Famous Last Words

After studying about famous people of the American Revolution, students used the Yakit app to pretend they were Crispus Attucks, Molly Pitcher, Abigail Adams, Martha Washington, or Peter Salem and tell us what these famous people would have to say for themselves!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of February 2nd

Reading: We will FINISH our poetry unit this week. We will be focusing on comprehension with a variety of poems and finishing our poetry notebook. Students should be practicing their Poetry Café poem EVERY NIGHT!!!

Writing/Language:   In preparation for the ACT Aspire writing test, we will continue looking at on-demand writing while presenting our action plan projects to the class! We will also be studying homophones.

Math: We will continue in our unit on fractions this week by multiplying whole numbers and fractions.

Science/Social Studies: In science we will begin our astronomy unit by discussing the inner and outer planets. In social studies we will begin our unit on government by comparing the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution.       Anchor Down these Assessments/Due Dates Poetry notebooks due Friday- some students may have to finish at home Be practicing for our Poetry Café- Students will present poems FEB. 13!!   100 Book Challenge Goals: Good- 244 steps Better- 460 steps Captain of the Week:   This week’s Captain of the Week is Nathan Bishop! Nathan is always on his best behavior and is a great role model for others. He displays the character traits of cooperation, respect, responsibility, and caring.  To see what Nathan is learning throughout the week, follow us on Twitter @glay_jessica (Note- Twitter has not been working! SORRY!       Reminders from the Marina: *PTA Meeting/Science fair- Feb.  2nd at 6:30 *Jump Rope for Heart week- Week of February 9th *Valentine’s Day party- February 13th *Poetry Café- February 13th at 10:00 in OES library *Interims go home- February 13th *Late start day- 2 hr delay for students- February 18th

Cleaning up an Oil Spill!

We were doing the BP oil spill. We had to clean the water and the birds. The supplies was a clear cup, Dawn Dish soap,  a cup of oil, cotton ball, a feather, a small sponge, 2 small buckets, a filter, then blue food coloring. 1^st we poured blue food coloring in the water. 2^nd we poured oil in the bucket of water. 3^rd we tried to pour the oil with the water in the filter but the oil was to heavy so the oil leaked out. 4^th we then put Dawn Dish soap and it separated the oil and we took the oil out and put it in the other bucket. 5^th we took the feather out and clean it with the cotton ball. 6^th we took the bubbles of the water so the fish wouldn’t eat it. 7^th we took the oil of the floor of the water. That is how we cleaned the water.

By: Edward & Graham

 

 

Week of January 26

Reading: We will continue our poetry unit this week. We will be focusing on writing our own limericks. We will be studying a variety of genres of poems and keeping a poetry notebook.

Writing/Language:   In preparation for the ACT Aspire writing test, we will begin looking at on-demand writing while presenting our action plan projects to the class!

Math: We will continue in our unit on fractions this week by converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions and adding/subtracting mixed numbers. This will include regrouping and simplifying.

Science/Social Studies: In science we will FINISH our unit on magnetism. In social studies we will finish our American Revolution unit with important Native Americans, women, and African Americans.

Anchor Down these Assessments/Due Dates

• Magnetism brochure project- DUE FRIDAY!
• Poetry test- Friday; Look for a note about our POETRY CAFÉ!

 

100 Book Challenge Goals:

Good- 233 steps

Better- 440 steps

 

 

Captain of the Week:
 
This week’s Captain of the Week is Joe Utley! Joe always tries his best in
class and is on his best behavior. He displays the character traits of:
sense of humor, curiosity, respect, initiative, and cooperation.  To see
what Joe is learning throughout the week, follow us on
Twitter @glay_Jessica
 
 
Reminders from the Marina:
*PTA Meeting/Science fair- Feb.  2^nd at 6:30
*Jump Rope for Heart week- Week of February 9^th
*Valentine’s Day party- February 13^th
*Poetry Café- February 13^th at 10:00 in OES library
*Interims go home- February 13^th
*Late start day- 2 hr delay for students- February 18^th
 

We changed the world!

Hi. I’m Brandon Boling and for my action plan I picked up trash. I picked up trash at McMillan Park, at my house, and at my papas house. It took me 6 hours to pick up trash at those 3 places. I had a lot of work to do when it got to McMillan Park. There was a lot of trash there. Just think, we create all that trash! I think we all can make a change in the world if we all work together! I researched how many people live in Boiling Springs and it said, “Boiling Springs has about 8,900 people in it.” I had to have materials like trash bags and gloves to pick up the trash. The animals that go through the park won’t get hurt anymore and we won’t get hurt either. I love animals and I don’t want them to get hurt. I had a problem and the problem was my parents were too busy to take me to McMillan Park and I fixed it by asking my nana and papa to take me there. Another problem was that if I picked up trash, they might think someone is picking up trash evert day and just keep throwing trash everywhere. Then I will have to keep picking up trash every day and it will keep getting annoying. The more trash I pick up the better it will be. At my school I saw a flyer and it said, “God made a beautiful earth, don’t ruin it.” I am so glad I made a change in my environment.

