MAKE SMART CHOICES!

Terrific Timely Talented Thursday, 
May 16, 2013!
WELCOME TO ANOTHER GREAT DAY AT STEM!!
(I am so lucky to have in my classroom today!  Let your spirit shine today!!)
PLEASE LIST TODAY'S AGENDA IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND SHOW MR. B

Complete what you have not finished!  Make sure all your answer and work are done neatly and to your best ability in your notebook!

Learn about Roberto Clemente's talent as an athlete but more importantly as a humanitarian!

Today's Agenda!

Make sure to put all your answers in your notebook!  
Today, you need just to write down the blue colored parts of your agenda!   Make sure to complete these items first! The blue is new! Then, go back and finish the remaining parts of the agenda!
I.  Record Agenda! Do the Awesome Rating! Watch Inspire!
II. Choose a morning exercise!  Then, grade yourself!
III. Daily Comprehension Skills and Thrills!
 (Pick these up from table!)
      I. Biography Roberto Clemente
     II.  Summary 24 
     III.  Main Idea 13
     IV. Daily Grammar:  Subjects and Pronouns
      V. Math and Creative Thinking

VI. Complete the video lesson:  Summary.
VII.  Read the summary activity below the video!
VIII. Complete Reading Passage:  The Library
         Reading Comprehension 2 Passage:  Galls
IX. Complete Math Problems of the Day
          Problem 1  -Money
          Problem 2 -  Parts of a whole
          Problem 3 - Data
X.  Complete Read, Write, and Watch!  Roberto Clemente
XI.  Complete Analogies!
XII. Complete Language Skills
XIII.  Complete Sentence of the Day!
IVX. Complete Figurative Language Activity (click here)
XV. Complete Writing Dialogue Activity!
XVI.  Complete M&M Science Lab (Click here!)
XVII.  Complete M&M Probability (Click here!)
XVIII.  Complete 15 minutes of IXL at Grade Level Geometry!
IXX.  Play the Figurative Language Game! (Click here)
XX.  Work on Hero Project! (Click here)
XXI.  Work on Play Ball Project (Click here)
XXII.  Show notebook to Mr. B for payment!
XXIII.   CHOICE!!

 EXERCISE VIDEOs!!

Simon Says!

Chicken Dance!!

Stretching Song!

Twelve Days of Gym Class

INSPIRE:  DREAM + VISION + WORK =TALENT!

INSPIRE:  PASSION Create something that doesn't exist!

What is Greatness?

Lunch

Rational Romantic Rotini and Italien Meat Sauce
Terrific Tuned Tuna Salad Sandwich
Brave Beef Nacho Salad & Roll
Pondering Precious PB & J Round Sandwich

Play Ball Project! (Click here to visit Project Page!)  

Video Lessons of the Day: 

Learn about SUMMARY!!

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PREFIX REVIEW (NEW QUESTIONS THIS WEEK!!
Prefix is a word part that is added to the front of a base word to change the meaning of that word. More than one prefix may mean the same thing. 
Examples:      the prefixes dis-, non-, and un-  mean "not," or "the opposite of." 
                          (Record all your answers in your notebook!)
 2. UNDERLINE the correct answer.
 Example: bi– a. same b. twice (two times) c. wrong
1. dis– a. not b. after c. again
 2. im– a. not b. before c. wrong
 3. mis– a. correctly b. wrongly c. after
 4. pre– a. before b. not c. wrongly
 5. re– a. correctly b. again c. after

B. Directions:
 PREFIX     ROOT              NEW WORD              MEANING
E: (mis–) understood    misunderstood        not understood
 1. (bi–) weekly _ __________________ ___________________
 2. (dis–) belief _ __________________ ___________________
 3. (im–) possible _ ________________ ____________________
 4. (re–) read _ ___________________ ____________________
 5. (re–) start _ __________________ ____________________
 6. (re–) fill _ ___________________  ____________________

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

CLICK AND PRINT ACTIVITY!

Math Problem of the Day! #1 Money

Gianna  had 3 fifty dollar bills, 4 twenty dollar bills, 8 ten dollar bills, 10 five dollar bills, 10 one dollar bills, 2 quarters, 4 dimes, 8 nickels, and 2 pennies. She bought a a pair of fancy shoes for $29.11, an edible egg for $26.41

Math Problem of the Day!  #2 Fractions

Oliver bought 12 ping pong balls.  2/3 of them were red!  How many red ping pong balls did he buy?

Math Problem of the Day:  #3 Data

Find the mode, mean, median, outlier, and range!

