Mrs. Ahlers' 5th graders

Mrs. Ahlers' 5th graders
We like to be a little silly here in room 12!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Mary and Ellis News

            Hello! This week we are learning about cause and effect from Mrs. Jacobsen. We also read a story about sea turtles that need rescuing. It is a wonderful story that is very touching. In Spanish we are learning our numbers and colors so we can make those “fortune” tellers. In math we are trying different types of addition, subtraction, and in media we are playing a really fun game called “Draw a Stickman”, which is very fun to some kids in our class. In the social studies classroom with our host and teacher Mrs. Whittington, we are learning about Native Americans, where they settled, and what artifacts they might have used. Now here is a puzzle to try with Pi!!!
To access "Draw a Stickman" Click here:  http://www.drawastickman.com/

Try to find the incorrect digits in pi!!!
3.124165926535189793273846246433183274950238841978169395937517
You better not cheat!
Seriously, don’t cheat.
It’s not cool to cheat.
Remember, don’t cheat.

Here is it but correct: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751
If you didn’t listen and cheated, SHAME!!!!!!
-Ellis
:)
Hi it’s Mary. This week is spirit week. Monday is pajama day. Tuesday is wacky sock and hair day. Wednesday is crazy hat and neon day. Speaking of days here are the days in Spanish. lunes= Monday, martes= Tuesday, miercoles= Wednesday, jueves= Thursday, viernes= Friday, sabado=Saturday and domingo=Sunday.
-Mary
:)
Hola! It’s Ellis. This week we are using a math puzzle called Ken Ken to have fun. Lots of kids like it. Okay, maybe only few kids like it. Okay, maybe I’m the only one that likes it. But as I was saying, it is a fun math puzzle in my opinion. I say “Ken Ken Weee!” I hear Groans.   Today we are learning more about cause and effect from Mrs. Jacobsen. In science, we are learning about cells. Did you know that a drop of pond water can have at least 2000 cells? That’s pretty cool. Also, in reading, some kids are reading a book called Frindle about a creative kid, and some are reading a book about a city boy who has to go camping. It has been an exciting week! WARNING on Wednesday we have a social studies test. Study!
-Ellis
:)
It’s Mary again. On Tuesday some people mixed some organisms called Blepharisma and Vinegar Eels in science. I did it, and there was an interesting result. All of the Blepharisma swam to one side and all the Vinegar
Eels swam to the other. It was really cool. Now here are some interesting questions: Which weighs more: A pound of iron or a pound of feathers? The answer is that they both weigh the same, although they have different mass. Here is another: What is the sum of 111+212+313? And the last one: Name the prime numbers in this series: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,and 20
That’s it for all of the fun facts!
-Mary
:)

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