Reading
This week in reading we thought about what we read and wrote a reading response. We have also been keeping track of a theme in our choice books. We have been working towards our 40 book challenge also. We have also started a new read aloud called Midnight Rider. We have two kids (Mina and Arunima)representing Bonny Slope in the OBOB state championships.
Pyp
This week in pyp we switched classrooms and did fun experiments. In our room, we took powders and tested them in ph, water, iodine, and vinegar. We took notes and observations on what it looked like, smells like and feels like. In ms. Crannel’s room we put gravel, salt and diatomaceous earth into water and tried to separate them. It didn’t work out so well. :) In Mr.Vaughn’s room we put salt into water (again) but kept doing it until the salt wouldn’t dissolve any more. In mr.Traller’s room we put different powders (Baking soda and calcium chloride, Calcium chloride and citric acid, and baking soda and citric acid). We took notes on how they bubbled and we say if we think that it shows a form of gas. In Ms. Chandler's room we tested a mystery powder (from mars ;)). We used all the knowledge we gained from the other classrooms to find it out. It was a fun week in pyp. :)
Writing
In writing we have been working on our informative pieces about the American Revolution. Within our pieces we worked on including fancy, formal and historical words and terms. After we finished those we had fun writing about our masks. We also got to free write.
Math
In math we have been working on strategies. We got into little groups and made poster of a strategy that Mr. Basham gave us. We had to list the pros and cons of our strategies, when it's a good time to use the strategies, and when not to use the strategies. We also had a math test.
Events
We have had a lot of fun events recently. First we had read across america day. We got to wear pajamas and read almost all day. Then was dress up as your favorite book character day. We got to wear costumes on our favorite character from our favorite book. Ms Bishop did her annual reading of Green Eggs And Ham as fast as possible and beat her record. Later we had a guest author. He is a cartoonist and showed us the process of making a comic book. Then he started to make Mrs Maza a underwater alien. We also had crazy mismatched socks day. Lots of people were wearing crazy socks.
This week in reading we thought about what we read and wrote a reading response. We have also been keeping track of a theme in our choice books. We have been working towards our 40 book challenge also. We have also started a new read aloud called Midnight Rider. We have two kids (Mina and Arunima)representing Bonny Slope in the OBOB state championships.
Pyp
This week in pyp we switched classrooms and did fun experiments. In our room, we took powders and tested them in ph, water, iodine, and vinegar. We took notes and observations on what it looked like, smells like and feels like. In ms. Crannel’s room we put gravel, salt and diatomaceous earth into water and tried to separate them. It didn’t work out so well. :) In Mr.Vaughn’s room we put salt into water (again) but kept doing it until the salt wouldn’t dissolve any more. In mr.Traller’s room we put different powders (Baking soda and calcium chloride, Calcium chloride and citric acid, and baking soda and citric acid). We took notes on how they bubbled and we say if we think that it shows a form of gas. In Ms. Chandler's room we tested a mystery powder (from mars ;)). We used all the knowledge we gained from the other classrooms to find it out. It was a fun week in pyp. :)
Writing
In writing we have been working on our informative pieces about the American Revolution. Within our pieces we worked on including fancy, formal and historical words and terms. After we finished those we had fun writing about our masks. We also got to free write.
Math
In math we have been working on strategies. We got into little groups and made poster of a strategy that Mr. Basham gave us. We had to list the pros and cons of our strategies, when it's a good time to use the strategies, and when not to use the strategies. We also had a math test.
Events
We have had a lot of fun events recently. First we had read across america day. We got to wear pajamas and read almost all day. Then was dress up as your favorite book character day. We got to wear costumes on our favorite character from our favorite book. Ms Bishop did her annual reading of Green Eggs And Ham as fast as possible and beat her record. Later we had a guest author. He is a cartoonist and showed us the process of making a comic book. Then he started to make Mrs Maza a underwater alien. We also had crazy mismatched socks day. Lots of people were wearing crazy socks.