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School Wide Lesson 3

9/30/2015

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Questions:

What did you think of this book? What did you like and what did you dislike?
This was historical fiction. What do you like about historical fiction and what don't you like?
When the book ended, what were you thinking about? What are you still wondering or wish you'd know more about? Why do you want to know?

Answers:

I liked it but I didn't love it. I loved the illustrations. But I did not like how they skipped months and years and stuff. It made it a tad bit confusing.
I like it because it is different than other stories because it is from the past but not with a real person. I don't like it because it's kind of pointless because I could just read a biography about a real person.
I wonder if she will wear one of the lace dresses that she had made for her wedding. I wonder if they will have kids.

Stop and Jots:

Must be hard times because their house is run down. It looks like a long time ago. It said a poor village. Maybe in a different country.
Jessie lived with Grandma because parents died when she was a baby. She tries on Mom's wedding band on.
Jessie went to the rabbi to learn. Only boys went but grandma got Jessie to go.
Grandma and Jessie want to teach each other.
The Rabbi has a ticket to America. He picks Jessie to go.
I'd be scared to travel to America. Jessie seems like 12 or 13.
Grandmother Prepared Jessie for the trip. It was raining on the day to leave.
I wonder why Jessie left the wedding band with grandmother.
Words of the Wiser: Grandmother told Jessie that she would have a second chance in America.
Jessie missed Grandmother and cried during through the storm.
Thank goodness Grandma taught her all this important stuff.
Lou and Jessie meet. They talk and laugh together.
On a fall day they passed the Statue of Liberty. She misses her grandma.
Jessie is 13 and meets cousin Kay.
Jessie Got 3 coins for her lace.
Jessie doesn't speak English. But we don't know what language she speaks.
She is 16 now I think she will marry Lou.
She had made a beautiful wedding dress and I think she will were a dress like that for her wedding.
Jessie wrote a letter to Grandmother that she would like Lou.
She filled up her jar and sent a ticket to grandmother. Grandmother sent a letter back to Jessie.
Grandma brought Jessie's Mom's wedding ring for Jessie.
The reason Jessie said "soon" to Lou I think is because she wanted Grandmother there.

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School Wide Lesson 2

9/29/2015

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Stop and Jots:

Henry is moving into a vacant house and is brave to do so because no one has lived in it for seven years. I'd be scared of the spiders.
The neighbors were surprised that Henry was moving in.
Henry doesn't care what they think because he keeps going.
Again and Again: "That place is a disgrace!" The neighbors keep saying that. I believe the neighbors don't want the house to be there.
Wow, Henry sure loves reading and birds. He is simple and still doesn't care.
Henry ignores all the "neighbor pressure" and continues to think what he wants to.
The Mayor suggests to be nice twice. Two ladies bake him a pie.
But Henry snaps at them and walks away.
Contrast and contradiction: Henry now is being not nice, not being simple.
Words of the Wiser: The mayor said to be nice.
Henry is a crab he said he just wants to be himself messy. He is also rude.
Henry is reflecting on himself at night. He should follow social rules.
Really! Henry is moving.
The neighbors were missing him. I think Henry will eventually come back.
Again and again: "That Henry" The neighbors think he is different.
Contrast and contradiction: Henry is now missing his neighbors; and wrote a letter to the mayor if he can come back.

Questions:

Where and when do you usually read?
What kinds of books do you like to read? Why?
Do you have a favorite author, series, or genre? What is it?
How do you decide what to read once you are ready to select a new text?
Select a question from the class Padlet, and write some notes to record the answer.

Answers:

Before I go to sleep each night for about 45 minutes.
Sci-Fi Fantasy because it is very exciting and has lots of twists and turns.
My favorite series would probably be Harry Potter, I love fantasy and sci-fi. Also Rick Riordan is great too.
I either get the next book in a series or browse the library. Also I like book suggestions.
I choose to read because it is an adventure that I can be in with out being in mortal peril.

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Conductors of Heat

9/28/2015

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Real Order: Copper, Aluminum, Brass, Plastic, Bamboo

How did heat energy transfer to the butter in this experiment?
What connections can you make between this experiment and yesterday's experiment? "Both today's experiment and yesterday's experiment... The main differences were..."
How did your results compare to your predictions?
Which of the tested materials were the two best conductors? What is your evidence?
Which of the tested materials were the two worst conductors? What is your evidence?
Do you think water is a good or poor conductor? Why? Can you think of any evidence to support your answer?
Why do you think it matters which material is a good or bad conductor? How do we use conductors in our life?

Predictions:
I think the butter will slide in the following order.
Bamboo 5
Brass 2
Plastic 4
Copper 3
Aluminum 1

1. It heated the sticks causing the butter to melt.
2. Both experiments involved Logger Lite and the temperature probes. The main differences were that this one was about insulates and conductors as the other experiment was about transferring heat.
3. I got the last to correct; plastic then bamboo but I messed up the metals.
4. Copper and Aluminum because they fell first.
Which means they heated up quickest.
5. The plastic and the bamboo because the butter took way longer to slide down then the other three.
6. I think salt water is a conductor because we contain a lot of salt water and we are good conductors. I don't know if tap water is a great conducted but I believe it works.
7. Conductors carry energy/heat and insulators don't so a wire is metal, a good conductor then is coated in plastic which is an insulator so we don't hurt are hands.

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Transferring Heat Energy From Warm to Cold Water

9/25/2015

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Reflection Questions:

How did the temperatures of the water in the red Solo cup and the water in the bucket compare at the beginning?
What happened to the temperature of the cold water over time?
What happened to the temperature of the warm water over time?
How did your graph show what happened?
After 15 minutes, what did you notice about the lines on your graph?
What happened to make the temperature of the cold water get warmer?
What happened to make the temperature of the warm water get colder?
Use your line graph to predict what the temperature of the warm and cold water would be after 10 more minutes. Record your predictions below. Why did you choose these temperatures?
Did the water go through the red Solo cup? How do you know? Can the food coloring in the warm water help you explain this answer?
Which direction did the heat energy move?

Answers:

They were far apart on the graph. The hot one was at 89.1º and the cold one was at 44.3º.
It got slowly got warmer but slower than the hot water was getting cold.
It got colder very fast. Then gradually got slower.
It showed how fast the water got cooler or warmer. It also showed the exact temperature in the start and end.
They started to get really close to each other. Next they eventually touched and overlapped.
The warm water was making the cold water warmer through the cup.
When the warm water was making the cold warm it was getting cold in the process.
The cold would be about 60ºF. The hot would be about 57ºF.
No, the water did not go through the cup. Yes, because the cold water would turn red too.
It was moving to get the cold water warmer. The heat energy moved to the cold water.

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Second Continental Congress

9/24/2015

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Notes

It was a letter to British Parliament to say they were breaking free
No taxation without representation!!!!!
Tar and feather
First Continental Congress 1774 Carpenters’ Hall - Two months long
Continue to boycott British goods
Petitioned to King
Second Continental Congress Summer 1775
First Battle Lexington and Concord April 19,1775
Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock-Patriots
2CC to make a plan to fight a war and choose leaders
Are we going to fight, write a letter or both
By early 1776 more people favored independence
A pamphlet By patriot Thomas Paine “Common Sense”
They insulted King George in the Declaration of Independence
1CC was about the intolerable acts
2CC was like new government
2CC 3 tasks-1 bring all colonies together for war
2 who should lead new army-George Washington
3 if they would declare Independence from England

Skype

2-6 people from each state
10 “tea parties”
Massachusetts wanted freedom the most
Sons of Liberty, Tar and Feather, Boston Tea Party
Native Americans Supported them and France did too
No age to join army

Questions
1. What did we decide during the 2nd Continental Congress?
2. What is one thing that you think everyone should know about the 2nd Continental Congress?
3. Why should more teachers try to connect with other classrooms when learning things like history?

Answers

We found a leader for the new army which was George Washington; and decided to break free from England.
56 men came 2-6 men from each state attended.
If you are reading out of a text book or a computer then you might still have questions.

