June 12, 2012

In LA today we reviewed the proper use of uppercase letters in sentences.  We know that we need to use uppercase letters in the following ways:

1. Names of characters and places.
2. In the title.
3. At the beginning of a sentence.
4. The letter "Ii" when it is by itself.

We played 2 games online to help us review; Play Your Caps Right and Magical Capitals.

In our Plants and Animals unit today we labeled the parts of a tree.  Click on the image below to learn more about trees.

We then watched the Magic School Bus: All Dried Up to learn about how plants and animals adapt to living in the hot and dry conditions of the desert.  We found out that cacti store water in their body (stem) to use during long desert dry spells.

In our Building things unit we made skeletons.  With the help of some pipe cleaners and straws the students made skeletons that bent in all the right places.  Check out some of the finished products: