January 18, 2013

Robots and Reading

This week in Mr.Weinstein's 5th grade class, we did some REALLY cool research
on the future robots. There is a robot named ASH that can  fight fires without putting the firefighters in harm's way. There is another robot named Alphadog that can carry up to 400 pounds for 20 miles!
That will be helping the U.S. Marines on long walks. But don't worry, these robots are safe and are not programed to harm anyone.

DRA's

This week in Mr.Weinsteins 5th grade class, we were doing the DRA's. We have to read a part of a book, then answer questions about it. One of the books was called " Lights, Camera, Action!" and the other one was called " Storm Chasers". "Lights, Camera, Action!" was about a girl named Alyssa Bueker who made movies with her guinea pigs. And "Storm Chasers" was about people who chase and watch storms. They are both very good books and I recommend to read them whenever you get a free moment!


Reading

In reading, we watched a video on Rosa Parks.  It was about her journey into changing the world
forever.  She started the Montgomery bus boycott.  Martin Luther King, JR. was thie leader. They ended up getting freedom.  The black people were treated very badly, some were killed.  Life was very different back then.  Youcan learn alot from Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 11, 2013

This week in Engineering we made sails.  It was very challenging.  You had a lot of materials to use.  We had tin foil, paper cups, wax paper, felt, tissue paper, straws, and a Popsicle stick.  You had to plan it out very well to do well on this project.

In the we are reading in Diamond Willow the sentences are shaped like a diamond.And in the shape it has secret messages.This book is about a girl who is named Diamond Willow.And she was named after a stick.We are doing free verses which is when you pick out a book that has a bunch of poems in it,and then pick one stanza,then write one sentence that describes why you wrote that piece.