City of Ember

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Substitute Teachers

On September 28 and the 29 we had a substitute. Having a substitute was different than having Mr. Miller as our teacher because she didn't know what we normally do - like not reading City Of Ember, not using the smart board as much, and not working on our War With Grandpa movies.

Brenn



I think the sub that we had yesterday was a little rude but other than that she was fine but a lot of people made fun of her like her name and other stuff like that.It was a little boring because we did not get to read City of Ember and work on our War with Grandpa movie. A lot of people went to the principal's office to tell him about the sub.The people who went kind of thought Mr.Miller was subbing as the principal but he was not.

Adrianna

I do not like having a sub because sometimes they're weird like they're too silly or they think they're funny.But I'm happy with Mr.Miller and I happy with who I have and subs don't read The City Of Ember that's my favorite book. I had 2 subs they were both girls they were kinda nice but not too nice we had one Monday and one Tuesday we had to show them how to use the smart board a smart board is like a huge TV that you control by your regular computer and its like a big touch screen that you can write with a special marker. Well that's what its like to have a sub. Do you like having a sub?
Kayla :)

Rubrics

This is a rubric that we made to determine the quality of our webs.

Readability
4
Neat writing and drawing/ Legible
No misspellings
Large writing
Good word choice
3
Mostly neat writing and drawing
Legible
Some misspellings
Large enough to read
Good word choice
2
Sloppy
Somewhat legible – can read some of it
Lots of misspelling
Poor word choice
1
Very Sloppy
Not Legible
Horrible spelling
Boring word choice

Information
4
Factual
On Topic
Ten meaningful facts total on poster
3
Factual
On Topic
Seven or eight meaningful facts
2
Mostly factual
Mostly on topic
Five or six meaningful facts
1
Not factual
Not on topic
Less than five meaningful facts

Presentation
4
Good use of color
Pictures should make your poster better.
3
Good use of color
Pictures don’t completely support the topic
Not as neat
2
Not good use of color
Hard to read
Pictures don’t support the topic
Messy
1
Poor use of color
Pictures unrelated or no pictures
Very hard to understand
Sloppy

Organization
4
Picture corresponds to theme
Information connects to heading
Well placed picture that improves the poster
Uncluttered
Use all the space
3
Picture corresponds to theme
Information mostly connects to heading
Picture improves poster
Mostly uncluttered
Uses most of the space
2
Picture does not correspond to theme
Not all of the information is connected
Random pictures
Slightly cluttered
Blank spaces
1
No picture or doesn’t correspond
Information not connected to theme
Lack of effort shown
Cluttered or many blank spaces

This one was given a 3. It was well organized but a little cluttered.The pictures help but the could have been better thought out.

This one was given a 4. The graphics improved the project, it was well organized and easy to read.

What do you think?

Tucson Symphony Brass Quintet

Today at Lulu Walker in the MPR (music, PE, room).We got to see a Quartet from The Tucson Symphony . They played Star Wars and taught us things like tempo, speed and tamber with instruments like the Drum, Trumpet, French Horn , Triangle, Tuba and a type of whistle that made a tape sound that's from cartoons. They made different sounds and noise songs and told us what its like in the symphony.
They talked about how they learned to play the instruments and when they started playing. They explained how the instruments made the sounds they make and the different way they could be played.

Tell us what you know about the symphony and the instruments they play. Have you ever been to the symphony?

War With Grandpa

Click here for Evaluation Rubric


Group 4

Rating = 3


Group 5

Rating = 2


Group 1

Rating = 2


Group 3

Rating = 1


Group 6

Rating = 2


Group 2

Rating = 2

Busy as a Beaver - That's a Similie

Today in Mr. Miller's class we learned how to do similies. We also learned how to do partial produts in times. We also got a lot of time to work on our War with Grandpa movies. We also read the City of Ember and Dune and Lina found matches, candles, and a boat. After we read the City of Ember we got more time to finish our War with Grandpa. .
This morning when we tried to go on our blog we tried to go on our cluster map but it did not show up. We also had a map test. We got a new student from Mr. Farley. Today we did not have computers because there was map testing.

Eat at Jason's Deli tonight. It's a fundraiser for Walker School. Thanks.

TFK Madness

Today we had buddy class.Our buddy class is Mr.Berg's class.We played what can you do with cards - fact families and other stuff.
We also read a Time for Kids,and then we did a work sheet.
We did a time for kids and its about all the wild fires in California and it was about astronauts living on the International Space Station,and how Disney channel bought Marvel. It was also about Brad Keselowski. He is a race car driver. He is twenty five years old and he is a top race car driver from Michigan.He learned to race when he was about fourteen years old.Now he is one of NASCAR'S most popular drivers and the head of his own racing company.He sarted racing when he was only a kid somewere when he was maybe eight years old.He was a realy competitive driver with his own pit crew.This article was called I am a Race Car Driver.
We also went to the library.
Do you like NASCAR? Who is your favorite driver?
What can we do to prevent wildfires in Arizona?