Simile City

We learned that similes can help to improve our writing by making our stories come alive to our readers.  We learned that similes compare two things using the words like or as.

Where'd The Water Go?

This week we conducted a science experiment.  I had to cups, one labeled A and one labeled B.  I showed the students that both cups were empty and I then poured water into both cups.  I asked for an assistant to come up front and I then poured one of the cups of water over her head.  BUT...no water came out of cup A.  Where did the water go???  

I posed a question to the students and they then formed their hypothesis as to what they thought happened to the water.  The most common hypothesis I received was that there was a paper towel in the bottom of the cup.

 Once we discussed a few of the students hypotheses I then passed the cup around.  They saw that inside was a diaper that has a substance that soaks up liquid.  The substance inside turns into gel-like crystals when it gets wet.  They were so intrigued by this!

Student of the Week

101 - 200 Bingo

During our in-class math club time this week, students paired up to play 101 - 200 Bingo.  

Directions:  Each student begins with a 1 that stays in the hundreds place.

Students draw 2 digit cards and one tens card.

Students arrange their 2 digit cards in the ones and tens place along with their one to form a 3-digit number.

Students then add or subtract the value of their tens card.

Students shade that value on the 101-200 bingo.

The goal is to get 5 in a row.

War Eagle

Mrs. Farris made these precious cupcakes for our Faculty Tailgate Pig-Out on Friday.

Happy Birthday, Lauren!

JLT

 Friday was a HUGE day at our school.  We elected our JLT members and found out who made Science Club, Center Stage, and Grease-A School Version.  For JLT we had 6 candidates from our classroom and they each did a great job.

Our winners that will be representing our class this year are SMITH and LAUREN.  Congratulations!