Welcome to the first completely student written and edited Soleil Blog post!
BG Reading by Saki
In BG’s reading we are doing reading
olympics. Reading olympics is where you read 3 different books and write an
Annotated bibliography and write a question test to get a medal. Writing an
Annotated bibliography and writing the question test help us understand the
plot of the book more. For each book you will need to do that.
BG Writing by Naomi
In writing, the BG’s (bubble giraffes)
are writing personal narratives/memoirs! So far they are going great and Kim is
being the best helper someone could have. We have been editing to make sure
they have a “grabber beginning”. Also, to make sure we use synonyms like
changing run to dash, also to make sure the story makes sense when it is put
together. We have read a few and they aren’t
BG Science by Cassie
This week we
are continuing to pollute our eco-columns.
Students pollute by watering their eco-columns with one of three
solutions every day. We make
observations and measure the soil and water pH twice a week. We are looking
forward to finishing the experiment and seeing if our hypotheses were correct!
KFC Writing by Giselle
So far, the KFC’s
latest writing project is the Mini Poster. It was due this tuesday,
December 2 (the final draft). M asked us to use big letters. So that the poster
stands out so people can see it. The people who are walking by in the hallway
need to be able to read the whole thing within 5 seconds!
KFC Science by Sydney P
In KFC science, we
just finished up doing our last observations before we pollute our
eco-columns,(a model terrarium on top of a model aquarium.) Now, we have
started polluting them with salt solution, vinegar solution, and fertilizer
solution. We our polluting the eco-columns every other day, and are observing
what happened to the eco-columns on the other days. I can’t wait to find out
how the pollutants affect the eco-columns!
4th year Math by Ben
In 4th grade math, we
have been learning a lot of new things. We learned 3 different ways to
multiply,the shortcut way,the window way and the mini shortcut way. and we are
doing a calendar grid for each month with a different pattern/subject. We also
play fun math games, such as closest to 100. Time tiles are also fun- we have
to solve problems like, “what time is it 2 hours after 3:30?”We are about to
start geometry!
5th year Math by Jacob
In our 5th grade math
class we do a “Calendar grid observation” that changes every month. We
are (for now) using fractions. Like the kind of problem: ⅚ is less than 8/9. During fractions, we
learn short ways to solve fraction problems like now, we’re doing LCD (Least
Common Denominator ) find the lowest multiple of the denominator. (About) Every
4 weeks, we switched to something new!
6th year Math by Emma,
Grace, and Sarah
Sixth Grade Math is currently learning
on how to work with percentages (multiplying, dividing etc...) We are usually
assigned homework or class work in our math books everyday. Previously this
year, we learned to divide and multiply decimals. We are also learning to
describe our strategies for solving our homework problems in “math language”.
For example, instead of saying what we did to solve a problem, we would
say what we need to do to solve this type of problem. Monica Wellman, or M,
teaches us this so that we can become successful and grow as a “math meister”.
After a period of time working on a strategy or problem, M will give us a short
quiz to test how much we know about what we have just learned. M will later
grade these quizzes and hand them back to us. When students need support
on some problems, M uses her time after a lesson to help them. Before sixth
grade math, we have math practice. Math practice is during fourth and fifth
grade math. During this time, we go on math websites such as, mobymax.com
and tenmarks.com. The rest of the Soleil Center uses these websites as
well. Mobymax.com is not only used for math but also for language and
vocabulary. Mobymax has you take a test to place you in the skill level that
you belong in. On the other hand, Tenmarks gives you assignments that M assigns
us. Sixth graders are so fortunate, proud and thankful to have such an amazing
math teacher like M.
Art by Liam
This week my class is
drawing pictures of trees in fall with leaves falling down. With the sun in the
background. We are also using pastell.
ART
IS FUN!!!!!!!
Advanced Band by Charlotte
Advanced band is for
kids who work hard in music and reach a more advanced level in band. We
commonly play 7th grade music which is one-two years above our grade level as
fifth and sixth graders. This semester we are playing three pieces, In The
Hall of The Mountain King, Gypsy Dance, and Atlantis. We
leave in the middle of olympics time for an hour before lunch on Fridays. We do
miss part of olympics, but it is a lot of fun!
Orchestra by Ezra
This year in
Orchestra we will be doing a few concerts. For intermediate and advanced
orchestra, our closest concert is on january 14, 2015. In intermediate
orchestra, we will be doing a few songs, such a New Horizons, Cripple Creek,
and a few other songs out of our music books (Essential Elements Book 1). Every
time advanced, intermediate or beginning orchestra has a concert, you will need
to be there at least 30 minutes earlier to tune and be ready to preform!
