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Saturday, May 02, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS 6A AND 6B ON HELPING MAKE THE GRADE FIVE ORIENTATION A HUGE SUCCESS!!!! I THOUGHT YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL! ALSO, THE GRADE 5 TEACHERS WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND SAID THAT THIS YEAR'S ORIENTATION WAS THE BEST ONE TO DATE! NICE WORK.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE WAX MUSEUM ON MONDAY AND TO BRING YOUR QUARTERS!!!

HOMEWORK:
  • Math: metric conversion quiz Monday
  • Science: make sure you are studying for the FLIGHT UNIT EXAM on Tuesday! Also, we are dropping parachutes on Monday so be prepared for that too!

REMINDERS:

  • WAX MUSEUM Monday period 4...bring money!
  • track practices after school next week everyday
  • mini grade six track meet Friday at school for hurdles. triple jump and discuss
  • Math and LA part A PATs comming soon (May 13th and 14th)
  • Saturday May 9th...Mother's Day tea at Lakie...have you bought tickets for you and your mom yet?

BLOG ANSWER:

  • 2m = .002 km
  • 17dm = 1.7 m
  • 3.8cm= .000038 km
  • 0.05hm= 5000. mm
  • 142cm = 1.42 m

BLOG QUESTION:

  • What are the three main controls in a helicopter and what do they cause the helicopter to do?

10 comments:

Emi:) said...

Hi Mrs.V!

I know the controls I just don't know what all of them do.

Joystick:Moves the helicopter in any direction.

Pitch Lever: Can't remember

Foot Pedals: Can't remember

Sorry!

-Emily:(

P.S. I think the Noggin Hoggin challenge starts 2 morrow.

KAL! said...

foot peadles: left and right

joy stick: front, back, side to side

the collective pitch control lever: up and down

CYA MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

alexa said...

the lever makes it go up and down
the foot pedals make it turn so if you push the left on it will turn left and same for right
joy stick make sit move in all diretions

kieran said...

foot peddles- left to right

collective control lever- up and down

joystick- side to side, forward to back and diagonal

LIAM.M said...

Joystick:Hovers left,right,forward,backward and diagnoly
Collecive pich lever:Moves the helicoppter up and down
Foot pedels:Turns left and right


LIAM.M DID THIS:-):-):-):-):-):-):-:-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):+)

tracey:) said...

joystick = moves helicopter in different directions
foot levers = turns helicopter left and right
collective pitch control lever = moves helicopter up and down

Justin said...

Joystick-Hover forward, left, backward and right

Pitch control lever-Up/down

Pedals-Turn right

Taylor M said...

hey write todays please
joystick: hover in all directions
foat peadles: turn left or right
lever: go up and down.

alexa said...

Mrs.V I went on exam bank and I got 100% on the science one.

Shelbi said...

Hey Mrs.V
The three controls are:
Joystick: makes the helicopter hover forward, backward, left and right.
Lever: makes the helicopter go up and down.
Foot Pedals: make the helicopter turn (bank) left and right.

See you tomorrow

Shelbi