March 29

1. FCAT FOCUS!! Your goal is to finish this by April 12
2. If you want to start working on your Weird Organisms project, email your choice for approval. Otherwise, I will check off your choice on Monday
3. Read!
4. Happy Easter :o)

Homework for 3/28

1. Math work page 253-256 (both lessons from today)
2. "A Lesson to Remember" part of our benchmark grid series so please do this INDEPENDENTLY and do your best. Show your thinking
3. FCAT Vocab Week 5 due tomorrow (hopefully you haven't procrastinated this until tonight...!)
4. GRIZZLY SPIRIT tomorrow! Wear your spirit shirt and colors :o)
5. Keep working on FCAT Focus for Science-it's SUPER helpful!

Homework for 3/27

1. Math Drops in a Bucket
2. Science FCAT Focus! Log-in is same as FCAT Explorer
3. Read for at least 20 minutes or do FCAT Explorer Reading :o)
4. Science vocab due Friday

Homework for 3/26

1. Math workbook page 251-252, all
2. "Home on the Range" show your underlining and test taking strategies (or sit out tomorrow and do it then!)
3. Science vocab week 5 due Friday

**Discussion Board: Describe something that made you REALLY HAPPY over Spring Break!**

Spring Break!

Over Spring Break, be sure to READ! :o) I want everyone to read at least 250 pages!

*FCAT Explorer
*IXL
*FCAT Focus

Homework for 3/14

1. Math lesson 4, polygons
2. "Roots That Run Deep" (part of our Benchmark review, please do this independently and try your best)
3. Science week 4 packet & quiz due tomorrow
4. Field day is tomorrow
*Class shirt
*Water bottle
*Tennis shoes!!
5. Science test unit 7 tomorrow. Study from FCAT Focus, those are great questions!

I am Proud to Present...

I am so very proud to present to you the next Steven Spielberg, our very own director/producer/movie maker extraordinaire, Cooper Wright! Check out his current film:

http://youtu.be/RQj4snkuMvM

Homework for 3/13

1. Math lesson 2, congruence
2. Math test corrections due tomorrow
3. FCAT Vocab due Friday

**Discussion Board: Do you enjoy the extra hour of sunlight in the evening? Are there any drawbacks?**

Homework for 3/12

1. Math chapter 10, lesson 5, all. You need to use your protractor
2. Olympics tomorrow! Wear your BLUE and WHITE to show our Greek pride!
*Friday, wear your class shirt and make SURE you have a water bottle
3. Science Vocab Week 4 due Friday (QUIZ is on Friday!)
4. Math test corrections due Thursday
5. Is your name in the board for missing/incomplete work?

Homework for 3/11

1. Tonight, spend some time on FCAT Explorer, IXL, FCAT Focus
2. Non-Fiction Challenge ends tomorrow!
3. Science Brain Check/Sum It Up lesson 1
4. Finish "My name in Angles". At least 6 angles measured and use color. Angles should be different measurements (not all 90)
5. Forces All Around project due tomorrow-I am excited to see your examples! :)

Homework for 3/8

1. Science forces examples project due Tuesday-I hope you're having fun with this assignment!
2. Angles All Around Scavenger Hunt, be creative-you already knew that! ;o)
3. Here are links to tons of fun resources to practice and understand forces and motion!!

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/forcesinaction.html

http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/forces/play/

http://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/online/forces-at-the-funfair.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr4/unitf.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/parkphysics.html

 http://www.questacon.edu.au/indepth/maketracks/maketracks.html

**Discussion Board: Play one of the above games and tell us what you learned & enjoyed!**

Grizzly Spirit

Don't forget to wear your GrIzZlY SpIrIt tomorrow! :)

Homework for 3/7

1. Science test corrections/explanations due tomorrow (I love typed papers!)

2. "Working on the Railroad" story-ties perfectly with Wong Ming Chung! Don't forget to show your thinking and highlight/underline
3.Read! You've still got 4 more days to finish the Non-Fiction Challenge :)

4. Spelling (-ent/-ant) Test & Wong Ming Chung comprehension test tomorrow
5.   Forces mini-project due Tuesday. Here's an example I found from Agrirama of GRAVITY ---> ---> :oD Thanks, Mrs. Shoaff!
6. Week 3 FCAT Science Vocab