Happy Halloween Week!
This week we will be having our Halloween party on Thursday from 12:45- 1:50. Thank you SO much to the parents who have been working hard to plan our party! Just a reminder that if your child wears their costume to school, they may not have face paint or masks on.
This week in reading we are reading A Day's Work and focusing on character traits (especially visualizing the character to determine their important traits) and singular and plural nouns. Our new spelling words are:
handle
trouble
simple
people
middle
table
little
gentle
poodle
pickle
noodle
saddle
juggle
uncle
riddle
example
throttle
obstacle
miracle
muscle
Practice that -le ending!
Reminders:
No school on Friday!
If you haven't scheduled your parent/ teacher conference, please make sure you do that this week!
Pizza Hut reading calendars are due at the end of the month, and everyone should be working toward 25 AR points by the end of this week!
Thank you!
Monday, October 28, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
October 22-25
I hope you all had a wonderful Fall Break!
This week we have our once a month swim on Thursday, October 24.
We will also be taking our Chapter 2 math test on Monday, October 28. Please have your child study by completing the More Practice section at home over the weekend (pages 120-123). They do not need to turn these in to me. If they can successfully complete these pages, they should have no problem on the test!
Our new spelling words are:
finish
pilot
even
wagon
music
silent
rapid
female
lemon
pupil
focus
robot
tulip
camel
salad
resident
spinach
climate
tradition
innocent
This week we have our once a month swim on Thursday, October 24.
We will also be taking our Chapter 2 math test on Monday, October 28. Please have your child study by completing the More Practice section at home over the weekend (pages 120-123). They do not need to turn these in to me. If they can successfully complete these pages, they should have no problem on the test!
Our new spelling words are:
finish
pilot
even
wagon
music
silent
rapid
female
lemon
pupil
focus
robot
tulip
camel
salad
resident
spinach
climate
tradition
innocent
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Saturn- Friday Science
This week it was time for the gaseous planets! My group studied Saturn.
Our challenge was that we were engineers, who had design a spaceship that could take us to Saturn either as tourists or as scientists. First they learned some basic facts about Saturn so that they would know what we needed to consider as we created our ships. Then they sketched their designs in groups so they would have a map of what needed to be built. This was the time to make sure they had considered all the problems- How would they keep their astronauts from freezing since Saturn is almost -300 degrees? How and where would they land? How would they gather things to take home and study? How would they propel their spaceship all the way to Saturn?
Then it was time to build! They came up with some pretty creative solutions using the different materials provided, and did a great job presenting them to their classmates. I was very impressed! Here are a couple examples:
Our challenge was that we were engineers, who had design a spaceship that could take us to Saturn either as tourists or as scientists. First they learned some basic facts about Saturn so that they would know what we needed to consider as we created our ships. Then they sketched their designs in groups so they would have a map of what needed to be built. This was the time to make sure they had considered all the problems- How would they keep their astronauts from freezing since Saturn is almost -300 degrees? How and where would they land? How would they gather things to take home and study? How would they propel their spaceship all the way to Saturn?
Then it was time to build! They came up with some pretty creative solutions using the different materials provided, and did a great job presenting them to their classmates. I was very impressed! Here are a couple examples:
Mercury- Friday Science
Today during our science Friday time we studied the solid rocky planets closest to the sun. In my group we learned about Mercury!
First we learned a little background knowledge about Mercury to help us with our cool projects. Then we used that information to create an acrostic poem. I was very impressed with their creativity and word choice! Here is a sample:
Then we created some bubble art! Since Mercury is covered in craters, we created this effect using bubble painting. We mixed dish soap and paint, blew into the paint using straws to create bubbles, then dipped our papers in the paint. This is a really fun and easy art project, but if you try it at home know that it can get a little messy, and make sure your child has goggles or glasses on to catch any splatters! They ended up looking like this:
I love the way they turned out!
First we learned a little background knowledge about Mercury to help us with our cool projects. Then we used that information to create an acrostic poem. I was very impressed with their creativity and word choice! Here is a sample:
Then we created some bubble art! Since Mercury is covered in craters, we created this effect using bubble painting. We mixed dish soap and paint, blew into the paint using straws to create bubbles, then dipped our papers in the paint. This is a really fun and easy art project, but if you try it at home know that it can get a little messy, and make sure your child has goggles or glasses on to catch any splatters! They ended up looking like this:
I love the way they turned out!
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