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Write a letter to next year’s fifth graders about your experience in fifth grade. Offer advice on how to have a successful fifth grade year. If you have a younger sibling at Peters, you can address your letter to your sibling. Scan or take a picture of your handwritten letter and send it to us so we can give it to a future fifth grader (or your sibling).
Take a quiz on what you learned from the four spheres of the Earth. To play, open the link: joinmyquiz.com and enter this code: 016888
Investigate the phenomenon of bottle flipping by trying this experiment. You will need a measuring cup for this activity (you may have to modify the volumes based on available materials).
Can you determine how many squares are on a checkerboard? Be sure to consider ALL sizes of squares. Use the organized list at the bottom of the page to help you determine how many squares will be in a 1x1 board, 2x2 board, 3x3 board, etc.
Sketch a number line with endpoints of 0 and 2. Place the following numbers on the number line:
For today's daily math problem, try to solve this place value puzzle:
For today's math activity, complete this Magic Circle activity. You can use this template for your circle or you can trace around an object you find in your house.
** This activity requires flash player. You may not be able to do it on an iPad. Read this Scholastic Scope article debating whether we should get rid of Daylight Savings Time. Choose a side and write an argumentative essay explaining your point of view. Use this planning guide to help you.
Watch the video below about earth's systems: hydrosphere and atmosphere. Here is today's social studies lesson from the learning menu. Read the information on this page about the Bill of Rights and take notes in your reflection journal. Then, take the quiz at the bottom of the page.
If you are having trouble reading the article, look for the button at the bottom of the article that will read the text to you. Article: https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_bill_of_rights.php Quiz: https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_bill_of_rights_questions.php What number comes next in this sequence:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21... Draw the next picture in the sequence. How many small triangles are in step 25? How can you calculate this without drawing every step?  Choose one of the Desmos activities below.
On Level: Practice locating ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. If you want, try some more of these coordinate plane graphs that you did earlier this year. Advanced: Learn how graphs can tell stories. Read The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. Write a story that goes along with one of the pictures. Use the prompts to help you brainstorm ideas for your story. Be sure your story explains both the picture and its caption.
Watch the video below to review Earth's geosphere and biosphere. Take a walk with an adult and list all parts of living and nonliving things that are a part of the geosphere and biosphere.. Here is today's social studies lesson from the learning menu. Read the information on this page about the Judicial Branch of government and take notes in your reflection journal. Then, take the quiz at the bottom of the page.
If you are having trouble reading the article, look for the button at the bottom of the article that will read the text to you. Article: https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_judicial_branch.php Quiz: https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_judicial_branch_questions.php More solutions... Timothy made the pair of videos below about this same problem. He worked it out in a different (and probably better) way. Here is today's daily enrichment math problem. The left and right sides are balanced (ignore the light gray line in the middle).  Here is today's social studies lesson from the learning menu. Read the information on this page about the Legislative Branch of government and take notes in your reflection journal. Then, take the quiz at the bottom of the page.
If you are having trouble reading the article, look for the button at the bottom of the article that will read the text to you. Article: https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_legislative_branch.php Quiz: https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_legislative_branch_questions.php What is the most dangerous animal in the world? Watch this Mystery Science video to discover the answer.
Watch/listen to The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka. Then, write your own “fairly stupid” fairy tale and send it to us. Watch the video below about fractals. Create your own Sierprinski triangle or Koch snowflake. You can use this template for the Sierprinski triangle. Daily Problem: Who am I?
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