Weekly Blog Post #6

November 22, 2013

Written by: Ari and Hannah

Announcements:

In classroom economy, we have decided to give our "money" to 3 charities.  We came up with a list of 14 charities and the classroom took a vote.  The winning charities are Camp Sunshine, Make a Wish and the USO (military).   Thursdays are banking days and this is when we give our "money" to our charities.  As of today, we have raised over $5,000!!  Camp Sunshine has $1,225, Make a Wish has $1,855 and the USO has $1,985.  This weekend, Mrs. Parkin will send home an e-mail to explain how giving to these 3 charities is going to come to life.

 

On Tuesday, there will be a school-wide community meeting.  Students are invited to bring in a non-perishable food item to donate.  They can bring their item in on Monday or Tuesday.  This is part of our "bucket filling" curriculum.   

Science:

Our lima bean experiment turned out to be a success!  Most of our lima beans sprouted roots.  Take a look!  We learned that you can grow plants without soil.

Lima bean with root.

Some of them were moldy.

We are going to make a salad from our aerogarden in the next couple of weeks!!  Take a look at how beautiful our salad greens are!

Yum!

 

Reading:

The Young Man and the Sea:  Skiff rescued his boat and is now trying to rebuild it with the help of Mr. Woodwell.  He is in his 90's and has lots of experience with boat building.  Skiff's dad used to work for Mr. Woodwell. 

Writing:

We are finishing up the first drafts of our realistic fiction stories.  We are adding sensory details, thoughts and feelings to make time go by fast, instead of writing "and then", "and then", "and then".  We will have a publishing party after Thanksgiving.  Stay tuned for more details.

Math:

We are working on estimating BIG numbers.  We are also working on multiplying using extension facts and we will be practicing the Partial Products algorithm next week.

Spelling:

This week, we took our first spelling test!  We received $10 of Parkinville money for every correct answer.  If we spelled all the words correctly we received $100!

Friendly Reminders:

Next week is a two day week.   Thanksgiving vacation starts on Wednesday, Nov. 27th.

The bloggers would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!  They are grateful for family, friends, food, heat, school and books.