We started setting up our O.R.E.O. Project by working through the scientific method and setting up our experiment. We created the question we were going to try to answer, listed our materials, went through our procedures, identified variables, and made a hypothesis before beginning. At this point, we were ready to test.
We started by stacking Oreos one at a time, with only one hand, counting the number of cookies as we went. When one or more cookies fell, we considered it a "tumble" and recorded our trial. We tried twice, and kept our best attempt.
The self-proclaimed "Oreo Whisperer"!
Joseph was our Oreo stacker MASTER! He stacked a tower 40 Oreos tall!
From here, we calculated our small group's mean, median, mode, and range of our best attempts, before finding the entire class' mean, median, mode, and range.
In Social Studies, we wrapped up our study of Geography by doing a fun compass-reading activity. John, our local Boy Scouts troop leader, came in a did a quick lesson over reading compasses before we went outside to use what we had just learned. We used the compasses to solve riddles written by other classmates. Unfortunately, the first classes got soaked with a random rain shower while we were outside, but the second class got to complete the activity nice and dry!
In Social Studies, we wrapped up our study of Geography by doing a fun compass-reading activity. John, our local Boy Scouts troop leader, came in a did a quick lesson over reading compasses before we went outside to use what we had just learned. We used the compasses to solve riddles written by other classmates. Unfortunately, the first classes got soaked with a random rain shower while we were outside, but the second class got to complete the activity nice and dry!
Thursday had us starting something new in Math; using a coordinate grid. We began by creating a foldable for our ISN's (Interactive Student Notebooks) which identified the x- and y-axis, the origin and its ordered pair (0,0), and all four quadrants, and then we practiced graphing. We noticed that this tied into what we had just gotten done studying in Social Studies with Geography skills. The x-axis was like the equator and the y-axis was like the prime meridian. After taking notes, we practiced as a class. We got to throw sticky darts on a large coordinate grid Mrs. Elliott pulled up on the SmartBoard and our classmates had to answer its correct location in order to get a chance to throw. It was actually quite fun!
We also began Karate Math, our class' version of fact fluency tests! Since it was our first test, we all started out with the easiest facts to get our white belt, the 0's and 1's. Karate Math is no ordinary fact test though. First, it's 100 questions that we have to answer so that we REALLY have to know our multiplication tables. We also don't just sit in silence, we rock out to "Kung Fu Fighting" of course! We were all focused on those multiplication facts! Almost everybody received their white belt and began trying for their yellow belts, the 2's and 3's on Friday. We LOVE Karate Math!
In Social Studies Mrs. Elliott hung some of our Imagination Nation Projects on the Proficiency Board and we took our test over Chapter 1. Check out what amazing artists we are!
We also started our study of Chapter 2, which focused on Native Americans and Their Land. We started by discussing various migration routes the first Natives took to North and South America from Siberia, where scientists believed they originated. We related back to what we learned from our study of Geography and found some of the land and water features that may have influenced their routes. We also discussed "origin stories", stories about how certain groups of people thought they came to be on Earth. We read and discussed one origin story about the Hopi tribe. Finally, we partner read and summarized using specific vocabulary. We ROCKED at summarizing!
On another note, we got additional textbooks, which we desperately needed! A huge shout-out to our Principal, Mr. Slone, for making that happen! All in all, it was another amazing, fun, and busy week in 5th grade! We wouldn't have it any other way!
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