Literature Project: Chocolate Room Diorama

The CHOCOLATE ROOM Diorama

Due Tuesday, October 6^th, 2015

·       Students will be creating a diorama depicting the chocolate room from Mr. Wonka’s Chocolate factory. We read about this room in chapter 15 of our books, pages 58-73.

·       Students may use their books to help them recall details

·       Diorama may be made of edible or non-edible materials

·       There are 7 elements that must be included:

o   Valley with green meadows

o   Chocolate Waterfall

o   Chocolate River

o   Pipes

o   Trees and Bushes mentioned

o   Flowers mentioned

o   Oompah Loompah’s (no green hair or orange skin)

o   Extra Credit if you can get an Augustus being sucked up a pipe!

·       Elements must be labeled with what it is described as in the book for example: chocolate river or swudge grass of mint

·       Diorama may be made on a presentation board or in a shoe box

·       Students can earn a total of 16 points on this project, the grading rubric is included on the back.

Below is the grading Rubric I will use for these projects. 

Category	4	3	2	1
Display	The display is attractive and items are very well organized. All items are securely attached. This display is in or on an appropriate container.	The display is attractive and items are very well organized. All items are securely attached.	The diorama shows some attention to construction. The items are somewhat organized.	The display was put together sloppily. Items appear to be just “slapped on”. Pieces are not secured.
Number of Elements	The display has all 7 elements mentioned in the story and in good condition.	The display has 6 elements mentioned in the story and in good condition.	The display has 5 elements mentioned in the story and is in good condition.	The display has 4 or less elements mentioned in the story and is in acceptable condition.
Labels	Each element has a small, neat label describing the item.	Each element has a small label describing the item.	Some elements are correctly labeled.	Less than 4 elements labeled correctly.
Participation and Presentation	Student showed great enthusiasm and was able to explain their project in a clear manner. Work was completed on time.	Student showed some enthusiasm and was able to explain their project. Work was completed on time.	Student completed the project and was able to able to explain their project somewhat.	Student did not finish project on time and/or they were not able to explain project.

Biology September 28 - October 2, 2015

Those cell projects were Fabulous!  I am very impressed with your hard work and imagination.  Isn't it amazing that each single cell has all of these structures with specialized functions?

This week we will learn about the Kingdom of Archaebacteria!  These creatures are also called extremophiles that live in very harsh environments.  We will research three different members of this Kingdom and create a PowerPoint for presentation.

Vocabulary:
prokaryote (organism with no cell nucleus but nuclear material in cytoplasm)
eukaryote (organism with a nucleus)
autotrope (organism that can create its own food)
heterotrope (organism that cannot create its own food)
unicellular (organism made of one cell)
multicellular (organism made of more than one cell)
Kingdom (there are six kingdoms of living things)
taxonomy (classification and naming of organisms)
Carl Linnaeus (the father of taxonomy)
Aristotle (the first to form a classification system)

For Metric Monday, we will measure length in meters, centimeters, and millimeters.

Math for Week of September 28- October 2, 2015

In Math this week we will

Monday- We will complete a Study Guide for Test over Chapter 1

Tuesday- Take Test

Wednesday- Go over Test

Thursday- Lesson 3-1 Understanding Place Value- Math Book 37 & 38, Math Box 2-1

Friday- Lesson 3-1 Understanding Place Value- Math Book 37 & 38, Math Box 2-1

Upcoming Events and Progress Reports

Oct. 2 – Blessing of the pets; parents meet us in the field with your pets at 8:15.

Oct. 4 – Christ Church Sunday; Please have your child here in chapel uniform at 9:30 – 9:45.  Dinner after service; bring your favorite dessert.

Please be on the look out from your child's numerous teachers for progress reports. You should get an email from me this Friday for the classes I teach. -Ms. B.

Lingua Latina: Sept. 28- Oct. 2

Monday : We will go over our Chapter 3 tests and anything that needs attention. We will then be creating our Conjugation and Declension lap-books to keep track of  new material as we come across it in our lessons. Bring colored pencils and scissors.

Friday: We will watch our introduction video to Chapter 4 and you will need to read pages 23-24 and complete page 25 for homework.

History, Literature, and Bible: Sept. 28-Oct. 2

Memory Verse: To be recited on Oct. 6th (Tues.)

Luke 2:30-32

For my eyes have seen your salvation,     which you have prepared in the sight of all nations: a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and the glory of your people Israel.

History:
Monday through Friday we will be working on writing our Viking papers. We will discuss how to create detailed support for the facts we have discovered and writing a well structured paragraph. 

Literature:
Monday - SPELLING Test: Furious, Journey, Yacht, Shalt, Disturb, Basin, Balmy, Wretched, Violently, Scarlet, Despair, Rubbish, Cross, Precipice
Students will read round robin chapters 25 through 27.
Tuesday - Going back and re-reading their chapters 25-27 students will complete their comprehension questions.
Wednesday - Chapel
Thursday and Friday - Students will read chapters 28-30 of their books and then finish their comprehension questions. They will create their library pockets for each character of the book and write down details we have learned about each character to put in a lap-book to go with their presentation to be assigned next week. 

Spelling Words:
hovering
nudge
tremendous
incinerator
petrified
tantrum

Bible: 
Tuesday -Students will pass out their bibles and read from the two gospels narratives of this event from Matt 1:18-24 and Luke 2:1-20. The accounts are different in what they emphasize, the students will write a few sentences about what or who Matthew focuses on the most and then a few sentences on why you think Matthew put more focus on this thing. What fact about Jesus birth was he trying to prove.
Wednesday- Students will pass out their bibles and read the scriptures on the 2^nd bible reading page and find the similarities between the two gospel narratives. 
Thursday -We will take our outline of this lesson and create a review sheet to use for study in preparation for the test next Tuesday, October 6th.
 

Biology September 21 - 25, 2015

On "Metric Monday" we will practice the scientific method and learn how to measure liquid volume.  We will use graduated cylinders, beakers, and pipettes to measure in Liters (L) and milliliters (mL).  We will observe the meniscus and make accurate measurements.

This week in Biology, we will complete a Dichotomous Key.   Last week you were given a bag of assorted items and worked as a team to develop a classification system.  Now you will  take that a step further as you review your system and fine-tune it in a more thorough way.  We will learn about early classification systems by Aristotle and later systems developed by Linnaeus.  This will prepare you to understand the modern classification of living things: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

On Tuesday, you will have a vocabulary test on cells.  Also, this week we will enjoy your cell projects!