Happy Holidays Art

Today we started our art project/holiday gifts. The students used construction paper only to create snowmen, gingerbread men and reindeer. They then added a poem to these cards and the gift. Which is "poop" hehe... "Heard you've been naughty, so here's the scoop, all your getting for Christmas, is snowman poop!" Which was minimarshmellows. They had a blast! Hope those who receive the gifts enjoy them :)

Mountain School Art!

Our Finished Mountain School Art!!






If you took any pictures of senery at Mountain School you can print them and bring them on Monday the 17th. We will be painting pictures of senery from Mt.School and writing a poem about the main image in our picture. Here are some examples of pictures!



Trail = My poem topic

Leaves = My poem topic

Cascades = My poem topic

Lake Diablo = My poem topic

Mountain School was amazing!!

We Earned Our Class Reward!

We earned our class reward!! We went 3 days with out anyone getting a step, nor did we get a class step. (Steps are a part of our school discipline system). So they chose their reward which was to have Friday the 26th be a dress up day and as you can see they dressed up as twins, triplets and quintuplets. It was a lot of fun! :) Keep up the great work class! ~ Miss Warren

The Oregon Trail

For Social Studies we are studying the Oregon Trail. The students are working in groups which simulate wagon trains. Each student has an identity, possibly a family and a wagon that they travel with. We have 4 wagon trains with 6-7 people per train. Each train also has a wagon master that controls the group. Today 9/22/2008 they had to decide what to bring with them in their individual wagons. They used uni fix cubes to be able to see and compare the size/amount and weight/space objects would take up in their wagons. The items they can choose from are shown on the list in the image and they are weighted by BWU (bulk weight units) each cube was one unit. For example, a hammer was 2 BWU (2 cubes) and a cooking stove was 75 BWU (75 cubes). They had to ultimately decided what was going to ultimate for survival and could only fit 1000 BWU in their wagon.

Art Time!

We started our first art project this past week. The students filled out a Multiple Intelligences Inventory and then added up their scores for each category. Their scores then were multiplied by 2 to give them a number to work with. They took these numbers and followed the directions and used them to make the dimensions of their faces. For example, if there Spatial Intelligence score was 7 they would times that by 2 to get 14. Then their eyes would be 14 centimeters apart in their drawing. They had a great time and came up with some creative faces! :)

Riddles

9-4-2008
Hello!!! If you know me or have had me as a teacher before you know that I love riddles. They are fun and educational at the same time. Today I shared my favorite riddle with my 6th grade class: What can you put in a barrel to make it lighter??? A Hole!!!

Garrett gave me a riddle challenge: What gets wetter the more it dries??? A Towel!!! I met the challenge because I was able to come up with the answer. So then he challenged me again: What goes up but never leaves the ground??? I still have not come up with the answer. hmmm

Class.....This is my next riddle for you:

Give me food and I will live; give me water and I will die. What am I???

Excellent job Matthew!! He said that the answer is fire and he was correct!

~Miss Warren~


Well I have been challenged again with a riddle. This time it was by Matthew. He asks: How can you have 10 trees, in 5 rows with 4 trees in a row?? My solution, though I don't know it its correct yet: You have the trees in a star shape. At a point or an intersection of the lines is a tree. Correct??!!

Dear Students,

I am so excited to hear that so many of you are viewing our class blog. If you have any ideas of things that we can add please let me know. I have another riddle challenge for you: What can you catch, but not throw?

Sincerely,

Miss Warren

Excellent job Emilie!! The answer that she told me is correct: A cold!!

New riddle as of 9/15/2008 = What goes around the world but always stays in a corner?
* 9/21/08 no one has figured out the answer yet....keep trying ;)

We finally have the answer!! .... A Stamp!! ;) 9/26/2008

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ashley said...
umm. a red house is made with red bricks.blue with blue bricks.orange with orange bricks. and yellow with yellow bricks.what is a greenhouse made with?

hmmm.... great riddle Ashley...I'm going to have to think about it for a while.... 9:11 pm 9/26..... I've got it!! 9/29 7:17 pm GLASS!



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10-8-2008 New Riddle!!

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, he leaves 3 days later on Friday.
How did he do it?

10-13-2008....Nice work Emilie.....she answered correctly = the horse is named Friday!


10-10-2008 New Riddles!!

A farmer and his two hired helpers are carrying things back to the barn.
The farmer carry's one sack of grain and the hired helpers carry two sacks.
Who's is the heaviest and why?

10-13-2008

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour?

Nice work Matty - He was correct when he said, "the letter m!"

10-24-2008

ashley said...
ok i am slimey and gross i can grow up to be at least 10 inches i can and can not have spots i have to live with my slime and i live in the wild.

A Banana Slug!!!!????? yeah :)

MATH

"Hands On Equations!!" We started our new math unit today 2/17/2009

* We have white in class packets and pink homework packets












MATH = Multiplication Quiz Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th

Math - fractions, decimals & percents



















































10-15-2008 In math we are learning about fractions and have been using fraction strips to measure items and record their length/width in fractions (symbolic form). The students were to bring in an item from home that was longer then a fraction strip and record its length and an item that was shorter than a fraction strip and record its length. They then made a poster with their team showing the lengths of the items that everyone brought. We will next work on comparing the fractions by putting them on a number line from the least to the greatest.

Math - Multiplication facts

We are now going to be studying fractions, decimals and percents (pictures above). Each student also has a math learning log in their binder. They use this to take notes during class. These notes also help them on quizzes and while doing their homework. This log is graded.