FIFTH GRADE
Schedule Room 214
Monday @ 1:30, Wed. @ 8:15, Friday @ 9:15
Schedule Room 216
Monday @ 10:30, Wed. @ 9:15, Friday @ 8:15
CLASS 22 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Theme 21: Biotechnology and Theme 22: Plant Motion TEST
Completing Theme 20 and Theme 22 Activities - Plant observations
CLASS 23 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015
Completing Theme 23 Animal Adaptation: Adaptation: A Question of Survival
Students will learn about adaptation and discover a few means of adaptation used by animals.
Theme 24 Activity: What Is Hiding in the Air?
Students will understand and realize that air contains dust.
CLASS 24 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015
Theme 24 Air Pollution: I Have a Right to Breathe Clean Air!
Students will discover the causes of air pollution and some of the ways to fight air pollution.
HW: THEME 24 VOCABULARY
CLASS 25 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015
Theme 1 Hardness: That's Hard! Hard as ...
Students will learn how to distinguish between flexibility, tenacity and hardness. Students will discover a method of comparing the hardness of one material with that of another.
HW: THEME 1 VOCABULARY
CLASS 26 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Returning Theme 21: Biotechnology and Theme 22: Plant Motion Test
Theme 1 Activity: Hard as Nails!
Students will learn a method for determining the hardness of materials and to realize that not all hard objects have the same hardness.
Completing Theme 1 Hardness: That's Hard! Hard as ...
Students will learn how to distinguish between flexibility, tenacity and hardness. Students will discover a method of comparing the hardness of one material with that of another.
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
CLASS 27 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
Class review of Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution
Theme 2 Activity: To Rust or Not to Rust
Students will determine the materials that can rust.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
CLASS 28 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Teacher Strike - NO SCHOOL / NO CLASSES
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
CLASS 29 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Caribou Math Contest 2 of 6
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 30 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution TEST
CLASS 31 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015
Completing Theme 2 Activity: To Rust or Not to Rust
Students will determine the materials that can rust.
Theme 2 Rust: Oh No, Rust!
Students will discover what rust is and various ways to prevent rust.
HW - THEME 2 VOCABULARY
CLASS 32 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2015
Completing Theme 2 Rust: Oh No, Rust!
Students will discover what rust is and various ways to prevent rust.
Class review of Theme 1: Hardness and Theme 2: Rust
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 (Themes 1 and 2 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 33 - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015
Class review of Theme 1: Hardness and Theme 2: Rust
Lego Mindstorms NXT Robotics - Basic Model
Students will build a basic model and use the colour sensor, touch sensor and ultrasonic sensor to control its behaviours.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 (Themes 1 and 2 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 34 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
Theme 1: Hardness and Theme 2: Rust TEST
CLASS 35 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015
Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Star Wars and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also be introduced to JavaScript using a Star Wars theme.
CLASS 36 - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015
Teacher Strike - NO SCHOOL / NO CLASSES
CLASS 37 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015
Continuing Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Star Wars and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also be introduced to JavaScript using a Star Wars theme.
CLASS 38 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015
Returned Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution TEST
Continuing Lego Mindstorms NXT Robotics - Basic Model
Students will build a basic model and use the colour sensor, touch sensor and ultrasonic sensor to control its behaviours.
CLASS 39 - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015
Lego Mindstorms NXT Programming - Using Sensors
Students will use the colour sensor, touch sensor and ultrasonic sensor to make the robot move in different ways.
CLASS 40 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2015
Returned Theme 1: Hardness and Theme 2: Rust TEST
Lego Mindstorms NXT Programming - Using Sensors
Students will use the colour sensor, touch sensor and ultrasonic sensor to make the robot move in different ways.