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Energy Transfer in Toys

9/17/2015

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What was your favorite station? Why?
Which object was most difficult to figure out? Why was it so hard to figure out the energy transfers in this object?
Which three stations do you feel very confident that you figured out correctly? Describe one and explain what made it so obvious.
Was it always possible to know for sure what kinds of energy transfers occurred?
Go to our classroom YouTube channel and spend a little time watching other students' videos of stations that you think you and your partner(s) might have gotten wrong. Try to find a group or two that explained a particular station better than you did. Which group do you want to give a shout out to for doing a good job explaining a particular station? List their names, the station they explained, and the URL to their video so I can watch it!

My favorite station was the clock because it was so cool.
Probably the hardest station was the Hand Boiler because it was very magical. We eventually got some thought into it but at first it was like "Wow."
The Siren, Clock and Dominoes. The Siren was kind of obvious because you see the cord you see the motion you see the light. (It was on when we got to the station so no motion for us to switch it on)
Sort of, we did very good but on a couple it was an elimination game.
Anyone who was right on the drinking bird and Hand Boiler because we were definitely off on some energy types about those two. Go to other ePortfolios to check out those videos.

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Energy Wheel

9/16/2015

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Reflection Questions:

Where is energy found?
What forms of energy are easiest to find?
Which energy forms are hardest to find?
Do some items possess more than one form of energy? If so, which ones?
Why is energy important?
Describe how your group worked together. What collaboration happened? Were there any challenges?

Answers:

1. Energy is found everywhere.
2. Electrical, Motion, Heat, Light are the easiest to find.
3. Elastic and gravitational is the hardest to find.
4. Yes, because light equals heat.
5. Energy is important because it gives us light to see, sound to hear, heat to keep warm, and lets us move. Pretty much energy gives us our life.
6. We worked together by switching off from taking pictures and writing down the energy forms. We talked about were we were heading to take pictures and what section of energy we would put the picture down in. I don't think there were any challenges.

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International Dot Day

9/15/2015

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Why did you do what you did?
What were your creative touches?
Did you enjoy this activity? Why or why not?

Why I did this is because it's very colorful and cheery and I like that in projects.
One of my creative touches is the tye dye cotton ball in the center.The white dot is a cut paper plate and the small purple dots are pieces of straws I cut up.
I enjoyed this because it was all me doing what I wanted.

I didn't really know what to do so I just looked at the materials and thought that I could just straws and beads for small dots. I needed a spot where it was the focus so I created from there.

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Energy Card Sort

9/3/2015

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What we did good was we got Elastic Energy and Light Energy correct from the book; and we got Electrical almost right because we were one off. I didn't really know about Gravitational Energy; It was kind of hard getting the cards for it. My group worked fine together and we worked it out together and was relatively close to what the book wanted because most of the ones we got wrong just fit into two categories.

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Mr. Akin: Fort Loudoun

9/2/2015

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Fort Loudoun by mountains
Cherokee important allies to the British
french going south
worry french would raid them
meeting went horribly wrong
George Washington surronded by french and forced to surrender July 4
French and Indian war is all of the war
Figured if they had fort it would help mantain relationship
It worked when fort done
English were now doing good
The English ready to fight and raid
Cherokee ruicruts with english
Cherokee want to fight
French fort burned down and blown up
British tried to arrest Cherokee
Cherokee take stuff from small towns and got shot by farmers
they fight back
British tried to get Cherokee
They trick Cherokee and imprison leaders
Cherokee reason and gets one guy out
Cherokee realize the only way to commend this is war
they trick British and kill one guy the others drag dieing guy in

they then kill all of the leader

War
the Cherokee starve fort then make British surender then look for gun powder but cant find
then kill people
Cherokee now not able to fight more
they not able to fight more they nigotiate then they friends again

Fort

Malishas have to jobs
Full time soldiers most likely at bigger forts
Forts by people and towns so lots of day to day action
cannons
barracks
4 eleavated platforms for shooting and cannons
Nearest English village was 150 away

Stuff

Mostly red
40 pounds of wool
Strait lamp shoes no right or left so they last longer
Musket 20 seconds to load if you are good
Hand to hand combat is how most battles ended
about 60 pounds of gear
Rows of soldiers for long distance fights
Fort Loudoun was built on river.

One good thing About Skyping with Mr. Akin was that we got to ask questions if they were not already answered.

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