What a fabulous talent show!!

Science Fair Presentations this week!

MontCAS testing: The week of March 5^th. We have 6 tests to give. The plan is to do two on Wednesday and one on each of the other days.

6^th graders: On March 22^nd, all Poly Drive Elementary 6^th grade students will participate in Night of the Notables. Students research a notable person, living or dead, dress up like them, and share a bio poem. This takes place in the evening in the gym. Students will memorize the bio poem. The audience gets to actively participate by guessing who the notable is. I am looking forward to it!

There will be NO MORNING OR AFTERNOON MATH CLASSES DURING THE 2 WEEKS WE HAVE MontCAS TESTING. These are the weeks of March 5^th and March 12^th.

READING—back to reading the novels

MATH

Percents, temperature conversions, geometry review

LANG

Writing—working on the trait of VOICE. Final copies due this week.

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Chapter 12

SCIENCE--Presentations

Presentations: 

MONDAY, Feb 27--> EW, MJ, BK, MA

TUESDAY, Feb 28--> JS, TS, MW, SR, SF

WEDNESDAY, Feb 29--> ASt & DH, LG, EB, ND

THURSDAY, Mar 1--> SH, HC, CW, GR

FRIDAY, Mar 2--> ASr, HB,  JR

LWR

Some drawings from last week:

  

Prefix 

Root

Suffix

SPELLING

5th grade—

U 27     VCCV,  VCCCV, or VCV

Dictation Sentences

1.  Spinach is a green, leafy vegetable.

2.  Broken floorboards are signs of neglect.

3.  Cannons lined the top of the fortress.

Basic:

disturb, entire, wisdom, respond, crystal, forbid, surround, challenge, entry, impress, kitchen, frighten, limit, talent, dozen, salute

Challenge:

adapt, refuge, distribute, industry, somber

Real World Vocabulary        Drama: SUMMER THEATER

auditorium, musical, skit, backstage, scenery, spotlight, pantomime, theatrical

6th grade-

U 27 Suffixes –ic, -ure, -ous

Dictation Sentences

1.    Test the theory with a scientific study.

2.    When Sam is nervous, he talks fast.

3.    The bone fracture has mended well.

Basic:

fantastic, tragic, gigantic, specific, romantic, culture, posture, signature, sculpture, lecture, curious, jealous, generous, dangerous, precious, serious, ambitious

Challenge:

symbolic, unanimous, authentic, nutritious, legislature

Real World Vocabulary       Science: GEMS

sapphire, emerald, topaz, semiprecious, garnet, synthetic, clarity, facets

Science Fair Project Evaluation Tool (some formatting was lost in posting it to the blog)

(used at the Deaconess Billings Clinic Science Expo)

I. SCIENTIFIC MERIT & CREATIVITY (60 Points)

 A.    Problem...................................................................                         ....... 5----à

·                      Is the problem or scientific question clearly stated?

·             Was creativity/originality/independence shown in formulating the problem?

B.      Hypothesis                                                                                     5----à

·                        Is the hypothesis based on sufficient background information?

·                       Does the hypothesis show originality in thought and/or logic?

C. Procedure                                                                                           ....... 10----à

·           Were procedures outlined in a step-by-step fashion?

·          Does the experimental design show creativity/originality?

D. Variables                                                                                            ....... 10----à           

·                Were the variables clearly defined?

·               Were the variables identified that were going to be changed? (independent)

·               Were the variables defined that were going to be measured? (dependent)

E.      Data Collection & Graphs/Charts                                                  ....... 15----à

·               Was the data collected several times?

·                Was the data summarized logically?

·               Is the data represented in a chart or graph?

F.      Results                                                                                          ....... 10----à           

·              Are results organized and presented clearly?

·              Are    notebook records available?

G.    Conclusions................................................................................ 5 ----à

·              Are conclusions properly justified and properly drawn from the hypothesis?

·              Was the hypothesis correct? (No deduction if it wasn’t)

TOTAL SCIENTIFIC MERIT & CREATIVITY ....................................................60----à

(Maximum 60 Points)

        

II.      DISPLAY AESTHETICS/VISUAL PRESENTATION ........................ 10----à

·            Is the display interesting and does it have eye appeal?

·            Does the display show good logic, good workmanship, and good spelling?

III. COMMUNICATION SKILLS/ORAL PRESENTATION.......................................................................................... ..15----à

·              Can the student(s) express their knowledge of the project's purpose, procedure and

          conclusions?

·              Is the student engaging, enthusiastic and interactive with you?

IV. LEVEL OF EFFORT A. 

·              How much effort did the student expend on the project? .........................15---à

GRAND TOTAL (Maximum 100 Points)

LOTS of things coming up! Please note the dates.

Also, students are running out of notebook paper, pencils, pens, and notebooks.

Thursday, February 23—NO CONDITIONING CLUB! 

Scoliosis screening for 6^th graders

5:00-6:30 Dinner Lewis and Clark                
6:30 Talent Show

Science Fair Display Board are due beginning the week of Feb 27^th. We will “draw from a hat” for the exact presentation date for each student. There will be about 4/day. They will write their presentation date in their assignment notebook. Presentation dates are posted below

I am missing permission slips for the Human Growth & Development form from the following children: ND, SF, SH, SR, JS, MA, EB, ASr, MW. A new one will be sent home in the Wed Watch this week. Please sign and return it by Friday, February 24^th.

MontCAS testing: March 5^th-16^th. We have flexibility in the days we test. However, I will most likely test the first week to allow for make-ups the following week. A more detailed schedule will come out next week.

READING—no reading was assigned over the break unless they were missing assignments.