Quentin went bowling five days last week!  These were his scores!
Monday-  20
Tuesday - 20
Wednesday -40
Thursday - 30
Friday-190


Mode=
Range=
Median=
Mean=

Read, Write, & Watch:  The Power of Kindness!
A short history of Roberto Clemente!
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth."  
Roberto Clemente
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
Christopher Reeve 
"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free."
Jackie Robinsion

     Roberto Clemente (More than an athlete!)    
   Roberto Clemente was one of the most honored baseball players in history.  He became the first Latino baseball player to be included in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

   Most sports players are known for how great they play a game, or how many records they break.  But Roberto Clemente was loved not only for his ability in sports, but also for the kind of person that he was.

   Clemente was one of the first professional Latino baseball players in the United States. He became one of the best.  He also worked to change the way baseball, and the country, treated racial minorities in the nineteen fifties and sixties.  He stood up against racism and did not permit anyone to be treated differently in his presence.

   Today's Latino baseball players say Roberto Clemente opened doors for them to reach their goals in a sport that had not always treated them equally.

   Roberto Clemente Walker was born in nineteen thirty-four in Carolina, Puerto Rico.  Roberto's family struggled financially.  As a young boy, he helped his father, who worked on a sugar farm and also managed a store that sold food.

   In school, Roberto was an excellent runner.  He also won awards for throwing the javelin.   But more than anything, he loved playing baseball.  Puerto Rico's warm island climate made it easy for the young boy to play baseball all year.  He had many skills.  But his strongest quality was his powerful right arm that could throw a ball a great distance.

   While in high school, Roberto signed a contract to play baseball for the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican winter league.  At the age of eighteen, Roberto was already hitting a baseball better than many professional players in the United States.

   This ability was recognized the following year. An official from the Brooklyn Dodgers team in New York City came to Puerto Rico looking for new, young players.  The official, Al Campanis, was pleased with Roberto's skill.  He offered to give him a ten thousand dollar gift to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  But Roberto was unable to join the major league team because he was still in high school. The young baseball player told Mr. Campanis that he would join the Brooklyn team as soon as he finished school.

   By the time he finished high school, Roberto had received several other offers from major league teams in the United States.  One team offered him a thirty thousand dollar gift just to sign a contract agreement. Although Clemente had not signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he kept his word to the team.  He refused the other offers and signed on to play for Brooklyn.

   The Dodgers put Roberto Clemente on one of their minor league teams where young players often begin.  But soon after his first season, the Pittsburgh Pirates took Clemente for their team.  Clemente began playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates in nineteen fifty-five.  At the time, Clemente was still learning to speak English.

  In the nineteen fifties, the United States was still very much divided between racial lines.  Pittsburgh did not have a Latin American community at the time.  Clemente, a black Puerto Rican, was shocked when he experienced racism in America.

  In the spring, baseball players attended training camps in the southern state of Florida. Many eating-places in the South at that time did not serve black people.  So the black players on the team were forced to ask their white teammates to buy food for them.  The black players would then eat on the bus that drove them to the games.

   Roberto Clemente had a very strong sense of self-worth.  He would not let others treat him unequally.  Clemente felt that having to ask his teammates for food was insulting.   He later became a strong believer in the messages of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior.  Clemente's work helping poor people, especially those in Puerto Rico, became a very important part of his life.

   Roberto Clemente stood out among the other players on his team.   He was a strong right fielder who quickly became known for his powerful throwing and near-perfect aim. Clemente had an unusual way of hitting the baseball.  He stood farther away from the pitcher than most players, and used a heavier bat than most players.  He was also known as a very aggressive hitter, swinging hard and fast at almost any ball.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates did not do well the first few years Clemente played on the team.  But by nineteen sixty, all that changed.  That year, he played in the first of his twelve All-Star games. Every year, the best players from the National and American leagues compete in an All-Star game.  That same year, Clemente helped his team beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series – the national baseball championship.

  Clemente continued to improve.  He had suffered for years from pain caused by an automobile accident.  Yet even with his health problems Clemente rarely missed a game.  By nineteen sixty-one, he was feeling better and it showed.  He hit extremely well that year and won his first batting award.

   Roberto Clemente was one of the best baseball players at the time.  But he did not receive as much interest from the national media as other top players like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.  Many people believe that was because he played for a team in a smaller city.

  However, Clemente's popularity began to grow during the nineteen seventy-one World Series.  The Pittsburgh Pirates won the series against the Baltimore Orioles.  Clemente was voted the Most Valuable Player of that year's World Series. One sports writer later described Clemente's throwing, running and hitting during the World Series as close to the level of perfection.

