Weekly Reflection: November 30

Reporters: Charles and Grace      Photographer: Lucy

This is Mrs. Cioni with a static balloon. Opposite charges attract. 

She is stuck to a static balloon- opposites attract.        

 His balloon is stuck to his head- Opposites attract.

 Negatively charged balloons repel each other.

Spelling by Charles
This week we are doing a new spelling program. We did a speed sort and put our spelling words in the right column. We tried to beat our time each day.We also did a blind sort. This is when a partner says a word from our spelling bag and we try to spell it and sort it.

Poetry by Grace
This week we started our new poetry unit. We learn different kinds of poetry every day.  So far we learned about acrostic poems, alphabet alliteration poems, cinquains, and color poems.
Here is a student sample:

Black by Charles 

Black is dark as in a empty closet.

Black is lonely.

Black has evil and anger.

Black is the color of my hair.

Black smells like Oreos.

Black tastes like dark chocolate.

Black sounds like a black cat meowing.

Black looks like hungry crows that are waiting for its meal.

Black feels like freezing in the freezer.

Black makes me gloomy.

Black is not my favorite color.

Weekly Reflection: November 16

Reporters: Erin and Patrick     Photographer: Zach

 In class we wrote about something that reminds each of us of Thanksgiving.

We colored the paper with colored pencils and crayons.

When we are done we are showing them to our parents.

If I Ran the School by Erin
This week we took a survey. We went on a site and took a survey. We would fill in ten boxes on what our hobbies are and soon we will be partnered up with some one to help us learn about our interests.

Thanksgiving by Patrick
This Week we wrote about things that remind us of Thanksgiving. We also had to write why they reminded us of Thanksgiving.

Weekly Reflection: November 9

Reporters: Zach and Conor   Photographer: Ben

 Whatzit?

 When you do a quick jab, the Whatzit? acts like a solid.

When you do a slow poke, the Whatzit? acts like a liquid.

Whatzit? by Zach and Conor
 This week in science we made Whatzit. You might ask what is Whatzit? You mix cornstarch and water. We experimented to see if it is a liquid or a solid. We thought it was a liquid at first but, it was both. When we felt it we only felt the top, it felt like a liquid, but when we jabbed hard it felt like a brick.

Explode by Conor and Zach
Have you ever mixed vinegar with baking soda? Well this week in science we did, IT WAS AWESOME! When you mix baking soda with vinegar, BAM, IT EXPLODES! We observed what it would do in a bag. The bag puffed up with carbon dioxide and, IT WAS AWESOME! This was a example of a chemical reaction. I wish we could do that again.

Weekly Reflection: November 2

Reporters: Ben and Nathan    Photographer: Maura

Happy Halloween!

This is a picture from the Halloween parade. 

This is a picture of cups that have different materials in. We are seeing which one evaporates the fastest.

Halloween Party by Ben
At our Halloween party we played a game called Taboo. One person picked a card out of a paper bag. That person could only say one word. That person's team had to guess what it was. We also played a game called Bingo. At first we played 3 in a row. The mom showed two pictures and someone said Bingo already!! Then we played full board Bingo.  Thank you, room moms, for organizing this.

Evaporation Experiment by Nathan
We did an evaporation experiment yesterday.  We were supposed to find out if more evaporation happened in different sized opening containers.  We figured out that the larger opening container had the most evaporation.