Two More Experiments

Tatum using CO2 to blow up a balloon!

Hannah and floating raisins with CO2!

Volcano

Three phases of matter...solid rock, liquid magma and CO2 gas!

Sullivan

Science Fair

We held our Science Fair on Matter yesterday. Check our our video and pictures!

Math and Muffins!

Don't forget, math and muffins is on this Friday the 20th! We are studying fractions all this month, so come in and check out what we are learning. If you want to donate donuts, muffins, or juice please let me know!

Tracy

Today's Journal: If I were a pencil

If I were a pencil I would write all over the walls. I would write in people's journals. I would draw all over the tests. I'd write notes to people. Then I would pass them in class. I'd draw all over my desk. Then I would get in trouble.

Caleb

Today's Journal: Purple

I love purple it is my favorite color.josy likes it also.pink is ok.i hate some colors.Ponies can see some colors. Blue is not cool. Patchs favorite color is green. He has a green blanket.

Molly

Today's Journal: Ten friendly words

Ten Friendly Words

Ten friendly words are:
1. Terrific 2. outstanding 3. great 4. thanks 5. nice 6. good 7.1# 8. fantastic 9. wow 10. welcome!

tatum

New Theme: Maniac Magee

Instead of continuing with matter all next week we will have a mini theme on a book titled Maniac Magee. It is a wonderful book by Jerry Spinelli about a boy who became a legend in his own time!

Science Fair

We are still studying matter and now we are gearing up for our scienc fair on Tuesday afternoon. Kids should be planning an experiment to demonstrate something they learned about matter. Don't forget, you should be able to answer questions on your experiment. We will set the desks up in a horseshoe shape and kids will take turns demonstrating. I can't wait to see all the experiments!

Today's Journal: Funny Places

I don't know any funny places. How am I supposed to make one up? Oh no! It's the end of the world. Anyways thats one story. Now you might find this story a bit more interesting. The sky is falling!

Rudd

Student Journals

When I get nervous

It makes me nervous when people talk about the Taliban. I am scared of them. Someday they will come here. I know because back in the 70's or 80's, people in Burlington manufactured tanks and other military things. If they are to attack the Eastern seaboard, one of the first strikes will be us. So now you all know what makes me nervous.

Sullivan


Friendship

I have alot of friends. Everyone in this class are my friends. I have three favorite friends are Kayla, Tatum, Hannah they are good friends. Kayla is really funny Tatum is really nice and Hannah is really funny too.

Courtney


Hearts

I think hearts are weird and ugly. They are pink and I hate pink, why can't they be orange? Heart remind me of Valentine's Day. Hearts are in weard shapes not like thehearts we draw. One time Isaw this person with a shirt with a big heart on it. It lit up but it was red not pink. I have a poster with a big heart cake with a cat saying it's all mine.

Kayla

Chemistry

We are continuing our study of matter this week, focusing on liquids. The students are working on science projects for next Tuesday's science fair. That is their only homework this week. We visited some of these websites in the lab today. Check them out!

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/gases.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001539/

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html

http://kids.discovery.com/games/pompeii/pompeii.html


Have Fun!

Student Teacher

Please let me introduce our student teacher, Joanna Oakley. She has been working with us since January! She comes to us through Johnson State College where she is just finishing her senior year. She is very interested in teaching and loves teaching science! She led the kids through a great investigation on erosion last week. The kids made land and then packed snow to form a glacier, then observed what the glacier did to the land forms. It was very dramatic!

Theme: Matter

This week we have been studying the phases of matter and also been learning about atoms. We made atoms of different elements using a periodic table and some candy. We used peanut m and m s for the protons, plain m and m s for the neutrons, and cinnamon hearts for the electrons.

Yesterday we had Words Come Alive and we used our bodies to build atoms. The children really showed a good understanding of the atom when Karen asked about them.

This week they have also made great connections to the ELF lesson on air. The ELF curriculum has been a great supplement to our classroom science curriculum! Thanks to Missy, Michele and Tracy for all they do!

Homework

Sorry I haven't updated the blog in a while. I will try to get back on track!

For homework I would like students to write a report to show what they know about matter. It should be neat and edited, but can be a first draft. We will share these in class.

We will also play spelling baseball with the theme words from last week and this week. The words from the mountain unit and the matter unit will be used. There will be no other spelling test this week.