Weekly Reflection: December 19

Reporter: Caden       Photographer: Brooke

 For our science experiment we had to figure out how to light a lightbulb with a battery and a wire!!!

The 5th grade show was a success!!!

   This week we got to see the 5th grade show. It was about celebrating holidays all around the world like Hanukkah and Christmas. For science we learned about Thomas Edison and how he created the lightbulb. We did an experiment about trying to make a bulb light up with a wire and a battery. It was very fun and very challenging. During Art class we watched the movie The Grinch  and drew a picture of the Grinch. It was very fun. Our V.I.P. this week was Caden and his book recommendation was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. On Thursday we met our Reading buddies and we exchanged gifts. We also got a chance to read the book The Gift of Nothing.

Weekly Reflection: December 12

Reporters: Max and Grace

This week we were doing science about electricity. During this unit we were finding the hazards inside/outside your house. The next day we were doing electricity with balloons (static electricity). We would rub the balloon against a wool cloth and put it on something and see if it would stick. Later we would rub an object such as a comb against an other object such as fur. Then you would see if there would be any effect if you put it next to a styrofoam peanut. Later we would rub fur against a ruler then put it next a tinfoil airplane and see if there was any affect.

During the week we did the Hour of Code. We did it during LMC. We would go on the CODE website and there would be tutorials of how to code and how to use coding blocks. Here is how you could get on it:  http://pwiscoding.weebly.com/4.html

Weekly Reflection: December 5

Reporters: Grant and Alli     Photographer: Jake

Our class working on their research for psi.

This week we started PSI! In PSI, we research a topic we want to learn about. We partnered up with Ms. Miller's class and made our questions. If we wanted, we partnered up with other students. We split into two rooms. We made an audience page, a documentation page/ notes page, a reflection page, and a resources page. We like PSI a lot because we can do it all on our own! We all have different topics. We could choose any topic we want. We can interview people that could help us. It is a really awesome time when we get to do PSI.

This week we also started a new science unit. We started the electricity unit. We learned how to be safe in our house like not to put forks in toasters while it's plugged in. We also did a KWL. We think it will be really awesome.