End of Year Fun

The year is almost over, and I hope you are all looking forward to summer break! Since we have finished up MAP testing, this last week should be a breeze. Here are some of the things we have been up to lately: 

Students were introduced to different types of punctuation by trying to determine which ones should be used in different sentences. 

Students did very well on their social studies Caribbean Island posters! I was very impressed with the organization and creativity that went into these projects. Here are pictures of the students' hard work during our work sessions:

Our last literature unit was all about poetry. We read through a poem by Lewis Carroll called "The Jabberwocky." After reading, the students were challenged to use vivid details from the poem to draw a picture of what they think the Jabberwocky looks like.

In math, we have been studying properties of 3D figures along with finding their surface areas and volumes. Students cut out nets of different solids and folded them appropriately to make different types of cubes and pyramids. 

We ended our erosion unit with a set of erosion labs. Students studied wave, wind, gravity, and water erosion using materials such as soil, gravel, sand, and water. Students experimented with how we can use different materials to model real-life processes. After setting up and observing a phenomenon, students recorded their observations and answered questions about how what they saw reflects what happens in nature.