   Roberto Clemente was also a loving husband and father.  He had married Vera Cristina Zabala in nineteen sixty-four.  Together they had three sons.  Clemente never forgot his Puerto Rican roots.  He made sure all of his sons were born on the island.

  During his eighteen years in the major leagues, Clemente won many awards and helped his team win two World Series championships. In nineteen seventy-two Clemente made his three thousandth hit in the last game of the regular season.  At that time, no one knew that it would be his final baseball season.

  During the winter of that year, Clemente returned to Puerto Rico with this family.  He began to work on one of his long-time dreams – opening a sports center for the young people of San Juan.

   Then, on December twenty-third, a major earthquake struck Managua, Nicaragua. Thousands of people were killed.  Clemente quickly organized an aid effort to help thousands of homeless earthquake victims.  But he was angered by reports from the area that the Nicaraguan government was not getting the supplies to the victims.

  So Clemente paid for a small plane and a pilot to take supplies to Nicaragua. Clemente and four others were on that plane on December thirty-first, nineteen seventy-two.  But the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after take-off.  Everyone on the plane was killed.  Clemente's body was never found.  He was thirty-eight years old.

  The Baseball Writers Association of America held a special election. The usual five-year waiting period for entrance into the Baseball Hall of Fame was suspended.  Soon after his death, Roberto Clemente became the first Latino player to be included in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Pittsburgh Pirates also honored him in nineteen seventy-three. They removed Clemente's number – twenty-one – from their team. That meant no other player on the team could ever wear that number.

Roberto Clemente once said:  "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth."  Clemente truly lived, and died, by those words.  Some experts have called him baseball's greatest hero.

Writing Dialogue Lesson! Part 4

Watch the presentation!  Then, write about a conversation that would take place before a big race (of any kind... You decided!!)   You must include at least four different exchanges of conversation with at least two speakers!.  This means you will at least have four paragraphs (Remember, to indent with each new speaker!  Write your race dialogue in your notebook and submit it below!

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Analogies of the Day

Learning Pages and Activities:
What is an analogy?  Click here!
Analogy Practice (5 minutes!) Click here
                  Complete Analogies!                        
         Please put all answer in your notebook!
1. cow : farm ____object / location____
 2. toe : foot _____part / whole______
3. watch : TV _____________________
4. bank : money _____________________
5. you : ewe _____________________
6. happy : unhappy _____________________
7. listen : radio _____________________
8. their : they’re _____________________
9. inning : ballgame _____________________
10. knife : cut _____________________
11. safe : dangerous _____________________
12. carrots : soup _____________________

GLOBAL WONDERS!  
GAME CHANGERS!!

Reading Comprehension 1: The Library!

Make sure to put all your answers in complete sentences in your notebook!
   
    Today, Mike and his mom are going to the library. Mike wants to find a book to read. His mom wants to use a computer there. 

    When they get to the library, Mike finds a book about detectives. He also finds a book with chapters about a friendly ghost. Finally, he finds a book about a man who lives in the woods without food or water. He puts the books on the front desk and waits for his mom. 

    Mike's mom sits at one of the computers in the library. She checks her email and looks at pictures of flowers on the internet. Then she reads a news article on a website. 

   Mike's mom leaves the computer and walks over to Mike, holding up something out for him. Mike looks at her quizzically. It takes him a moment to recognize what she is holding. “I got that movie for us to watch tonight," says Mike's mom. “Are you ready to leave?” 

   "Sure," Mike says, now holding the movie out in front of him. He reads the cover while walking back to the library entrance. He puts his books and the movie on the front desk to check out. A librarian stands behind the counter holding an electronic scanner. "How long can we keep them?" Mike asks her. 

   "Three weeks," says the librarian. 

   "Cool," says Mike. 

   Suddenly, Mike is surprised. His mother is checking out something else that is too big to put on the desk. It’s a picture of the ocean. 

   "What is that for?" Mike asks. 

   "To put on our wall at home," says Mike's mom. 

   "You can do that?" Mike asks. 

   Mike's mom smiles at the librarian. "Yes," she says, "but we have to return it in three months." 

