Valentine's Celebration

Silly Valentine Poems

An Angry Valentine
If you won't be my Valentine
I'll scream, I'll yell, I'll bite.
I'll cry aloud, I'll start to whine
If you won't be my Valentine.
I'll frown and fret, I'll mope and pine, and
It will serve you right ---
If you won't be my Valentine
I'll scream, I'll Yell, I'll Bite!
Myra Cohn Livingston

Gridlock

Directions:

1. Player A rolls both dice.
   
2. Player A forms an ordered pair that shows (e.g. (3, 2) or (2,3)) and
   places one of his/her markers on that intersection on the Gridlock mat.
   
3. Player B rolls both dice.
   
4. Player B forms the ordered pair that shows (e.g. (4, 5) or (5,4)) and
   places one of his/her markers on that intersection on the Gridlock mat.
   
5.  If the possible spaces are already occupied, the player loses his/her turn and does not place a    
     marker on the mat.
6. Play alternates back and forth until one player gets three markers in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally. (Additional rules on grid lock link)
   

   

    

 GridLock Directions

Elizabeth Peratrovich

Elizabeth Peratrovich Movie

Elizabeth Peratrovich started civil rights movement for Alaska Natives Elizabeth Peratrovich started civil rights movement for Alaska Natives Video

Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich (1911-1958) She was a Tlinget Alaska Native and succeeded to help end racial discrimination against Alaska Natives.   
National Womens History Museum
Students' are reading Remembering a Civil Rights Leader by Dana Ruaro

• They will be writing 3 facts that you learned.
• What surprises did you learn as you read about Elizabeth.
• Elizabeth spoke for the people. In her speech, she said . . .
• How Did Their Efforts Affect Me? (Elizabeth Peratrovich and Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Roy and Elizabeth moved from Klawock to Juneau in 1941 seeking employment. They were not allowed to lease the house of their choosing due to their race. Non-Indians associating with Indians were refused service. Signs were everywhere saying: "No Indians Allowed" and "White Trade Only." The ANB and ANS, with Roy and Elizabeth, decided it was time to again approach the Legislature regarding discrimination against Indians. As Elizabeth stood before the all-male Legislature, the packed gallery was tense with expectation. "I would not have expected," said Elizabeth in a strong steady voice, "that I, who am barely out of savagery, would have to remind gentlemen with five thousand years of recorded civilization behind them of our Bill of Rights. (Ruaro, 2006) 
The senate passed the bill by a vote of 11 to 5. 

The Anti-Discrimination Act was signed on February 16, 1945,  We honor her on February 16th (Alaska State Holiday). 1988, the Alaska Legislature established The Annual "Elizabeth Peratrovich Day".

I was sharing the Elizabeth Peratrovich speech.

I was telling my speech to the class.

I was talking about Elizabeth Peratrovich and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alaska Digital Archives

I was writing down what I learned about Elizabeth Peratrovich.

She's writing the discrimination speech

He wrote, "She had to remind them a lot."

Write 3 facts that you learned

Electricity and Magnetism

Sciencekids
Bill Nye explains the power and danger of electricity in a humorous way.

How does your magnet interact with test objects?

• Things that stick
• Things that don't stick

"Magnets only stick to  
 conductors like clothes pins, paper clips, pellets, and safety pins." Tayen.
conductors like metal with a magnetic force." Frieda.
stuff that is light, iron, and steel." said Coleton.
conductors like metal, nails, and a can lid." shared Akasha.

"We were testing what items would stick to the magnet." said Megan.

Magnetic Movie

The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries .

Bill Nye Magnetism

Magnetism Bill Nye Moviesheets

What do teachers do after school? Play with science.

Coordinate Graphs

Can you see 3 in a row?

I had to figure out what alphabet it was?

Are you ready for a challenge?

Can you catch the fly?

Play Billy Bug2

Match the Descriptors

What's the Point? 

Gridlock ~ winners are 3 markers in a row!

IXL R1, R2 (5th Grade) IXL Grade-5

Coordinates
Students have been practicing their coordinates.  Why we were playing Gridlock?
"Were learning coordinates." said Brady.
"To help learn units inside a graph." Akasha shared.
"To get better at coordinates." said Tayen.
"To practice x's and y's." Megan shared.

Sasquatch

10-16-12 Students read the 1st chapter in special places. (Quiet places like tents made with coats)

Are you Pro's or Con's?

EDMODO: Our class did a poll of their opinion . . ."Sasquatch or Bigfoot.

Were reading Sasquatch; is our first novel study from the Battle of the Book list.  The author is Roland Smith

1. Before they began reading, they did an author investigation to make a connection between a book and an author's life. 

• Investigate the author  
•  They heard Smith's Book Trailer

 2. Then, they created “thick” questions that they would like Roland Smith to answer by e-mail. 

 Retrieved from
They asked questions like What if? What caused? Why do you think?

• Read: BEFORE . . . and Chapter 1 

Used Thinking Stems 
Making Connections:
This reminds me of . . .
Am experience I have had like that . . .

Bigfoot inadvertently Caught iphone 

Similes Now Metaphors

A metaphor states that one thing is something else.

Still waters run deep. 
All the world is a stage.

Means the world is acting because they believe everyone is watching.

  

Metaphors



10-16-12  "As loud as my nephew," shared a student.

I didn't realize that I used these.

"Like a singing bird down a crooked road, " got that off Jim Croce said another student.
A student found the following on-line,"As cool as a cucumber."
"The World is a vampire." a student shared.
"As cute as my little sister", said another student.
 "As cold as ice," I came up with in my head', said a student.
"Loud like a tractor," I just thought of it, shared a student.
"Brave as a wolverine", shared a student.                      

• After sharing Similes, we watched,  Similes Vs Metaphors

Students are using figurative language in their writing. 
A student used, "I got a chill up my spine as if a ghost crawled up my back."
"Were happy like clams," a student wrote.
Several students used, "I was as scared as a cat."
"I felt like a chill went up my spine," a student shared.
"It sent a chill down my spine like a spider crawling on my back," shared a student.
"I felt frightened like shadows were creeping up behind me," said another.

Just own the night, like the Fourth of July! Katy Perry

Revolution and Independence

Women and the War

Who Was Molly Pitcher? Molly Pitcher

Conflict: Revolutionary War
Molly Hays became a legend by carrying water to wounded soldiers and firing a canon during the Battle of Monmouth.

Deborah Sampson
She knew that in order to help in the war, she would have to pretend to be a man.

             Nancy Morgan Hart     
She is most known for holding six British soldiers at gunpoint.                                                                             

Phillis Wheatley

Martha Washington




 Benjamin Franklin drew this cartoon to show how important it was for the colonies to be united.