Sideways Stories from Wayside School Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztEB6v6W1-o

Roller Coaster Creator

Learn about potential and kinetic energy by creating a roller coaster. Click on the links below.

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/matter/energy-and-matter.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/roller-coaster3.htm

http://www.brainpop.com/games/coastercreator/

Cape Cod Canal Bike Trip

Please check your child's Homework Folder for a letter regarding the bike trip on the Canal that is scheduled for Friday.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Perimeter and Area

Click on the following link to learn more:

http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html

Class Newsletter- May 20, 2013

Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter

Unit 5, Week 3- May 20, 2013

This week we are reading “Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride” by Pam Munoz Ryan.  We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well. Let’s have a great week!

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
aviator	person who flies an aircraft; pilot
brisk	keen; sharp
cockpit	place where the pilot sits in an airplane
daring	bold; fearless; courageous
elegant	having or showing good taste; gracefully and richly refined; beautifully luxurious
outspoken	not reserved; frank
solo	without a partner, teacher, etc.; alone

Spelling Words: telephone, biography, telescope, photograph, microwave, diameter, barometer, microscope, headphones, microphone, autograph, perimeter, paragraph, symphony, saxophone

Important Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, May 21- Town Elections

Friday, May 24- EFES Bike-to-School Day

Monday, May 27- Memorial Day, No School

Friday, May 31- Bike trip along the Canal

Friday, June 14- Field Day

Wednesday, June 19- 4^th Grade Graduation @ 6:00pm

Friday, June 21- Last day of school

Please sign, cut on the dotted line, and return on Tuesday:

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Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter

Unit 5, Week 3- May 20, 2013

Student’s Name: _______________________________________________

Parent Signature: _____________________________­­­­­__________________­­­­­

Mayan WebQuest

Ancient Mayan WebQuest

Start your adventure at: http://www.mayankids.com

1.  The Maya occupied the ____________________ Peninsula of Mexico.

2.  About ____________________ the major centers including Palenque, Tikal, and Copán were mysteriously abandoned.

3.  Use the Glossary to write a definition of the following:

Pok-a-tok     

Witz monster

4.  Click on Places to find the name of the largest island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Now it’s time to learn more about the sport of life and death, the Mesoamerican ballgame known as Pok-a-tok. Click on the following link to learn more: http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/AA/ballgame.htm

5.  Mesoamerica is the sub-tropical region located between North America and South America that includes ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and _______  ____________________.

6.  For the game, players probably wore little more than carefully placed protective gear. The ballgame was a fast and dangerous sport played with a heavy ball that could break bones, or even kill. The uniform had to protect the player, yet allow for quick movement. What was the purpose of the yoke?

7.  Watch a video reenactment of the ballgame played at Copan, Honduras. How many players made up a team?  ____________________

Time to review with a little Mayan TicTacToe. Go to: http://www.coedu.usf.edu/culture/Activities/TTT_Mayan/index.htm

Class Newsletter- May 13, 2013

Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter

Unit 5, Week 2- May 13, 2013

We will be going to the Cape Cod Visitor’s Center on Friday to learn more about the history and work that is done on the canal. Please bring a lunch from home as we will be eating at the canal (students who receive free lunch will have a lunch provided from the cafeteria). This week we are reading “Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu” by Ted Lewin.  We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week (spelling test will be on Thursday).  Please practice these words at home as well.  The words in italics are our challenge spelling words.  Let’s have a great week!

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
curiosity	an eager desire to know or learn
glorious	magnificent; splendid
granite	a very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground
ruins	what is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces
terraced	formed into a flat, level land with steep sides; terraces are often made in hilly areas to create more space for farming
thickets	bushes or small trees growing close together
torrent	a violent, rushing stream of water

Spelling Words: basic, vacant, secret, honor, local, novel, spinach, second, donate, beware, emotion, tripod, diameter, congruent, perimeter, equilateral, isosceles

Important Upcoming Dates:

Friday, May 17- Field Trip to Cape Cod Canal (no bikes)

Friday, May 24- EFES Bike-to-School Day

Monday, May 27- Memorial Day, No School

Friday, May 31- Bike trip on the Cape Cod (you may drop your bike off Thursday afternoon)

Please sign, cut on the dotted line, and return on Tuesday:

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Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter

Unit 5, Week 2- May 13, 2013

Student’s Name: ____________________________________________________

Parent Signature: _____________________________­­­­­_______________________­­­­­