weekly update 11/14/18

Us fancy bananas were busy at work this three day weekend this is what we did, Jacob played D.N.D (Dungeons And Dragons). Lorelei went to the book store and bought a ton of books, about ten!
  Ruby watched the football game with a bunch of friends go Seahawks!  So as you can see we had tons of fun but there is another super duper fun thing happening, birthdays! We have  had 9 just this month so happy birthday to all of our birthday friends.  By Paige

Math

This week in Math, we have been focusing in on unit rates. A unit rate is a comparison of two quantities by division (with a denominator of 1). We also have been working with calculators, and I think I speak for everyone when I say we enjoy working with these materials! Along with these helpful objects in math, we also have homework! This helps us gain skills with the current materials!  By Georgia

Science

In science this week, we learned about matter and carbon and oxygen connections. We also discussed how important models are! We started learning about atoms and molecules and even food science! Food science is the study of food. Chefs, bakers, chemists, and even just a home cook can be a food scientist! By Georgia

Language Arts

We have gone farther into the magical world of writing in NaNoWriMo, a.k.a. National Novel Writing Month, of November 2018! The clock is ticking, with only about half of the month left to go! Now, a little pep talk for all you future novelists. Writing 10,000 words may suck, but if you believe in yourself, and push out a lot of your free time, YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Also, the saving on Word is murder, so use Word Online. (It’ll save you a lot of stress) Work on weekends, and even after school! So, come on writers, let’s be joyful, creative, pleasant, and especially motivated! (This applies mostly to the Orcas)  By Zara

Social Studies

This unit in social studies has been a trip learning about the nasty and gruesome things done to the natives of the Americas, and later Africans and non-whites. On the 13th of November we watched a video entitled “Africans in America: Episode 1 The Terrible Transformation”. In that video we learned about slavery after the Indians; such as people being forced to work on plantations for 7-10 years, and that was only for Christians. By Finley