JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

We have listened to this song to review how to describe someone. Listen to the song again and try to fill in the gaps.

LIVING THINGS.

Living things.

In this unit you will review and extend your knowledge of the differences between living and non-living things based on the three vital functions: nutrition, interaction and reproduction.

You will begin to study cell structure. It is very important that you understand that a cell is a living thing because it performs the three vital functions. You will also learn about unicellular and multicellular organisms.

You will also investigate and learn about classifying into the five kingdoms. You should enjoy looking for the common characteristics and identifying differences between living things. You should also focus on how living things perform the three vital functions.

In this unit you will be introduced to the scientific method. You will establish hypotheses and predict results, learning that hypotheses do not need to be correct.  

WHAT´S IN A NAME?

Here you have a brief summary of our first project: WHAT´S IN A NAME?

The main objective of this  short project was to get to know each other better and learn more aboy our names.

Here you have some of the questions:

•    What's your full name? 
•    Were you named after someone? 
•    What does your name mean?
•    What names did your parents consider before deciding on the one you have?
•    Why did they choose your name? 
•    What is your name's country of origin? (ex. "Ivan" has Russian origins) 
•    What is your nickname? How did you get that nickname? 
•    If you could change your name, what would you name yourself.

Then we read this poem about names:

 

And finally we listened to this wonderful story about names:

Listen to the story:

WELCOME BACK

Can you believe you are fifth graders now? I wish you the best for this school year.

Love,

Irene