Polygons

  In math we have been learning about lines, line segment, rays, points, and parallel lines. We also have been working on quadrilaterals. Miss Sapatka  taught us about decagons, octagons and other polygons. Decagons have 10 sides and dodecagons have 12 sides.                                                                                                                                                                                

   We have been learning about regular polygons, concave polygons and convex polygons. A convex polygon is a polygon that goes out. A concave is a polygon that caves in on itself. A regular polygon is a polygon that has 3 or more sides, not open, no curved sides and not any hanging off pieces.

Iditaread

 

 

      We are doing the Iditarod in my class, but we are reading not sled dog racing. So we call it the Iditaread. We each pick out two mushers and keep their score on the trail. The Iditarod is race that started long ago when Alaska needed help because, a disease called diphtheria that was killing people. The only thing that could help the disease was antitoxin serum and the town was out, so a doctor named Dr. Welch sent out a message on the radio saying,

            NOME CALLING WE HAVE AN OUTBREAK OF

            DIPHTHERIA. NO SERUM URGENTLY NEED HELP

                                                    DR. CUTIS WELCH

         They got a reply and it told them the nearest supply of serum was at a hospital in Anchorage 1,000 miles away across a snowbound wilderness. The Iditarod was created to remember this life saving race. Mushers compete to be the first into Nome, Alaska.

One of my mushers Ally Zirkle came in second place. Mitch Seavey came in first place. Our Iditaread ended Friday, March 22, 2013.

Nonfiction

     This week I read a book called Television: What’s Behind What You See by Carter W. Merbreier.  It was about how TV signal waves reach a home, how a show is filmed, and what type of programming is on at what time of day.  It also shows the parts of a studio.  It also tells about what type of cameras are used for what kind of scene is being filmed.                                
     It was a fun and interesting book.  You should read it some time.  It has a lot of illustrations that explain about how television works.  My favorite part is when they explain what kind of camera is used for what kind of scene.  If you want to learn about television, this book is for you!

House on the Gulf

           I read a book in reading group called House On The Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix. When Britt’s older brother Bran’ lands a summer job house-sitting in Florida, it seems like a great opportunity. Britt’s family moves in and Bran started acting strange. Britt and Bran’s mom is still trying to finish college and they could use the extra money. While Bran was at the Shrimp Shack every day working Britt went to Mrs.Stuldy’s house. She got a job running errands for the elderly people she lives by. When she was doing the laundry Bran’s keys fell out and Britt unlocked the closet door and found a scrap book that said “Marcus Family Album” Marcus-not Marquis. Bran got home she gave him the keys and looked at Mom’s papers and found that she was a straight A student and was Becky Marcus. When Bran got home she showed him the paper and he admitted everything. The next day Mom and Britt were about to go to the beach when Mrs. Marcus came in and Mom and Mrs. Marcus didn’t recognize each other and Britt called Bran. When everything was straightened out they found out that Bran got the wrong Marcuses. In the end Mom, Britt, and Bran moved in with Mrs. Stuldy.

          I strongly think you should read this book, if you love to read suspenseful books or want to read one. This book was easy for me to make connections to. It was suspenseful when Britt, Bran, and Mom got caught living in a stranger’s house. It was also suspenseful when Bran confessed to Britt. This was so suspenseful that I wanted to read the last page before the book was over.

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 28

Our Class

By: Ms. Frackman

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 27

Playing

By: William

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 26

On Your Desk

By: Aron

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 24

A Word

By: Ethan

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 23

An East Eagle

By: Dakota

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 22

Inside Your Desk

By: Stella

Recess

I play Knock Out at recess. It is a basketball game that my friends and I play at recess. You have to have two balls to play Knock Out and try to get each other out. Only the second person can get the first person out.  But if the first person passes it to the person behind you, gets it first, you're out.

You can play as many outs as you want. The best amount of outs is 3 or 4. You have to wait  for the first person until you shoot. Then you can shoot. Knock Out is a game to have fun and play fair.

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 21

Loft View

By: Eleanor

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 20

Pattern

By: Kaitlyn

 



Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 19

I Am...

By: Kylie

 

 

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 18

Full

By: Damien

 

 

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 17

In Your Hand

By: Marley

 



Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 16

Perfect

By: Ms. Frackman

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 15

Makes You Smile

By: Kallista

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 14

Friendship Is...

