Busy week this week! MS Parent Meeting (Monday), MS Step-Up Day (Wednesday), Bridge Challenges, Poetry, Playground Plans, Mandala Maths etcetc

AND

What an addictive game! I used to think electrocity was amazing (it still is of course!) and think this is even BETTER – especially to try out bridge designs for this Unit of Inquiry…!

Cargo Bridge (from Armor Games) was recommended to me by Jack (thank you for sharing!) and I have to admit – I’ve been playing it ALL NIGHT!!!!

Here are some of my designs (that worked!) – what shapes and patterns do you see?

At the start of the year, we set a goal of 1500 visitors to our blog (500 hits more than last year’s G5 class). Now, with only 3 weeks to go… guess how many visits we have had (don’t cheat!)…?!

 SOOOO – we have had posts from all around the world, from 6 of the 7 continents (which one is missing…?!)

We have had 33 different countries visit our G5dragons site… Which one do you think is the coolest/most different?

We have had over 350 comments on 56 different posts (before this one!). How many comments per post on average…?

What would you suggest to the Grade 4′s coming up to G5 next year? What should be done differently/better?

Comment below with your answers, thoughts and suggestions…

Some of you are really getting into writing poetry – here are a few resources to help you! For more, check out the Delicious links on the right sidebar…

1. Here and here are two resources to help find rhyming words – thanks to Ms. Cynthia for sharing
2. Poetry Express has 15 poem ideas HERE that you can start writing yourself NOW!
3. Giggle Poetry is a great place to find ideas for – guess what – poetry to make you giggle!
4. 30 Days of Poetry & Poetry 180 have some great poetry samples and templates to start you off – they are directed more to Middle & High Schoolers BUT are great nevertheless!

Have YOU got any useful sites to share…?

In school you have been busy practicing your flutes, trumpets & clarinets with the Music department (hopefully we can embed some of your music soon – ask Mr Smart & Mr Howe if it is possible!). If you want to compose or make your own Music, here are a couple of sites for you…:

1. Piano Etudes: seems pretty complicated BUT you can produce some great professional sounding Music!
2. Jango: I’ve already shared this one with you – AMAZING site where you can make your own radio station AND share with others! Here is a radio station that I quickly put together inspired by Coldplay and others…!
3. mp3 cutter: a great way to cut clips from songs especially if you have presentations to do for school projects…!!
4. drumbot: useful if you are a drummer or guitarist or if you want background drums while playing another instrument!
5. television tunes: find and download almost any TV theme tune…
6. Jamstudio: a great way to compose your own music online!
7. Make Music: a more kid-friendly site by TVOkids

Try them out and share them with the class by sending your creations to gwagrade5@gmail.com…! ALSO – share any other cool Music related sites by commenting below!

I know a lot of you enjoyed designing the solar ovens last week – here is a great site where you can actually design a mobile phone/cellphone for a specific purpose – very cool!

Go to edheads.org for more fun activities!

A few weeks ago we set the challenge of who can get the best score on Electrocity - a great resource for learning about sources of energy and it’s advantages & disadvantages.

Up to now, as far as I can see, this is the top ten from the G5dragons so far:

I wonder who will be the first over 90 points…? Make sure you use the teacher code (TP19450) and name the school (GEMS World Academy)

Spring Break (Easter) AT LAST!

Have a great holiday!

Please keep us updated wherever you are – let us know by commenting on this post… EVEN if  you are not part of the G5 Dragons, we still want to know WHERE in the world you are posting from…

G5 Dragons: Can we get 100 comments from different users on this post before we go back to school?

There’s your challenge – spread the word…!

An AMAZING resource right here – and SOOOOOOO addictive! I think so anyway…

So that we can keep track of YOUR scores I have registered for a teachers code… Once YOU finish a game (in or out of school over the next few weeks) you will be asked to enter this code: 

Your Teacher’s Code is: TP19450

Good luck and enjoy playing http://www.electrocity.co.nz/ :)

Let us know what you think of the game! And what you learn…! And any tips for other users…!

G5 Dragons have been struggling with this challenge – can you figure it out…? All you need to do is find what total (from the numbers on the left: 1,3,6,7,9,10) can be made that matches the clues on the right…

Who can solve this?