HELP WITH SOLAR SYSTEM

Having trouble remembering the planets in order and the details??? Here is the video we watch in class to refresh our memories each day!

Solar System with CEREAL???

To help students learn the distance between the planets and introduce the Solar System, we created a solar system out of cereal. Here are the pictures of the students putting together their Solar System and their final products. Students were amazed to see that 1 Cheerio=30 million miles!!!

Wilson couldn't wait to finish so he could enjoy eating his very own Solar System! 

STAR LAB

Recently,our class had the opportunity to go to the star lab. All of the students were amazed at what the planetarium had to offer. Here are a few pictures of the students and their experience visiting space. 

Wings -By: Christopher Myers

"Are you brave enough to be your true self?"
This is the question I ask my students before reading this book. I told them that the character in the story Ikarus Jackson was afraid to be his true self and I wanted them to see how the author challenges us to embrace our differences and celebrate our individuality..
Only then can we truly fly!

 

After reading, we discussed how it is important to always be true to your friends, stand up for what you believe in and NEVER bully someone. I discussed with students on how bullying scars people for life. Togo along with this I had them get a clean sheet of paper out...this is what we discovered.

The sheet of paper was clean, no indentions, tears, scratches, etc.

Next, I told students to crumble the paper up and stomp on it.

When everyone was finished, I instructed the students to now try their very best to get the paper like it was before we crumbled it up.

The students tried VERY hard to get their paper exactly how it was before, disvoering that is was impossible. When the students finally gave up,their paper still had crinkles, tears, and dirty spots. I told them this is exactly how people are when we make fun, belittle, and/or tease them, their scars never truly go away. One thing I wanted my students to take from this lesson is to treat everyone like you would want to be treated and to realize that everyone has feelings and everyone needs to be able to embrace their differences without being criticized for it (like Ikarus Jackson in the book). I had the students keep their piece of paper to always remember this lesson.

PREAMBLE

Remember students the challenge is on to memorize the Preamble by Tuesday, February 18th. Good Luck! Here is a video to help all of you out! :)

#SnowDayOES Challenge

Students don't forget to bring your reading logs for the #SNOWDAYOES challenge….we REALLY want our class to win the special treat from Dr. Patterson. Here is a picture of Harper getting in on the reading!

Here are a few pictures I found of our classmates reading during this snow break.

Autumn reading with Jacie from Mrs. Johnson's class 

Sydney relaxing and reading a good book

Austin being such a good big brother and reading to his little brother 

Kate reading to her brother 

Wilson and his friend building their snowman! 

Wilson's little brother with the HUGE snowman they built! Good luck Wilson in the contest! 

Science Fair Projects

The following students worked really hard on completing these projects for the Science Fair. 

 Bryce Callahan "What liquid decays teeth the most?"

 Brady Clark "What's color got to do with it?" 

 Ellie Tessin "The effects of baking soda?"

 Anna Leigh McCallister "Does temperature affect how long bubbles last?" 

Leilah Smith "How much iron is in your cereal?"