Ms. Mercer's Class Website http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org Find out what's going on... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 For the week of June 4, 2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/03/for-the-week-of-june-4-2007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/03/for-the-week-of-june-4-2007/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:54:27 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/03/for-the-week-of-june-4-2007/ With just three two weeks left of school, we still have work to do. This week we will be working on our unit projects on Going East, and finishing up work in our Open Court textbook.

Here is Homework for the week of 6/4/2007.

Our links for the week:

Comments from last week:

How did your week go?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/03/for-the-week-of-june-4-2007/feed/ 5 Mathematics for the week of 5/29/2007 & 6/4/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/mathematics-for-the-week-of-5292007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/mathematics-for-the-week-of-5292007/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:54:14 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/27/mathematics-for-the-week-of-5292007/ Here is a review of our favorite sites:

Villainy, Inc. | Maryland Public Television

Tessellations, like Busy Beetles puzzle

more tessellations

and, Fun Brain

This week’s question, make up a question for Math…
 What’s bigger, one quarter of 200 or half of 100?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/mathematics-for-the-week-of-5292007/feed/ 5 Language Arts links for the week of 6/4/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-642007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-642007/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:09:17 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-642007/ Here are discussions from the last two selections:

Class Discussion on 5/31/2007
on “Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin’ Cowboy”
Class Discussion on 5/24/2007
on “The Coming of the Long Knives”

This week we will be reading a tall tale, “McBroom, the Rainmaker”

Here is a link to a really great comic story done by an elementary class.

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]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/29/book-report/feed/ 0 Language Arts Links for the week of 5/29/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 18:25:55 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/ This week, we will read about a true American character (someone who is interesting), Bill Pickett, a famous rodeo cowboy.

Here is the introductory PowerPoint for our selection:

[slideshare id=56916&doc=bill-pickett-16685&w=425]

Links about the subject of our selection:

Links related to our study skills for the week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/feed/ 0 For the week of May 29, 2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/27/for-the-week-of-5292007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/27/for-the-week-of-5292007/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 06:16:13 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/27/for-the-week-of-5292007/ With just three weeks left of school, we still have a lot to do. This week we will be working hard on our unit projects on Going East.

Here is Homework for 5/28/2007.

Our links for the week:

Comments from last week:

Here is a video from last week’s dodgeball game:

Download: Posted by mizmercer at TeacherTube.com.

And pictures of our picnic on the grass:

How did your week go?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/27/for-the-week-of-5292007/feed/ 15 For the week of May 21, 2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/21/for-the-week-of-may-21-2007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/21/for-the-week-of-may-21-2007/#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 15:26:05 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/21/for-the-week-of-may-21-2007/ This week, we continue our work in Unit Five on Going West, and finish up lessons in our math text.

This week’s homework: Homework for 5/21/2007

Comments from last week to read:

Links for this week:

Here are places to leave a comment:

or leave a comment on how the week is going by clicking on “Comments” below…

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/21/for-the-week-of-may-21-2007/feed/ 9 Language Arts Links for 5/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/language-arts-links-for-5212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/language-arts-links-for-5212007/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 23:45:44 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/language-arts-links-for-5212007/ This week we will be reading a story about what happened after white settlers meet with Navaho Indians in The Coming of the Long Knives. Here is our introduction:

[slideshare id=52542&doc=long-knives-29572&w=425]

CPW for Coming of the Long Knives
Links to our selection subject:

Links to our selection skills:

And from last week, class discussion on 5/16/2007 on “The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”
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]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/language-arts-links-for-5212007/feed/ 0 Science Links for 5/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 23:36:03 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/ This week, we study the nervous system. This is a very important part of what we studied last week when we looked at muscles. Here are our links:

Question of the week: Why is the nervous system important for muscles? ]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/feed/ 1 Social Studies Links for the week of 05/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/social-studies-links-for-the-week-of-05212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/social-studies-links-for-the-week-of-05212007/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 23:32:28 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/social-studies-links-for-the-week-of-05212007/ Since we are still studying about the Spanish colonization of America, and last week’s question has not yet been answered, we’re keeping the same links:

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

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/social-studies-links-for-the-week-of-05212007/feed/ 0 New SSR links for 5/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/new-ssr-links-for-5212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/new-ssr-links-for-5212007/#comments Sat, 19 May 2007 21:12:08 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/new-ssr-links-for-5212007/ Here are some new links for SSR:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/new-ssr-links-for-5212007/feed/ 6 Mathematics Links for the week of 5/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/mathematics-links-for-the-week-of-5212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/mathematics-links-for-the-week-of-5212007/#comments Sat, 19 May 2007 21:09:36 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/mathematics-links-for-the-week-of-5212007/ This week’s links are few, but the second one for Villainy, Inc. has a very complicated math game I htink you will like.

