?
Science, technology, engineering, art, math
List 10 teachers at Rosa Parks!
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Cecilia needs to pack 75 plums in bags. If each bag holds 5 plums, how many bags does she need?
15 bags!
What is the equator?
An invisible line horizontally crossing the middle of the globe.
We've discussed many different text structures for nonfiction writing. Name 4 of these structures.
How to, narrative, cause/effect, pros/cons, expository, compare/contrast..
What's a blueprint? Is it always blue??
A drawing/sketch of an outline for a project. Usually created by an engineer and used to build a structure.
Not always blue!
List 3 activities we've done with Mr. Guzman.
Soccer dribbling/shooting, learned stretches, kick the ball to hit pins, muscle worksheet (in classroom), determined HBPM, used racquets to balance balls, holding plank position..
[DAILY DOUBLE]
Estimate, then calculate using box method.
12x19
Estimation: 200
Calculation: 228
(Without looking at the rug!)
List 10 US states.
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Who was the author of Tiger Rising?
Kate DiCamillo
We discussed many terms when talking about the marble movement in our marble runs. Name 3 of those terms.
Speed, gravity, momentum, acceleration, kinetic energy, potential energy..
[DAILY DOUBLE]
Compare/contrast indoor & outdoor recess using a Venn diagram. List at least 3 differences (on both sides) and 2 similarities.
Indoor: we go inside when it's raining, there's no four square, there's no basketball, we play strategy games, it's only my teachers..
Outdoor: basketball, soccer, four square, there are other teachers and classes, we freeze when the whistle is blown..
Same: both are a brain break, I get to eat my snack, I get to play with friends..
Ms. Fields has 125 lemons. She needs 4 lemons to make a glass of lemonade. How many glasses of lemonade can she make?
Are there any lemons leftover?
She can make 31 glasses.
With 1 lemon leftover!
List 7 total landforms/bodies of water that we learned about from California Jones.
Desert, mountains, grasslands, prairie, plateau, bay, lagoon, island, river, plains, hills, valley, volcano, glacier, peninsula, lake, sea..
Write 3 sentences about how to make a PB&J sandwich including at least 1 transition.
To make a PB&J you first need to grab your peanut butter, jam, and wheat bread. Next, smoothly spread the peanut butter onto one piece of bread and jam on the other. When you've finished spreading, slap it together and take a bite!
Name 4 projects/activities we've worked on in the maker space.
Marble run, build the highest structure, California maps, build the classroom, chain reaction, Day of the Dead skulls..
Name 3 of our 5 math norms!
1. Talk about each other's thinking
2. Use multiple strategies and representations
3. Answers are important, but they're not the math
4. Errors are gifts that promote discussion
5. Ask questions until ideas make sense