Latitude and Longitude

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/latitudeandlongitude/

Math Facts

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Word Study Skill: Contractions

Watch this BrainPop. Then Take the BrainPop Quiz!
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Bet You Didn't Know: Veterans Day

Alexander Calder

This week we learned about the modern American Artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
He is known for making mobiles with wire.
He also invented the “stabile”(a fixed sculpture with similar design elements to a mobile)
He often created his sculptures in solid red or black.

This piece titled “Flamingo” was created by Calder. It is a 53-foot tall stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois

“Eagle” is an abstract sculpture by Alexander Calder. It is located at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle

“La Grande Vitesse”, is a public sculpture by Calder. It is located on the large concrete plaza surrounding City Hall & the Kent County Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Inspired by Alexander Calder, we can created an additive sculpture out of paper!

Calder inspired additive sculpture with a patriotic twist!

Using various techniques we created 3 dimensional sculptural effects with paper!

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• Cutting

• Folding

• Curling — use long, thin strips of paper to make spirals and reverse spirals
• Rolling — make cones and tubes

• Bending — change direction without creasing the paper
• Scoring — lightly run scissors across the edge of a ruler to just barely break the surface of the paper for a crisp fold (a paperclip may also be used on light­weight paper), a great way to make folds along a curve

• Layering — glue smaller pieces of paper onto increasingly larger pieces
• Slicing & Joining — cut a slit into wider piece and slide narrower piece into it

• Twisting — hold one end of the paper with your right hand and one with your left hand and twist a little or a lot
• Crumpling — scrunch paper in both hands

• Stuffing — crumple paper and wrap with a second layer of paper
• Crimping — use a special “crimping tool” to make small, uniform waves or folds, similar to corrugated cardboard

Zoo Narratives... prewriting and rough drafting

Letters from Oklahoma

We got mail!
Every student received a personalized letter from Joe!
He took the time to respond to our thank you notes and questions.
What a kind and thoughtful man!