PowerPoint Creation

Tomorrow, we will have the laptops all day. Please come to class with your story board ready to be reviewed by Mr. Torsch or me.


If you are nervous about creating a PowerPoint, please review this site. It will show you everything you need to know!
Microsoft Office's Online Course on How to Create a PowerPoint

PowerPoint Dos and Don'ts

Quiz Tomorrow!!!!!! Storyboard due Thursday!

We will have a quiz tomorrow on Greatest Common Factor, Least Common Multiple, and Prime Factorization. You should be able to do the following problems:

1. Find the GCF of 32 and 80.
2. Find the LCM of 18 and 12.
3. Complete Prime Factorization for 68.
4. Write a word problem that requires the use of GCF or LCM.

Prime Factorization Video

Let the Research Begin AND Prime Factorization

No Earth Journals this week.
Instead of Earth Journal, tonight each student will need to complete one internet source sheet on his/her research topic. The students chose the following topics:

Volcanoes:
Robert and Samazie
Naima and Atlantys
Nadia

Earthquakes:
Kynedi
Coty
Pedro

Mid-Ocean Ridges/Sea-Floor Spreading:
Zoe and Fenn
Ella
Alex M.

Mountains:
Alex T. and Griffin
Chermaine and Diamond

Subduction Zones/Trenches:
Asa
Skyler

Tsunamis:
Hunter
Dontavius
Spencer

Review of Prime Factorization

Prime Factorization Self Test- What score did you get?

Google Reader

Students if you have a google account and you follow several blogs, you can use google reader to keep up with them. Check it out at http://www.google.com/reader.

PowerPoints and Dynamic Earth Book Online

This weekend, please decide on the topic that you want to research for your PPT presentation. Also, decide if you want to work with someone else and if so decide on a responsible partner. If you want to propose your own topic, please have the proposal ready by Monday or post to the blog for approval.
Here is the link to The Dynamic Earth book we have been using in class if you want to begin research.

Project Overview Document

PowerPoints and Word Problems

Tonight for Teacher Topic, you will be writing and solving TWO word problems. One should use Greatest Common Factor to be solved, the other should require the use of Least Common Multiple to be solved.

Today, Ms. Dickie shared her PowerPoint on Plate Tectonics. You can watch it again below. Tomorrow, you will receive more information about the presentation that you will be doing for the class. Please think about the topic that you would like to learn more about. You may choose from the following topics:
Earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, deep-sea trenches, mid-ocean ridges, or a student proposed topic with prior teacher approval.


Plate Tectonic PPT Presentation

Plate Tectonic

View more presentations from Susan Cannon.

Greatest Common Factor

Today, we worked on finding the greatest common factors of groups of 2-3 numbers using venn diagrams. Tonight, for homework, please create something to help you remember greatest common factor OR plate boundary information.


Greatest Common Factor Game- How many did you get right in 60 seconds?


Greatest Common Factor Game II

Make sure to return your Jekyll Island and Eureka Field Trip forms ASAP.

Boundary Types

Today, we read and presented on the three boundary types. For HW tonight, students will expand vocabulary for the following words:
exponent Click to watch a brain pop movie on exponents. ACMS, science
square number
convergent Click to watch a brain pop movie on plate boundaries..
divergent
transform
Remember, you need a definition and picture for each worda nd connections or a paragraph for the group of words.

Challenge: Write a word problem that requires you to use greatest common factor to solve it.

FRIDAY and Field Trips

Make sure that you turn in your Jekyll Island Permission Slip if you want to join us for the tip in February... and BELIEVE ME, you want to join us. For more information about Jekyll read below.
Jekyll Island 4-H Center
News from Jekyll: The Story of Boo Boo, Godzilla, and Dory

Teacher Topic

Today we explored two new layers of the Earth, the asthenosphere and lithosphere, by man handling Milky Way bars and then devouring them! In addition, we began to look at the lithospheric plates that make up the crust of the Earth and how those plates interact with one another.