For my action plan I did flyers and I put save our earth on the front and found a perfect picture for it. On the back I put or this is what our earth will look like and found a picture for that. Then I ask my dad if he could print as many as he can out. I ask about 20 or more. Next when I got my flyers I had to staples on all 4 corners Then the next day I went to hand them out. There were a few problems that came like it was way too cold to be outside so it took me a little bit longer to hand them out because I had to get in the car and hand them out. I still tried as hard as I could. Now that they stopped I see much more recycling bin out every single day. I’m so glad it worked. I think this will go on and on thought out the neighborhood. I don’t think just my neighborhood but many others too. I can do a lot more than that. I want to do more than that. So I can cause a bigger difference in our environment . I really want to have a good life with a good earth. I don’t want anyone else to fill like that ether. I don’t want to go back every single day to hand the flyers out. I can make big posters to hang around my neighborhood.
-Ben Mabry

Here are some photos from some other action plans:

Electrical Circuits

Once I had a activity where I  put different materials in a circuit and see if they were conductors of electricity or an insulator of electricity. There where different materials that I could test like a paper clip ,plastic mesh, a screw ,and a piece of metal. My group and I took turns testing materials going counter clockwise . The people in my group were , Me , Jackson ,and mason who are all my friends. We had to have good cooperation when we had to help each other hold the wires. We had to add some materials like chalk and a metal piece that wasn’t on our paper because we had extras in our bag. The materials we used where extra wire , a D battery , a AA battery , a Christmas light , and a bag of materials that we tested.
By: Hayden

 

 

Week of January 20th

Reading: We will continue our poetry unit this week. We will be focusing on writing our own limericks. We will be studying a variety of genres of poems and keeping a poetry notebook.

Writing/Language:   We will finish our action plan write up and start making our poster presentation to share with the class how we changed the world!

Math: We will continue in our unit on fractions this week by converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions and adding/subtracting mixed numbers. We will also work on word problems involving fractions.

Science/Social Studies: In science we will begin our unit on magnetism. In social studies we will finish and review battles of the American Revolution in preparation for our test Friday.     Anchor Down these Assessments/Due Dates SS Battles test- Friday Poetry vocabulary test- Friday Be looking for a magnetism project next week!     100 Book Challenge Goals: Good- 222 steps Better- 400 steps Captain of the Week:   This week’s Captain of the Week is Trenton Smith! Trenton always has a great attitude in class and tries his best. He displays the character traits of: sense of humor, curiosity, respect, and cooperation.  To see what Trenton is learning throughout the week, follow us on Twitter @glay_jessica Reminders from the Marina: *Report cards go home- January 20th *School Spirit Day- January 23rd *2nd Quarter Awards- Friday, Feb. 23 at 8:30 *PTA Meeting- Feb.  2nd at 6:30 *Late start day- 2 hr delay for students- February 18th

Week of January 12

Reading: We will continue our poetry unit this week. We will be focusing on concrete poetry and a type of poem called a “Selfie Poem!” We will be studying a variety of genres of poems and keeping a poetry notebook.

Writing/Language:   We will continue working on our action plan write up by working on the last two sections- 3) The benefits of our project and 4) A description of what we did during our project.

Math: We will continue in our unit on fractions this week by converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions and adding/subtracting mixed numbers.

Science/Social Studies: In science we will finish and review our unit on electricity for our test Thursday! We will then begin magnetism. In social studies we will continue battles of the American Revolution.     Anchor Down these Assessments/Due Dates Science Electricity test- Thursday Capitalization rules test- Friday SS Battles test- Next week! 100 Book Challenge Goals: Good-  211 steps Better- 380 steps   Captain of the Week:   This week’s Captain of the Week is Graham Blackwood! He has been on his best behavior and is a great role model for others! Graham displays the character traits of: curiosity, respect, creativity, and initiative.  To see what we are learning throughout the week, follow us on Twitter @glay_jessica Reminders from the Marina: *Graded papers will go home tomorrow! *Science Fun Night- January 12 at 6:30 *Chic-Fil-A Spirit Night- January 15th *MLK Day- NO SCHOOL- January 19th *Report cards go home- January 20th *School Spirit Day- January 23rd

Week of January 5th

Reading: We will begin our poetry unit this week. We will be focusing on a type of free verse poetry called blackout poetry in which we will make a poem out of a newspaper article!

Writing/Language:   We will continue working on our action plan write up by working on the 1st two sections- 1) The problem we have identified in our community and 2) Our plan to fix it!

Math: We will continue in our unit on fractions this week by comparing fractions by finding unlike denominators, and converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions.

Science/Social Studies: In science we will continue our unit on electricity with circuits, conductors, and insulators. In social studies we will continue battles of the     American Revolution.   Anchor Down these Assessments/Due Dates Poetry vocab test- FRIDAY Action Plan Project DUE FRIDAY! Be finished with your plan and bring in all documentation. 100 Book Challenge Goals: Good- 198 steps Better- 360 steps     Reminders from the Marina: *Don’t forget that the action plan needs to be complete with documentation ready  to turn in on JANUARY 9TH!! *Science Fun Night- January 12 at 6:30 *Chic-Fil-A Spirit Night- January 15th *MLK Day- NO SCHOOL- January 19th *Report cards go home- January 20th