Questions 
1) Based on the books Mike finds to check out, we can tell that he is interested in 
A. science 
B. nature 
C. mystery 
D. adventure 

2) While at the computer, Mike's mom 
I. checks her mail 
II. looks at pictures 
III. reads an article 
 A. I only 
 B. I and II only 
 C. II and III only 
 D. I, II, and III 

3) According to the passage, how long can Mike and his mother use the books and the movie before they must return them to the library? 
 A. one week 
 B. two weeks 
 C. three weeks 
 D. four weeks 

4) Based on its use in paragraph 4, it can understood that quizzically belongs to which of the following word groups? 
 A. abnormally, strangely, weirdly 
 B. casually, carelessly, indifferently 
 C. passionately, keenly, intensely 
 D. inquisitively, questioningly, curiously 

5) As used in paragraph 5, the phrase "check out" most nearly means 
A. to see 
B. to rent 
C. to find 
D. to buy 

6) What does Mike's mom want to do with the picture of the ocean? 
A. She wants to buy it. 
B. She wants to hang it on her wall. 
C. She wants to give it to her friend as a gift. 
D. She wants to donate it to the library. 

7) Using the passage as a guide, it can be understood that you can check out which of the following things from the library? 
 I. pictures      II. furniture     III. computers 
 A. I only 
 B. I and II only 
 C. II and III only 
 D. I, II, and III 

8) Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? 
 A. Mike's Mom 
 B. A Picture of the Ocean 
 C. At the Library 
 D. Books, Computers, Movies, and Pictures 

7) What main genre is the is the passage?
a) fiction
b) nonfiction

Reading Comprehension 2: Galls

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.  Write your answers in your notebook!

   Have you ever noticed strange bumps on stems, leaves, flowers, or tree branches? Well, they are part of the plant and grown by the plant, but they are homes for tiny insects! These bumps are called galls. 

  Insects form galls. The plant does not decide to grow them. Typically, a female insect lays her eggs on a plant. After the baby insects hatch, special chemicals are left on the plant. These special chemicals cause the plant to bubble up and form a gall. Once a gall has grown, the insects have a safe place to live and eat, or do they? 

   Other animals, besides insects, benefit from galls. Galls are also great places for birds and small animals to find a meal. Woodpeckers, squirrels, mice, and bats all use galls as a source for a tasty insect snack. If a gall has a large hole poked into it, a larger creature may have stopped for a bite. 

  Now that you know what a gall is, you will probably begin to notice them everywhere. Look around. You may even decide to break open a gall and take a peek inside. If the gall has a little hole, the owner has probably left. Can you believe it? A little house for an insect made by a plant! 

Questions 
1) Based on information in paragraph 2, it can be understood that an unhatched insect egg laid on a plant would most likely cause 

 A. the plant to die 
 B. no gall to form 
 C. a large gall 
 D. a bird to eat the egg 


2) Which statement from the passage best describes how galls are formed? 
 A. “Once a gall has grown, the insects have a safe place to live and eat, or do they?” 
 B. “These bumps are called galls.” 
 C. “These special chemicals cause the plant to bubble up and form a gall.” 
 D. “Typically, a female insect lays her eggs on a plant.” 

3) At the end of paragraph 2, the author asks the question “or do they?” The author does this to 
 A. explain why insects may not be safe inside their galls 
 B. ask the reader if the insects are safe inside their galls 
 C. admit that he or she does not really know the answer 
 D. encourage us to keep reading to discover the answer 


4) Based on its use in paragraph 3, it can be understood that benefit belongs to which of the following word groups? 
 A. love, adore, like 
 B. hurt, offend, upset 
 C. teach, instruct, direct 
 D. gain, advance, profit 

5) If a gall has a large hole in it, this means that 
 A. a larger creature may have stopped for a bite 
 B. the owner has probably left 
 C. special chemicals are left on the plant 
 D. they are homes for tiny insects 

6) This passage is mostly meant to 
 A. entertain 
 B. inform 
 C. persuade 
 D. describe 

7) The information presented in paragraph 3 most likely resulted from the work of which of the following types of scientist? 
 A. a zoologist, who studies the behavior, structure, and classification of animals. 
 B. an ecologist, who studies the relationships of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. 
 C. an entomologist, who studies the behavior, structure, and classification of insects. 
 D. a chemist, who is engaged in chemical research or experiments. 

Music Video of the Day!

Make the ordinary... Extraordinary!

SUPER HERO PROJECT!
What makes a hero?

SUPER HERO Project!
OBJECTIVES:  Create a fiction super hero based on a real hero in your life!  
Procedure:  
  1.  Identify a real life hero!  Brainstorm the traits that  make them a hero!
  2.  Transformation!  Take the characteristics of the real life hero and combine it with technology and super powers to create a new fictitious hero!
  3. Give that a hero a name!  Create their look!  Create their dress!  Create gadgets they use!  Then, create a comic strip based on that character!  The comic strip must have a setting, theme, plot, and resolution!
  4.  Present your hero!


Resources:  
Super Hero Hand outs  (1)   (2)  (3)   (4)

Sample Presentation  "What Makes a hero?"

Animated Helen Keller Story!