Welcome Back!

Agenda:
1 - Bring a lab coat, painting shirt, old shirt that could get dirty
2 - Bring Safety goggles (if you have them :-)
3 - 4.123 and 26.005 = write these in word form and expanded form - Due Tuesday
4 - Literature Circle - reading
5 - chemical formula for sugar and salt

For your enjoyment - Who will memorize it first???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVQKCcfwnU

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned the difference between cohesion and adhesion.
How did you show what you learned?
We heard about these concepts from Nick, Matteo and Kent when they shared their experiment proposal with the class. We discussed the differences. 
What do you need to learn next?
We will prove our understanding during an experiment tomorrow. 

Let it Snow!

Agenda:
1 - social test signed by Thursday
2 - Mrs. Lee's math test signed by Thursday
3 - Winter Sports Day on Friday - Dress appropriately and bring your hot chocolate mug

Secret Santa - Last day is tomorrow!

Handbell's presentation was excellent - students were wonderful ambassadors of Dr. Coffin school

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We started looking at symmetry today. 
How did you show what you learned?
We used miras to create a symmetrical drawing of a tree and a plant. 
What do you need to learn next?
We want to apply this skill to a greeting card. 

Super Secret Santa

Agenda:
1 - Sports Day Friday - bring Dr. Coffin mug
2 - Sign Social Studies test - return by Thursday
3 - Handbells - we are walking for 15 minutes - Dress appropriately!!! Please wear your Dr. Coffin shirt or something else green. You must bring a lunch so we can eat before we depart.
4 - Mrs. Lee's math group - sign your math test and do your corrections.


Secret Santa Day 2! Don't forget your token or small gift. 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We talked about the importance of "it's better to give than to receive."
How did you show what you learned?
We enjoyed watching each other open our gifts and clues while we did secret santa. 
What do you need to learn next?
We have another day of secret santa tomorrow. 

You have Methane Gas Inside You

Agenda:
1- Mrs. Lim/Lee’s math group: 1) Take your math test and go over questions you did not do correctly with parents if enough time. Bring back on Thursday.  2) Do one sheet from your Division package and time yourself. Use the multiplication chart provided only if necessary.  (POW is not for homework. Bring it to class tomorrow).
2 - Review the Chemistry Google Sheet - if you got invited to it today.
3 - Mrs. Saunders' math group - find out some information about Pascal's triangle.
4 - Secret Santa starts tomorrow!!!! Gifts or tokens need to come Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

A reminder for students in Handbells to bring in their permission forms tomorrow and to prepare to wear green, white, red, or black for their presentation as well as walking boots/shoes on Wednesday. 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, simile and metaphors. 
How did you show what you learned?
We read a picture book "The Grumpy Badger's Christmas" and listened for different figures of speech.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to try and add these to our own writing. 

Cool Chemistry

Agenda:
1- Mrs. Lee's Math group - test review sheet due Monday
2 - Secret Santa starts on Tuesday for those who are participating
3 - Winter Sports Day on Friday Dec 18th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVQKCcfwnU

What background knowledge do you have about the Periodic Table? How does a Chemist use the periodic table? What is the Periodic Table of Elements?

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We discovered over 20 natural resources in Whispering Woods.
How did you show what you learned?
We explored Whispering Woods and recorded the resources and their possible uses in our visual journal.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to research these resources and their possible uses. 

Precarious Zart

Agenda:
1 - Math - recipe project due Monday
2 - Festive Evening - Thursday at 6pm
3 - Lost Story due Friday
4 - Edit Fun and POW due tomorrow

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about points of view. 
How did you show what you learned?
We needed to talk about who would agree or not agree with a statement and why.
What do you need to learn next?
We would need to apply this to our experience at school with our friends and classmates. 

What is personification?

Agenda:
1 - Social Studies test tomorrow
2 - Math - recipe amounts and instructions (most of you have this already)
3 - Festive Evening - Thursday at 6pm
4 - Secret Santa forms due Wednesday
5 - Lost Story due Friday

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned it is easier to double a fraction and harder to reduce it by half. We also saw that recipes are full of fractions. 
How did you show what you learned?
We are taking a favorite recipe and changing the fractions so we can double and half the fractions. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to do the math, type it up and compare our work to the rubric. There are also 2 extensions we could complete - convert the recipe for 60 people OR convert the measurements to metric. 

WORD WORK – SPELLING

Assigned: Mon., Dec. 7 à Due: Wed., Dec. 9

Weekly Words:

1.   barometer

2.   pressure

3.   literature

4.   environmental

5.   action

Weekly Exercises:

Sentences – 4

Connect – 5

Find a smaller word - 5

Define - 4

Find a synonym – 2

Scramble and share - 4

WORD WORK – THE WEEKLY EDIT!

Assigned: Tues., Dec. 8 à Due: Thurs., Dec. 10

Rewrite the following paragraph making any corrections that are necessary (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.):

If you injoy eating items from you're supermarkets frozen foods section, you can thank inventor clarence Birdseye. It was birdseye who invented a process that reduced the time it takes to prepare frozen foods he was also one of the founder's of the General Seafood Corporation, which later soled for millions of dollars. birdseye were born in Brooklyn new York, on december 9, 1886. whut was his first frozen product. Fissh!