Sunday, October 26, 2008

Project Road Trip -- Evaluation + Assessment

Student teams are coming close to completing Project Road Trip.  This week students will be evaluating their teamwork and collaborative performance.  Please click on the following link to see the performance rubric they will use.  Each student is responsible for evaluating their own performance, as well as the work of each of their teammates.  In addition, I will provide my own assessment of each student's performance.  



When students are ready to present their project, we will be using the following rubric to evaluate each project


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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Creating Presentations + Writers Workshop

Project Road Trip -- students are learning how to use Presentation software (Powerpoint), Google Maps, Travelocity and other travel related websites. Teams have already researched regions, states, planned out where they will visit and the routes they will take. Next step, continue designing their presentations or websites.

P.E. -- students were not able to run the mile for their physical fitness exam due to the fires and poor air quality. This week on Thursday they will be running the mile, make sure they dressed appropriately and have a bottle of water ready.

Study Island -- new topic "Ecosystems". Check "My Class" tab to see all topics assigned so far.

Writers Workshop -- We will be starting Writers Workshop in projects class soon. Please make sure your student can bring a two-pocket folder to class with them this week. They will need this folder to store their drafts as they work through the writing process from prewriting through publication.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Road Trip Continues, Eaton Canyon and Football

Project Road Trip continues with students working in their teams and exploring their assigned region. Students will also be learning about other regions through videos and work in their Interactive Notebooks.

Eaton Canyon - This week on Thursday students will participate in viewing and interacting with "Nature in a Box - Mammals" provided by the Eaton Canyon nature center. Next week students will go on our first field trip to Eaton Canyon. Please make sure to turn in permission slips to your advisor.

Flag Football continues in P.E. every Thursday. Students are learning the positions and strategy of the game. Students should watch at least one-quarter of a football game on television to get more familiar with the game. Here are some days and times of possible games to watch. Both games are on ESPN

Monday 5:30pm - Minnesota Vikings v. New Orleans Saints
Thursday 4:30 pm - Clemson vs. Wake Forrest

Study Island - 4th and 5th graders need to complete the Science sections "Living vs. Non-Living" and "Observation vs. Inference" this week. These are review from last year but use the mini-lessons to get re-familiarized with the concepts.
Click HERE to go to our 5th grade advisory page.

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