By: Lelia

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 13

Walking

By: Trenton

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 12

Where You Eat Lunch

By: Colton

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 11

Entrance

By: Jacklyn

 

 

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 10

3:00

By: Landon

 



Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 9

Upside Down

By: Makenzie

 

 

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 8

Something Red

By: Kaelynn

 

 

Animals in the Environment

Animals in the Environment Video

We had an assembly this week! The first animal was a Chinchilla. It was so cute! Ms. Frackman was scared. She thought it was cute too! Then he showed us a Tortoise. It was so big it scared me. I was not surprised at that. Then there was a rodent that looked like a kangaroo, but it was not.  It was a Patagonian Cavy. It’s name was Missy. It slipped on the table. Mrs. Smith was scared when it was in it’s cage, but she got to feed it and pet it. There was also a baby alligator. After that he got out a boa constrictor called Rocky. It was so scary! At the end the children could pet the snake. I barely touched it.

My favorite animal was the Chinchilla. It lives high in the mountains. My less favorite animal was the snake. It was amazing to see all the animals. I wish I could see them again. 

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 7

Your Name

By: Julianne

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 6

Soft

By: Madeline

 

 

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 5

Something You Smelled

By: Legend

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 4

Hope

By: Elaina

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 3

Quiet

By: Ms. Frackman

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 2

Something You Like

By: Ms. Frackman

Photo-A-Day Challenge Day 1

What You Are Reading

By: Ms. Frackman

February Photo-A-Day Challenge 2013

It's the February Photo-a-Day Challenge 2013! I think this challenge will be kind of fun for our class during the month of February. Each student will select a date from the month of February. On that day, they will take a picture of their assignment for the day. I am excited to see how creative they are this year with their picture taking! See below the list of items for the month and ask your child what date they are. Stay tuned to our blog during the month of February!

1. What You Are Reading
2. Something You Like
3. Quiet
4. Hope
5. Something You Smelled
6. Soft
7. Your Name
8. Something Red
9. Upside Down
10. 3 o'clock
11. Entrance
12. Where You Eat Lunch
13. Walking
14. Friendship Is...
15. Makes You Smile
16. Perfect
17. In Your Hand
18. Full
19. I Am...
20. Pattern
21. Loft View
22. Inside Your Desk
23. An East Eagle
24. A Word
25. Cloud
26. On Your Desk
27. Playing
28. Our Class

Fun Games

Gym is my best subject. It’s really fun. You can play football, dodge ball, and capture the flag. In dodge ball you just have to hit the other person with a ball. In football you have to get the ball. In capture the flag, you have to get the flag and get to the other side. Another game is Santa sleigh wreck where Santa loses all of his toys and you have to collect them. It’s really fun. Another game is basketball. You just have to make it in the hoop. Another fun game is subki ball. It is from another state. There is a sticker. You have to show it. Another game is soccer. There are two goals. You have to make the ball go between the two posts.

Another great game is Great Wall of China. This is how you play. You just go across the room without getting tagged.

Struggle for Ohio Debate

Click the picture above to view our Debate Video!

                Recently, we had a debate in our classroom. It was over who should own Ohio. There were three sides.  One side was the Colonists. An argument they had was “ we have sea to sea clauses”. Another group was the Indians. One of their arguments they had was “The Great Spirit gave them the land to share.” The last group was the French. “Celeron built the first ship on Lake Erie” was one of their arguments.

                We spent a long time preparing for this debate.  After figuring out who did what facts, we were ready for the debate.  First, we gave some information on why we deserve Ohio. Then, we argued against reasons that other groups had used about why that isn’t a good reason to why they deserve Ohio. The Native Americans won the debate, but the colonists won Ohio.

Mock Debate

My class was doing a Mock Debate in Social Studies .We debated   about   if   Phillips Park   was   replaced with apartments, how our community would feel about it. My class was divided into two groups and one half  went   into the middle room and the other half stayed in our classroom. One of the groups was the Housing Development Association. The   group I was in was the Nature Conservancy. They were trying to convince the Housing Developmental Association to not build the apartments because the animal habitats live in the woods by the park. The Housing Developmental Association was trying to build the apartments because they thought that the new families in Mount Vernon could live there. Then it would help more schools that don’t have a good population.

At the end we collected our thoughts and debated. We argued about how it’s not good to build the apartments because it could pollute the air and it also could be bad if the people’s trash that lived in the apartments would get in the river.  It’s good to build the apartment because there would be a daycare in the apartment for the children that need it. I have really enjoyed social studies this year with the debate.