Barkhausen Field Trip

We had a blast on our field trip to Barkhausen! In the morning we learned about the fur trade from our guide Jason. We saw some furs and learned about how the Native Americans bartered with the French fur traders for items. We also saw inside a wigwam and learned how they fur traders and Native Americans started their fires. We played a fun game too that many Native American children played.

In the afternoon, we had a great time learning about winter survival with our guide Dani. Dani shared the 4 keys things we would need to survive and then she took us out into the "wilderness" and in our teams we built a shelter for one person and worked to start our own campfires to melt snow. The kids did awesome and it was so much fun!!

Check out our class Facebook page for photos of our fun day! There are over 80 pictures from our adventures! :)

 In the wigwam with Jason as he demonstrates how the fur traders and Native American started their fires.

Dani is preparing us for our winter survival task! Get ready to build a shelter!!

Weekly Newsletter

Here is our newsletter for this week! Just a reminder that our Patriotic Concert will be on Tuesday morning at 9:45 in the Valley View gym! Can't wait to see the kids perform!

Liquid Measurement

Tonight the kids have some fun homework along with their conversions! They are on the hunt for metric liquid measurements (Liters) they can find around the house. They can jot down what they find in their planners, post a picture on our class Facebook page (VV-Ciha) here in the comments. If the container is empty, they can bring it in to school tomorrow. We'll use these to get an idea of what these measurements look like. We may also use them to work on conversions between units.

One example is a Liter of soda! 

Prime & Composite, Factors & Multiples Online Games

Use these online games to practice your skills for determine prime & composite numbers. You can all practice your factors and multiples.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/numbers/fruit_shoot_prime.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/monkeydrive/numbers/MDPrimeNumbers.htm

http://www.mathnook.com/math/skill/primecompositegames.php

http://www.abcya.com/number_ninja_factors.htm

http://www.primarygames.com/math/matheggsprime/

http://www.mathchimp.com/4.1.2.php

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=4134

http://www.visualmathlearning.com/Games/sliding_factors.html

http://www.hoodamath.com/games/factorfeeder.html

http://www.counton.org/games/map-numbers/octopus/

Weekly Newsletter

Here is our newsletter recapping our learning for the week of January 31 - February 3.

Quizlet Review

We had a great time reviewing all we learned about the French Explorers, Missionaries, and the French and Indian War using the website Quizlet. We worked in small teams to answer review questions and compete against the other teams.

Dialogue in our Writing

We have been working to incorporate dialogue into our writing. This week we used picture books for strong models and the formatting of dialogue. We practiced with a partner writing dialogue into our stories by switching notebooks. It was so much fun!!

Order of Operations

Use this Order of Operations game to practice during Math Computer time.

http://www.abcya.com/order_of_operations.htm