January By: Kathryn & Mikayla

Math-
We plugged in variables to represent #s. We also solved and simplified equations with and without variables. One other thing we worked on was order of operations. To help us remember the order of operations, we were taught an acronym. PEMDAS stands for:
Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Social Studies-
To start the month, we moved on to our next section in S.S. which was Ancient China. We learned about the Great Wall, Dynasties, Rulers (Emperors), and quite a bit more. The entire class ended up agreeing that the first emperor of china was really mean! His name was Shihuangdi. Shihuangdi even killed his own son! Mikayla and I both did well on our SS tests on Ancient China.

Lang. Arts-
Throughout January we continued to work on our, “My Books.” We’ve finally finished up our writing, and have been able to move on to our illustrations. In Readers Workshop we’ve still been independently reading and answering prompts in our Reader’s Response Log. Now, in February we started new reading groups and books.

Science-
In science we made a type off slime. But Mrs. Fulfer gave it a name. So she named it ooblek . We mixed corn starch, water, and green food coloring to make the ooblek. We are still working on our matter and energy topic. But, we just started learning different types of energy at the end of January, we are still working on that though.