Character Projects

The class has been working on character projects for the last two weeks!  They finally presented their poster to the class this week.  For this project each group had to choose from a list of books and read the book together.  Then, they had to fill out a planning sheet about their character.  What they were expected to include on their poster was: the name of the character, a picture of their character, four character traits about their character that provided evidence from the text to support that character trait, things their character loved, what their character was thinking, and the places their character went in the story.  After each group presented, the audience was asked to give the group a compliment and then one goal or area to work on for next time.  Here is how they turned out!!!!

Last Week's Happenings

Last week in science, we were exploring how molecules move in the different types of matter.  The students were given fruit loops, which were our molecules.  They had to glue them onto their sheet to represent how matter moves.

We learned that solids don't have room
to move because the molecules are packed closely together.

We learned that liquids have a little of room to move around, but can bump into each other.

Lastly, we learned that gases can move freely and have lots of space to move.

In math, the students worked on their first rich problem of the year.  These types of problems can take up to two days to solve.  They worked very hard on figuring out what the problem was asking, using math tools, and using accountable math talk to problem solve!  Here was the problem:

                                                    Heads and Feet
On a farm there were some hens and sheep.  Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet.  How many hens were there?

Here was some of the thinking and strategies that the class came up with.....