Today we will accomplish:
- 1. We will have a reading skype
- 2. We will have the REP theatre
- 3. We will do inquiry math
- 4. We will do destination math
- 5. We will do geography games
Wednesday February 16th-
Today we will accomplish:
- 1. We will have a reading assessment
- 2. We will do a mini project
- 3. We will do inquiry math
- 4. We will do destination math
- 5. We will do geography games
Monday February 14th-Happy Valentine's day!!!!
Today we will accomplish:
- 1. We will have a reading assessment
- 2. We will do a mini project
- 3. We will work on our recycling PBL
- 4. We will do destination math
Friday 2/11:
Today we will accomplish:
short inquiry math
skype with Ms. Rooney's class to discuss spider project
Finding our recycling expert
Destination Math
Chapter 8 Janitor Boy with Reading Response
Rep Theatre class
"Most people can throw a frisbee. With five minutes training anyone can play Ultimate"
Tony Bomber
Wednesday 2/9:
Today we will accomplish:
- Continue working in Destination math
- Send finished recycling plan to an expert
- Mail package to Ms. Rooney's class
- Skype with Ms. Rooney's class 9:30am
- Read Janitor's Boy and write a reader's response
- Do a big writing: Where is the most dangerous place on the earth to live and why? or Tornadoes vs. Hurricanes?
"This is the team and we are going to the moon,
if you can't put somebody up don't put them down!
-NASA
Monday 2/7:
Today we will accomplish:
- Have an introduction to and start working in Destination math
- Present recylcing plans completed last week
- Make group recycling plan to send to expert
- Share videos from Ms. Rooney's class
- Make video for Ms. Rooney's class
- Read Janitor's Boy and write a reader's response
- Do a mini project challenge: Where is the most dangerous place on the earth to live and why?
"Just Do It"
Nike
This Week's Work:
- Read: one chapter each day in Janitor's Boy (Chapter 3-7) and do a reflection on each chapter-Copies of the book are in a bag hanging on the door the door of OH if you forgot yours. Weldon family only take one copy home to share.
- Big Project Plan: Create a plan for easy recycling in Rosemary Beach. Be sure to cite resources and have a way to present your plan to the rest of Mysterious Package when we return on Monday 2/7. This plan should be very detailed and you may talk to each other via skype to get ideas. Please include: 1. a written explanation of your plan 2. Your plan for collecting materials and 3. your plan for delivering the materials to a recycling center.
- Math: Play online math fact games for 15 minutes a day. Post a blog entry each day about what games you played and why you chose to play these games.
"Do or do not....there is no try."
-Yoda
PBL Work 1/29/11:
Morning Block:
- Big writing conferences to edit work for those that did not get one yesterday
- Skype with Wisconsin book study group
- Blog form around the globe
- Recycling plan in action-let's do this!
Afternoon Block:
- Math
- Rep at 2:00pm
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..."
Dory
Morning Block:
- Myth Busters/Phone Book Experiment
- Transcribing Recycling Interviews Continued-Ellee and Jack
- Rosemary Beach Recycling Plan-contacting and expert-Brainstorming Ideas
- Inquiry Math:
- Today you will explain: What is volume, area, and perimeter? And defend why math is all around us.
- Continue Book Study Group with the School in Wisconsin (Janitor's Boy)/Reader's Response
- Go Math!
- Rock and Roll Academy
Author Unknown
PBL Work 1/24/11:
Morning Block:
Morning Block:
- Inquiry Math with Randy:
- Area and Perimeter:
- Blog: Create and share Math lesson
- Essential question: How much dechlorinator do we need to dechlorinate our axolotl tank?
- Today we will:
- Video the process to put on our blogs
- Write about process on our blogs
- Explain process and post jing or something like jing on our blogs
- Continue Recycling Project With Ms. Amy:
- Today we will:
- Tackle the task of transcribing the videos and audio from our interviews about recycling in Rosemary Beach
- Do one transcription together
- Decide how we want to split this work up and how to record our data.
- Start Book Study Group with the School in Wisconsin (Janitor's Boy)/Reader's Response
- Explore Destination Math program to get familiar with the online components
- Rock and Roll Academy
