Read Across America

Today is Dr. Seuss' birthday.  It is also known as "Read Across America" day.  Actually the whole week of the good doctor's birthday is Read Across America Week.   Dr. Seuss changed reading for young students in the 1950's.  He made reading FUN!  Our superpower this month happens to be, fun... coincidence?  We have spent time this week reading some 'fun' books. We also dedicated some time this week to analyze some of the quotes from various Dr. Seuss books.   When you are younger and reading his books, they just seem fun and silly. However many of his books have bigger meanings and lessons to be learned.  We discussed many of those yesterday as each of you were given a quote to analyze and explain what it means to you today.  

Click here to do some fun Dr. Seuss activities  --->   Seussville

                        

My favorite quote happens to be a Dr. Seuss book, as you can see, clearly displayed on the blog!  

Logan is even showing off the quote today on his shirt :) 

                     

We then got together to discuss theme,  THE MESSAGE the author is trying to get across. We are starting to discuss theme with our historical fiction books, so we used 5 different Dr. Seuss books to jumpstart our discussions on theme. 

Abhay, Ray, Bella, and Reed read The Lorax.  They decided the theme was "think about the consequences of your actions". 

Chris, Alec, and Devlin read The Sneetches.  The decided the theme was "just because you look different, you're not better than others".

Leo, Nolan, Ayden, and Angelina read Green Eggs and Ham.  They decided the theme was "be open to new things".

Kyra, AnnaSophia, Maggie, and Rebecca read Yertle the Tutle.  They decided the theme was "to treat everyone equally".














Hannah, Caitlyn, and Mia read Horton Hears a Who.  They decided the theme was "it doesn't matter how different you are, everyone should be treated the same". 

Historical Fiction

We are starting our unit on Historical Fiction. You will be placed in a book group where you will have to research a period of time that relates to your book.

I am curious to know what time period you are interested in learning about?  If you don't get assigned a particular time period you wanted, you will be given an opportunity to read about it after.

Please comment below about what time period interests you!!


UPDATE:

The past few days you guys have been so into the research, and now the reading.  It makes me so excited for this unit!  I hope you enjoy it ;)

Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

Read the following problems and solve by simplifying the expressions.  

1.  A string of length g inches is cut into two pieces.  One piece is 10 inches longer than the other.  Find the length of the shorter piece.  

2.  Kenny has m guppies and 10 angelfish.  He buys another 20 guppies and 30 angelfish.  How many fish does Kenny have now?

3.   8 + 12s - 7 - 9s + 4



Comment below to answer one or all questions.  Make sure to identify the problem you are solving.  I will not display your answers until tomorrow afternoon.  

5.0A.1  I can use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical (and algebraic) expressions, and evaluate with these symbols.  

5.OA.2  I can write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical (and algebraic) expressions without evaluating them. 

Happy New Year!!