For homework tonight, please read yhe article that was given to you and answer the following two questions:
What evidence did you find in the article to support the theory of continental drift?
How does this article help you to understand plate movement?

Plate Boundary Map and Information

They Might Be Giants

Looks like They Might Be Giants had to do an Aid Memory assignment on the elements.
Click to Play

Read and Respond and Brain Popping + LLLLOOONNNGGG Division

Tonight's homework is to read and respond to a news article relating to science, math or technology.
Science News for Kids
Atlanta Journal Constitution
New york Times- Technology
New York Times- Science
Scientific American- Math News
Scholastic News for Kids
Time for Kids
Remember you should have three paragraphs in response to the article that you choose: Issues, Evidence and You.

Brain Pop Division Structure of the Earth
User Name: ACMS Password: Science

Long Division STEP BY STEP

Quiz Tomorrow!!!!!!

Quiz tomorrow. Study Study Study.
Don't forget to bring in your Jekyll Island Permission Slip. You want to be a part of this trip!


Enjoy the student's powerpoint that was presented on Continental Fit.

Continental Fit

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E_X_P_A_N_D Vocabulary

The words for this week are:
greatest common factor
least common multiple
multiple
subduction
plate boundary
sea-floor spreading

We will have a quiz on Wednesday covering the following topics:
Prime vs. Composite Numbers
Finding Factors of Numbers
Mean, Median, and Mode
Evidence for Continental Drift

Students will be presenting their powerpoints on evidence for continental drift tomorrow. We would love to have visitors if anyone is available.

Yes, a Milky Way Bar

Your students will be asking you to buy them a Milky Way Bar. They are telling the truth :). We need the bars for an activity we will be doing relating to Earth's layers this week. It should be just a standard Milky Way bar, not one of the new flavors.
Thank you for your support!

More Long Division Practice

Factors and Multiples Video- Amusement Park

Teacher Topic

Write a speech as Alfred Wegener. What would would you say to your colleagues to make them believe you? Note: Wegener died well before the Theory of Continental Drift was accepted by the scientific community.

Alfred Wegener Video

Scientific Theory

Today we debated what the word theory means in scientific terms. We decided that theories do the following:
They include observations
They are inferred explanations, strongly supported by evidence.
They have been tested many times.
They can be used to make predicitions.

Here is a youtube video on scientific theory.

We also talked about factors and played the factor game.
Click for a Brain Pop review of Prime Numbers.

Login as ACMS, Password- science

Expand Vocabulary

This week's words are:

array, convection, continental drift, Pangaea, decompose

More about the history of continental drift.

Enjoy the Weekend

Have a great three day weekend. Don't forget, if you have a survey question that you want answered, send it my way.

Composite vs. Prime Numbers

AAA Math- Prime vs. Composite

Prime Numbers

View more presentations from Taleese .

Teacher Topic for Tonight:
Construct Arrays for the following numbers:
17,16,24,31 Bonus:91

Perfect Portfolios and a Play on the Horizon

Tonight, we are suspending Read and Respond homework, so that students can complete an extra portfolio entry. If your parents would like to come in and view your portfolio, please have them stop by or email me to make an appointment. Congratulations, to some of our students who will be preforming at this Friday's morning meeting. Zoe wrote and is directing a play about mean, median, mode and has enlisted a troupe of actors from the class. It should be quite a experience. Come check it out!!!

More Portfolios and Multiplication War

Today we completed our Density Lab, played three rounds of multiplication war, and worked on portfolios. Remember, that automaticity with math facts will help you to be more successful in higher order math skills. If you were unsure of your multiplication facts today, you can review at the following sites:
Math is Fun (Here you can practice particular tables that you might have trouble with, ex. 9s or 8s)
AAA Study, Scroll down to the section that says Practice
Gamequarium, several different types of games with multiplication.