CLASS CONTENTS AND HOMEWORK: November 2016

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Name:

LAst – Homework Cover #38

LA Homework 38 due December 5

Identify Personal Response

Examples in the Videos

Click here: Watch Videos on Reactions and Personal Responses

First – watch the videos again, and take short notes. Make sure you know who said what. Your notes must be what people in the video talk about.

Second – sketch out a simple chart with some labels:

description/ thoughts/ findings/ feeling/ ideas

Your notes:

What is the description/feeling about?

Who described it? What feeling? Who had the feeling? (Please, name the person and tell how old he/she is).

Third – gather all your notes and organize them where they belong. Some of them might be descriptions; others will be feelings etc.

Last – make sure the chart is complete. Bring it to class and let us share with our classmates what we have found in the videos!

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

When is Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

Let’s learn more about Thanksgiving.

Visit the suggested websites:

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/turkey.htm

http://www.manataka.org/page269.html

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/first-thanksgiving/

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greener/the-true-story-of-thanksg_b_788436.html

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Homework #37 due November 28 - Pippi Longstocking.

Homework #37

Student's name: _______________________________

Date: _________________, ________________, 2016.

Book Title: Pippi Longstocking. Number of pages ( ).

Author: ___________________________ Year: ______

Illustrator: ___________________ ISBN:____________

Main Settings:

______________________________________________________________________________

Names and characteristics of the story's main characters:

______________________________________________________________________________

Plot:

The main events in the order they happened. At least five main events. Include a brief description of each. What happened in the story? In the order the events took place.

First Event:

______________________________________________________________________________

Second Event:

______________________________________________________________________________

Third Event:

______________________________________________________________________________

Fourth Event:

______________________________________________________________________________

Fifth Event:

______________________________________________________________________________

Recommend this book to a friend or somebody else.

Why should that specific person read it?

Think about it, and write at least three reasons. Explain.

______________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

LA Homework 36 due November 21

Name:

LA – Homework Cover #36

Personal Response to my favorite song: _______________________________________

First – Write, in the line above, the title of your favorite song and the singer’s name (Band).

Second – We are going to have a class to talk about our favorite songs and each student must share his/her favorite song with others. Write an outline about your song, just the way you did when we talked about books.

Third – Make sure you include in your outline:

A brief description of what the song is about;

Your feelings when you listen to the music;

Your findings about the song;

Your thoughts and ideas about it;

Tell five reasons why this song is your favorite.

Last – Make the outline in pen – Have your outline with you for our circle time on Mondays. Let us talk about songs!

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Social Studies: The 13 Original Colonies

Volume: basic concepts

What is volume?

Volume is the measurement of the amount of space that something (a liquid, solid or gas) takes up in a container.

How can you calculate volume?

To find the volume of any cube you need to know the length, width and height. To find the volume, you multiply the length by the width by the height.

How do you work out the volume of a square?

In order to find the volume of a cube, multiply side times side times side. Since each side of a square is the same, it can simply be the length of one side cubed. If a square has one side of 4 inches, the volume would be 4 inches times 4 inches times 4 inches, equals 64 cubic inches (or 64 in³).

How do you figure out the volume of a rectangle?

Multiply the length, the width, and the height. You can multiply them in any order to get the same different result. The formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism, for example, is the following:

Volume = Length X Height X Width (or V = L X H X W).

Volume of triangular prism

How do you get the base of a triangular prism?

The formula to calculate the volume of a triangular prism is equal to B times H, or Base times Height. To find the base, multiply the length by the width and divide that by 2. Take the bases area and multiply by the height.

Here is a Challenge

How do you find the volume of a triangular pyramid? Watch this video and have the taste of it:

Volume of a Triangular Pyramid

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Make Educational iPad Games with TinyTap

Monday, November 7, 2016

LA Homework 35 due November 14

Name:

LA – Homework Cover #35

Personal Response to the Book: _______________________________________

We have been reading several books this semester. Think of any book you have read in class and write a personal response to this book (story). In class this week, we reinforced the concept of what a personal response is, and it was very helpful to remind us how to do it (Mr. Peabody's Apples). Now you must do the same activity about the book you have in mind.

First – Check out the book again, if needed. If you do not need to have the book with you because you remember the story, go ahead and outline your personal response on a sheet of A4 paper. We are going to have a class discussion about books, and each person needs an outline to support the talk.

Second – If you need some help, revisit the personal response example to Pippi Longstocking (we did in class) http://homeworklesson.blogspot.com.br/2016/09/personal-response-example.html

Third – For your outline, consider the following:

A brief description of what the book is about;

Share your feelings during and after reading it;

Share your findings after reading;

Give your thoughts and ideas about the book;

Suggest the book to someone you know, and give three reasons or more why you suggest that book to that specific person.

Last – Make sure you write everything in pen – do not print anything, please. Then – Have your outline with you for our circle time on Mondays. Let’s talk about books!

Reactions: Personal Responses to Old Fashion Stuff

KIDS REACT TO WALKMANS (Portable Cassette Players)

KIDS REACT TO ROTARY PHONES

KIDS REACT TO 1ST iPOD

KIDS REACT TO TYPEWRITERS

TEENS REACT TO NINTENDO

Mr Peabody's Apples (Prep. For a Personal Response)

Mr Peabody's Apples

Author: Madonna

Illustrator: Loren Long

Date of Publication: 2003

ISBN: 0670058831

Grade Level: 5th

Summary:

The book, “Mr. Peabody’s Apple”, tells a story about a boy who told lies (1). Mr. Peabody loved the kids so much and he played baseball with them every Saturday. One day, Mr. Peabody, a good teacher and baseball coach, finds himself alone on the ball field. He wonders where everybody is until the bat boy, Billy Little, shows up. Billy tells him that another student, Tommy Tittlebottom, saw Mr. Peabody taking apples from the market and spread rumors he was a thief. Mr. Peabody then shows Tommy that what matters is the truth. It is not how things appear. And that we must choose our words carefully to avoid hurting others. The story shows the power of words and that they may unfairly change a person's life.

Description in Five Compound Sentences:

01 Topic Sentence

03 Detail Sentences

01 Summary Sentence

Description (Part of a personal response)

Mr. Peabody's Apples is a story about an elementary school teacher who is also a baseball coach. The teacher's name is Mr. Peabody and he likes sports. One day he finds himself ostracized when rumors spread through the small town. At the end of the story he tries to help solve the problem, so he helped a boy named Tommy. Mr. Peabody silences the gossip with a thoughtful lesson, then he suggests people to choose words carefully to avoid causing harm to others.

Unfamiliar vocabulary:

Ostracized (excluded, by general consent, from community or friendship).

Discussion topics for before reading:
	What does gossip mean? What does it mean to spread rumors?
	Do you hurt someone when you gossip about them? How?
	Do you think that it's possible to misunderstand something that you see? Has it ever happened to you? Explain.

Discussion topics for after reading:
•	What was the meaning of having Tommy cut open the pillow and have the feathers fly?
•	What should Tommy have done when he saw Mr. Peabody take the apples?
•	How powerful are your words? How or why are they powerful?
•	Could Tommy repair the damage that he caused? How? if you were Tommy, what would you do?