The Year 5 Cloud Detectives

Cloud Detectives

By Natalie, Clara and Emily N

For science, Year 5 have been learning about weather. Miss Lee started out with twitter and tweeted out a tweet asking for pictures of clouds from around the world. 

We got lots of replies and photos from people all over the world. Then, Miss Lee split us into ten groups for the ten different cloud types. We had to make a poster for  the cloud type we were given using Google Drawing. There are ten cloud types:

Stratus

Cumulonimbus

Cirrus

Altostratus

Stratocumulus

Cirrostratus

Altocumulus

Cumulus

Nimbostratus

Cirrocumulus

Also, for homework we were asked to take pictures of different clouds and send them to Miss Lee.  Our class created a presentation which contains the cloud images from our homework and from twitter. The presentation includes the posters that we have created. We were also asked to classify the clouds that were on the presentation. On Monday, we created a map where the cloud photos came from.

Thank you to every one who tweeted, emailed or sent Miss Lee and our class a photo! We really enjoyed using all of the beautiful cloud photos.

Our Presentation

(Click Here)

Our Google map:

(Click here)

What did you learn from this activity?  

Which cloud type is your favourite?

100 Word Challenge #3

This is the prompt for this week’s 100 word challenge. Your task is to use this prompt as inspiration to write 100 words.  You might write a story, a diary entry, a report, a letter, a poem or in any other genre that you can think of.

Please post your entry in the comments section underneath this post.

Hint: It is always a good idea to write your work in a google doc and copy and paste your 100 words into the comment section. This way, you do not lose your work if there is a problem.

Clouds

Clouds

In science we are learning about weather.  The Met Office in the UK has a great poster explaining clouds.   Click here to read their poster and comment below with a fact you learned about clouds.

From: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/7/k/12_0265_Education_cloud_poster.pdf 

100 word prompt #2

This is the prompt for this week’s 100 word challenge. Your task is to use this prompt as inspiration to write 100 words.  You might write a story, a diary entry, a report, a letter, a poem or in any other genre that you can think of.

Please post your entry in the comments section underneath this post.

Hint: It is always a good idea to write your work in a google doc and copy and paste your 100 words into the comment section. This way, you do not lose your work if there is a problem.

Cupcake Fractions

Cupcake Fractions and Ratios

By Alessia and Georgia

Last Friday Miss Lee organised us some fun food activities. She bought cupcake mixes (chocolate and vanilla flavour) and green cordial. There were also other activities like the fraction flag activity. We were split into groups for the day when we did this.   

We made cupcakes using ratios and fractions.   

 

 

We had to mix some vanilla and chocolate then write the ratio and fraction for it. For example 3 spoons of chocolate and 1 spoon of vanilla. The ratio would be written like this 3:1 and the fractions ¾.  

We then did the same with the cordial 20 mL of cordial and 40 mL of water had 1 part cordial and 4 parts water.  It had a fraction of ⅕.

Fraction Maths

Chocolate Fractions

By Abby and Matt D

Our Year 5 class have been learning about fractions. Last Thursday we played the chocolate fractions game.  In the chocolate fractions game we had three chairs at  the front of our classroom with chocolate packs on them.  The first chair had one pack of chocolate. The second one had two chocolate packs on it and the third had three packs of chocolate. Year 5 had to pick which chair would give them the most amount of chocolate.

Kameron had the first choice and that was easy (he chose the seat with 3 packs).  From then on more students had the chance to come up to the front of the classroom to pick what chair they would get the most chocolate from.

We had whiteboards to see what fraction it would be, sometimes all the groups would have the same fraction which is called an equivalent fraction e.g 1/3,  2/6, 3/9. We would have to think and use our fraction brains to figure out the option would be the best and give us the most chocolate.

Which option you would choose?

Option 1- You would have 1/5 of the chocolate (1 bar)

Option 2- You would have 2/9 of the chocolate (1 1/9 bar)

Option 3- You would have 1/12 of the chocolate (1 3/12 bar)

What did you learn from the chocolate fractions lesson?

25 Years of Rights for Children

25 Years of Rights for Children

2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Earlier this year Miss Lee's brother Michael (the pilot) came into our class to explain to us why planes stay up in the air.  Well Michael is currently working at the United Nations in Geneva with the Marist Brothers who have a seat with the Rights of the Child.  

Image from: http://www.myswitzerlandtravel.com/geneva-united-nations-building-photo-1.jpg 

He has put together this video to explain to our class what the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is all about.  

What did you learn from the video?  What questions do you have for Michael?  Why do you think the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is important?  Comment below with your answers to these questions.  We will see if Michael can answer some of our questions.  

100 Words Prompt #1

This is the prompt for this week’s 100 word challenge. Your task is to use this prompt as inspiration to write 100 words.  You might write a story, a diary entry, a report, a letter, a poem or in any other genre that you can think of.

Please post your entry in the comments section underneath this post.

Hint: It is always a good idea to write your work in a google doc and copy and paste your 100 words into the comment section. This way, you do not lose your work if there is a problem.