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/mathematics-links-for-the-week-of-5212007/feed/ 0 For the week of May 14, 2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/for-the-week-of-may-14-2007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/for-the-week-of-may-14-2007/#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 23:15:43 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/for-the-week-of-may-14-2007/ 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:

Here is this weeks homework: homework.doc and last week’s comments:

Please read these comments, and add a comment of your own.
This week you can leave comments here:

or, leave a comment by clicking on the comments link below, about how your week is going…

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Cynthia Lanius’ Lessons: All About Ratios

Cyberchase . Games . Point Out the View | PBS Kids

Math Forum: Types of Symmetry in the Plane


Last week’s question was not answered, so here it it again:
This week’s question is, what is greater, half of 250, or 25% of 500?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/mathematics-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/feed/ 1 Language Arts Links for 5/14/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/language-arts-links-for-572007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/language-arts-links-for-572007/#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 02:38:14 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/language-arts-links-for-572007/ 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&doc=journal-of-wong-mingchung-introduction-10790&w=425]

CPW for Wong Ming-Chung

and Class Discussion on 5/16/2007 on “The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”
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Here are links related to the subject of our story:

And here are the links related to the skills we will study this week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/language-arts-links-for-572007/feed/ 1 Social Studies Links for 5/14/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 00:41:10 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/ Francisco Pizarro We will begin studying about the colonization of America by Europe:

Question of the week: Were the conquistadors right to take over land from the Aztecs and Incas? ]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/feed/ 0 Science Links for the week of 5/14/2007 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/#comments Fri, 11 May 2007 21:26:01 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/ skeleton 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?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/feed/ 0 For the Week of May 7, 2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/for-the-week-of-may-7-2007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/for-the-week-of-may-7-2007/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 13:25:13 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/for-the-week-of-may-7-2007/ We will continue reading Old Yeller and the Bear this week, and because of state testing, there will be no homework this week. Homework will return next Monday evening.

We will be doing a lot of work on our unit projects, and our Mother’s Day project (I won’t put it up here in case your parents are looking).

We are returning to our Math text, Saxon Math 76 this week, and there will be a Math test at the end of the week.

Here are links to pictures.

Please review our comments from last week. I would like you to either respond to my comments, or to the comments of a peer:

You will also need to leave a comment for this week. Everyone is required to leave a post on how their week went on Thursday or Friday by clicking on Comments below, you can then leave another comment in one of the following places:

  • This week’s math question
  • Add comments on SSR selections you have read, paper and print stories you have read, or add a story of your own
  • Our unit theme, going west
  • New stuff on our ELD page
Answer this question on Thursday or Friday: How did your week go? What went right, what went wrong?

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  • The GoldenRatio a proportion/ratio dating back to Ancient Greece
  • Pi illustration
  • Tessellations, which are related to transformations which we will be studying

I got some great answers to last week’s math question, but the students did not give a clear explanation of why you came up with your answer. Here is last week’s question, and the answers. See if you can explain it better there.

This weeks question is, what is greater, half of 250, or 25% of 500?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/mathematics-links-for-572007/feed/ 0 For the Week of 4/30/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/for-the-week-of-4302007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/for-the-week-of-4302007/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:12:03 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/for-the-week-of-4302007/ This week we start state testing. I know we will all do our best. There will be no homework for the next two weeks.  Here are our links for the week:

Here is our Podcast for the week:

Here are our links for the week:

Here are comments for you to review from last week:

And you can comment here this week:

  • The math question last week was not answered, so it’s back
  • Add comments on SSR selections you have read, paper and print stories you have read, or add a story of your own
  • Our unit theme, going west, or below this line, tell how your week is going…
Reflect on how the week has gone for you. What went well? What could you have improved on?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/for-the-week-of-4302007/feed/ 24 Language Arts Links for the Week of 4/30/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4302007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4302007/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:08:29 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4302007/ This week we will be reading a story from “Old Yeller” which tells about a boy and his pet dog.

CPW for Old Yeller and the Bear

This week’s PowerPoint introducing the story:

[slideshare id=43287&doc=powerpoint-to-introduce-old-yeller-1741&w=425]

and here is what we came up with from last week’s test:

[slideshare id=43286&doc=test-answers-from-buffalo-hunt-20377&w=425]

Links related to our unit theme:

Links related to the skills we are studying this week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4302007/feed/ 2 Math Link for the week of 4/30/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/math-link-for-the-week-of-4302007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/math-link-for-the-week-of-4302007/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:34:36 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/math-link-for-the-week-of-4302007/ We will be studying probability, and operations with fractions and decimals. 

Here are our Math Links for the week:

Question for the week: Last week’s question did not get answered, so here it is again,
Less than, greater than, or equal? Why?  56 x 24  __  54 x 26

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/math-link-for-the-week-of-4302007/feed/ 3 For the week of 4/23/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/for-the-week-of-4232007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/for-the-week-of-4232007/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:27:04 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/for-the-week-of-4232007/ This week in our classrom…

Unit Project

On our unit project, we will be starting to work in Wikispaces. Follow this link to our class wiki, then create a page for your group using the Unit Five Project template. You should include your table group number in the file name. Once the page is created, you should go to here to find the page you made. You will be answering some basic questions about your project this week. Next week, you will begin planning your transportation needs.

On Friday, please send me a note reflecting on what has happened for you and if you chose, the class, this week.

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/for-the-week-of-4232007/feed/ 9 Language Arts Links for 4/23/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/language-arts-links-for-4232007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/language-arts-links-for-4232007/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:35:33 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/language-arts-links-for-4232007/ Here is CPW for Buffalo Hunt

PowerPoint of Word Knowledge: 

 

Class Discussion on 4/19/2007 on “Sacagawea”

Here are our content links for the week:

Here are links about the skills we will study this week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/language-arts-links-for-4232007/feed/ 0 Mathematics Links for 4/23/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/mathematics-links-for-4232007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/mathematics-links-for-4232007/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:34:30 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/mathematics-links-for-4232007/ Here are our links for the week:

Question for the week: Less than, greater than, or equal? Why?  56 x 24  __  54 x 26

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