MATH

Working on sales tax and discounts, as well as reviewing some geometric concepts and measurement.

LANG

Writing—working on the trait of VOICE.

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Chapter 11—To Declare Independence or Not

SCIENCE--at the end of the blog is the evaluation tool I will use to evaluate the projects next week. It is the same one I used last year; it is the same one that will be used at the Science Expo.

Presentations: 
MONDAY, Feb 27--> EW, MJ, BK, MA
TUESDAY, Feb 28--> JS, TS, MW, SR, SF
WEDNESDAY, Feb 29--> ASt & DH, LG, EB, ND
THURSDAY, Mar 1--> SH, HC, HB, GR
FRIDAY, Mar 2--> ASr, CW< JR




Feb 21^th: Procedures and graphs/data tables/etc are due. Please write a note if you are not to the point of having data yet. That is OK.

LWR   anthrop

Prefix 

Root

anthrop/o            mankind, man

meter                    measure

nom                        law, order

path                        feeling, disease

phil                        love, loving

Suffix

-ic                   like, related to

-ology              study of, science

-y                      state, quality, act

-oid                        resembling

SPELLING

5th grade—

 U 26 Final /ij/ , /iv/, and /is/ sounds

Dictation Sentences

1.  We keep our skis in storage during May.

2.  Each tasty olive has a pit inside.

3.  The hotel staff provides good service.

Basic:

garbage, courage, passage, voyage, knowledge, image, average, postage, luggage, language, relative, native, creative, detective, adjective, justice, cowardice

Challenge:

prejudice, cooperative, beverage, heritage, apprentice

Real World Vocabulary  Math: Analyzing Data

survey, tally, statistics, mean, median, mode, results, conclusions

U 27     VCCV,  VCCCV, or VCV

Dictation Sentences

1.  Spinach is a green, leafy vegetable.

2.  Broken floorboards are signs of neglect.

3.  Cannons lined the top of the fortress.

Basic:

disturb, entire, wisdom, respond, crystal, forbid, surround, challenge, entry, impress, kitchen, frighten, limit, talent, dozen, salute

Challenge:

adapt, refuge, distribute, industry, somber

Real World Vocabulary        Drama: SUMMER THEATER

auditorium, musical, skit, backstage, scenery, spotlight, pantomime, theatrical

6th grade-

U 26 Words beginning with ad-, ac-, af-,  ap-, and as-

Dictation Sentences

1.    How can we accomplish our goal?

2.    The weather can affect your mood.

3.    Doctors advise eating a healthy diet.

Basic:

advice, addition, adjust, advise, accident, acquire, account, according, accept, accompany, affair, approve, appetite, applaud, assign, assist, assemble, assure

Challenge:

assess, adolescent, accumulate, affinity, appropriate

Real World Vocabulary  Life Skills:  Product Information

implements, procedure, sequence, warranty, guarantees, defects, refundable, satisfaction

U 27 Suffixes –ic, -ure, -ous

Dictation Sentences

1.    Test the theory with a scientific study.

2.    When Sam is nervous, he talks fast.

3.    The bone fracture has mended well.

Basic:

fantastic, tragic, gigantic, specific, romantic, culture, posture, signature, sculpture, lecture, curious, jealous, generous, dangerous, precious, serious, ambitious

Challenge:

symbolic, unanimous, authentic, nutritious, legislature

Real World Vocabulary       Science: GEMS

sapphire, emerald, topaz, semiprecious, garnet, synthetic, clarity, facets

Science Fair Project Evaluation Tool (some formatting was lost in posting it to the blog)

(used at the Deaconess Billings Clinic Science Expo)

I. SCIENTIFIC MERIT & CREATIVITY (60 Points)

 A.    Problem...................................................................                         ....... 5----à

·                      Is the problem or scientific question clearly stated?

·             Was creativity/originality/independence shown in formulating the problem?

B.      Hypothesis                                                                                     5----à

·                        Is the hypothesis based on sufficient background information?

·                       Does the hypothesis show originality in thought and/or logic?

C. Procedure                                                                                           ....... 10----à

·           Were procedures outlined in a step-by-step fashion?

·          Does the experimental design show creativity/originality?

D. Variables                                                                                            ....... 10----à           

·                Were the variables clearly defined?

·               Were the variables identified that were going to be changed? (independent)

·               Were the variables defined that were going to be measured? (dependent)

E.      Data Collection & Graphs/Charts                                                  ....... 15----à

·               Was the data collected several times?

·                Was the data summarized logically?

·               Is the data represented in a chart or graph?

F.      Results                                                                                          ....... 10----à           

·              Are results organized and presented clearly?

·              Are    notebook records available?

G.    Conclusions................................................................................ 5 ----à

·              Are conclusions properly justified and properly drawn from the hypothesis?

·              Was the hypothesis correct? (No deduction if it wasn’t)

TOTAL SCIENTIFIC MERIT & CREATIVITY ....................................................60----à

(Maximum 60 Points)

        

II.      DISPLAY AESTHETICS/VISUAL PRESENTATION ........................ 10----à

·            Is the display interesting and does it have eye appeal?

·            Does the display show good logic, good workmanship, and good spelling?

III. COMMUNICATION SKILLS/ORAL PRESENTATION.......................................................................................... ..15----à

·              Can the student(s) express their knowledge of the project's purpose, procedure and

          conclusions?

·              Is the student engaging, enthusiastic and interactive with you?

IV. LEVEL OF EFFORT A. 

·              How much effort did the student expend on the project? .........................15---à

GRAND TOTAL (Maximum 100 Points)

Calvin and Hobbes cartoon from

http://rossshannon.com/2005/12/30/the-creative-process/