Mr. Lund’s Fifth Grade Class
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- Jocelyn opened her math book and found that the sum of the facing pages was 243. What pages did she open to?
Hello Mr.Lund Blog Readers!
On this blog, I like to write about our classroom, extension activities, and items to make the kids think. Our blog is accessed from many places, but only two search engines – yahoo and google. That makes me think that our students use those two search engines the majority of the time. This post is a list of a few search engines that are new/new to me. Each one has a unique feature and function.
Try them with “Abraham Lincoln” or another term. Let us know your thoughts about them. -Mr. Lund
This site shows connections – not a search engine but interesting.
Here is a video I made using a Web 2.0 site. Watch it. Enjoy it. Leave a comment! – Mr. Lund
If the video does not show up on the blog, click here!
I found a great post over on another blog. The basic question, “How do you talk with your parents? Do you have long conversations about school, friends, life? Or, are you like the kid in the video and give monosyllabic answers (one-word answers)?”
On the other side of the issue is how PARENTS talk to their children. How do you talk to your kids? Do you have long conversations about school, friends, or life? Or, are you like the woman in the video and give a string of commands to your children that are often repeatative in nature?
-Mr. Lund
In reading, we’ve been working on summarizing non-fiction articles. The boys and girls in our class have done a great job finding the big idea, including important details, and writing a complete summary.
In science, we’ve read about atoms, mixtures, and pH. Here is a chance to show the world your summarizing abilities in science. Go to the Science News for Kids and find an interesting article. Summarize the article, providing the title or web address so that other people can read the article too. Once you’re at the site, you can read previous weeks articles which might interest you, too.
Parents, you could also tackle this challenge and post your own summary. In class, we like to read and learn from our parents!
-Mr. Lund
Our classroom blog was recently identified in a blog called The Edublogger. This blog talks about the emerging technologies on edublogs.org! The post showcased how our blog posted a screenshot of our class blog’s Google Analytics map!
In class, we used this map to talk about the countries and regions of the worlds. From there, we used Google Maps to zone in on these place to more clearly identify the areas. Remember the great discussion we had before P.E. about the people, seasons, history, locations, governments, and current events! I hope you shared some of these discussions with your families at home.
Students – Let’s continue to write and comment using the skills we’ve been working on in class to further demonstrate the high level of pride we have at GIS! Congrats!
-Mr. Lund
On Thursday and Friday, I was gone from school attending the Illinois Educators Technology Conference. This was a very motivating conference to attend! Blogs, wikis, widgets, gadgets, technology, literacy, cooperative learning, differentiation, and much much more filled the two days of the conference. In addition to the classes, I was able to talk to some of the technology teachers from our district. It was nice to hear about the projects that they are using with their classes – projects you might have done in 2nd or 3rd grade!
I’d love to hear about your knowledge on these topics. Do you have any questions for me about the things that I’ve learned about during the past two days?
What did you learn with our guest teachers?
-Mr. Lund
How are your science fair project coming along? I’ve seen a few that have been finished and brought to school. Remember, you can bring your finished project in before the November 24th due date. Now for some science fun to do at home (and impress your relatives with your new knowledge during Thanksgiving!)
This experiment demonstrates iso- and thixo-tropy properties of certain emulsions (fluid mixtures). Check out this link for a simple and fun use for cornstarch at home. CLICK HERE!
Try the experiment at home and post your reactions to the experiment. Were you surprised by this unique type of mixture? How was this mixture different than the ones we looked at in class? Suspensions? -Mr. Lund
One morning a grasshopper fell down a hole 2 meters deep. He would climb 1/4 of a meter every day but at night he slid down 1/8 of a meter. At this rate, how many days until the grasshopper gets out?
Check out Math Challenge #6 to see some great explanations. DOUBLE points if your parents complete the problem with you and type the response. They should include their name in the response!!!
Good Luck – Now go help that grasshopper (It’s getting cold outside!)
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