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		<title>For the week of May 14, 2007</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testing is over, and we will be going back to homework, our Open Court text, and Social Studies, but we will continue to work on our online unit project, Going West.  Here are our links for the week:

Language Arts
Mathematics
Social Studies
Science

Here is this weeks homework: homework.doc and last week&#8217;s comments:

Comments on how the week went
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Testing is over, and we will be going back to homework, our Open Court text, and Social Studies, but we will continue to work on our online unit project, <a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/going-west/">Going West</a>.  Here are our links for the week:</p>
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<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/language-arts-links-for-572007/">Language Arts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/mathematics-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/">Mathematics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/">Social Studies</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/">Science</a></li>
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<p>Here is this weeks homework: <a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/files/2007/05/homework.doc" title="homework.doc">homework.doc</a> and last week&#8217;s comments:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/for-the-week-of-may-7-2007/#comments">Comments</a> on how the week went</li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/ssr/#comments">Comments</a> on SSR</li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/going-west/#comments">Comments</a> on our language arts unit, Going West</li>
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<p>Please read these comments, and add a comment of your own.<br />
This week you can leave comments here:</p>
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<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/mathematics-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/#comments">Math</a> question of the week</li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/#comments">Social Studies</a> question of the week</li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/#comments">Science</a> question of the week</li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/ssr/#comments">Comments</a> on SSR, I&#8217;ve added some new links to the SSR page</li>
<li><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/going-west/#comments">Comments</a> on our language arts unit, Going West</li>
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<p>or, leave a comment by clicking on the comments link below, about how your week is going&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Mathematics Links for the week of 5/14/2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 21:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alicemercer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ratio and Proportion
Cynthia Lanius&#8217; Lessons: All About Ratios
Cyberchase . Games . Point Out the View &#124; PBS Kids
Math Forum: Types of Symmetry in the Plane



Last week&#8217;s question was not answered, so here it it again:
This week&#8217;s question is, what is greater, half of 250, or 25% of 500?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.gomath.com/algebra/ratio.php">Ratio and Proportion</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/proportions/rate.html">Cynthia Lanius&#8217; Lessons: All About Ratios</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/pointofview/index.html">Cyberchase . Games . Point Out the View | PBS Kids</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/symsusan.html">Math Forum: Types of Symmetry in the Plane</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/symsusan.html"><br />
</a></strong></p>
<hr />
Last week&#8217;s question was not answered, so here it it again:<br />
<strong>This week&#8217;s question is, what is greater, half of 250, or 25% of 500?</strong></p>
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		<title>Language Arts Links for 5/14/2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 02:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alicemercer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unit 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, we read a story about a young man who immigrants to California from China during the Gold Rush.
Here is the slideshow for our selection:
[slideshare id=49479&#38;doc=journal-of-wong-mingchung-introduction-10790&#38;w=425]
CPW for Wong Ming-Chung
and  Class Discussion on 5/16/2007 on &#8220;The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung&#8221;
c

Here are links related to the subject of our story:

Chinese immigrants from a PBS show.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week, we read a story about a young man who immigrants to California from China during the Gold Rush.</p>
<p>Here is the slideshow for our selection:<br />
[slideshare id=49479&amp;doc=journal-of-wong-mingchung-introduction-10790&amp;w=425]</p>
<p><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/files/2007/05/cpwwongmingchung.doc" title="CPW for Wong Ming-Chung">CPW for Wong Ming-Chung</a></p>
<p>and  Class Discussion on 5/16/2007 on &#8220;The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://athena.divshare.com/s03/files/2007/05/16/662956/5-16_Discussion.mp3">c</a><br />
<span></span></p>
<p><span></span>Here are links related to the subject of our story:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/" target="_blank">Chinese immigrants </a>from a PBS show.</li>
<li> <a href="http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html" target="_blank">Chinese workers </a>on the Central Pacific Railroad</li>
<li><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/chinese3.html" target="_blank">Chinese immigrants </a>on the Library of Congress site</li>
</ul>
<p>And here are the links related to the skills we will study this week:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4mm1.htm" target="_blank">Multiple meaning</a> words</li>
<li> <a href="http://www.tower23.com/cgi-bin/fish_tanks_front.htm" target="_blank">Play fish tank game </a>to learn more about affixes<a href="http://webnz.co.nz/checkers/PunctSent.html" target="_blank"></a></li>
<li><a href="http://webnz.co.nz/checkers/PunctSent.html" target="_blank">Punctuation lesson </a>and quiz<br />
<!--Lesson 2 synonyms, dis/mis prefix, commas --></li>
</ul>
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		<title>Social Studies Links for 5/14/2007</title>
		<link>http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/</link>
		<comments>http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 00:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alicemercer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unit 2: Age of Exploration]]></category>

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We will begin studying about the colonization of America by Europe:

Age of Exploration on Yahooligans
Conquistadors on Yahooligans

Question of the week: Were the conquistadors right to take over land from the Aztecs and Incas?


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<td><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/files/2007/03/franciscopizarro.jpg" title="Francisco Pizarro"><img src="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/files/2007/03/franciscopizarro.jpg" alt="Francisco Pizarro" /></a></td>
<td>We will begin studying about the colonization of America by Europe:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://search.yahooligans.yahoo.com/search/ligans?p=the+age+of+exploration" target="_blank">Age of Exploration</a> on Yahooligans</li>
<li><a href="http://search.yahooligans.yahoo.com/search/ligans?p=conquistador" target="_blank">Conquistadors</a> on Yahooligans</li>
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<p><strong>Question of the week: </strong>Were the conquistadors right to take over land from the Aztecs and Incas?</td>
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		<title>Science Links for the week of 5/14/2007</title>
		<link>http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 21:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alicemercer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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This week we studied about bones and muscles.
Here are some links to help us:Your Multitalented MusclesThe Interactive Skeleton


Question of the week:  How do bones and muscles work together?
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<td><a href="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/files/2007/05/300px-uman_skeleton_front.png" title="skeleton"><img src="http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/files/2007/05/300px-uman_skeleton_front.png" alt="skeleton" /></a></td>
<td>This week we studied about bones and muscles.<br />
Here are some links to help us:<strong><a href="http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_noSW.html">Your Multitalented Muscles</a></strong><strong><a href="http://www.eskeletons.org/faq.cfm">The Interactive Skeleton</a></strong></td>
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<p><strong>Question of the week:</strong>  How do bones and muscles work together?</p>
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