If it keeps up.....

it will be the Thanksgiving holidays before you know it. These first few weeks of school has zoomed by. Let me start by saying that we have a really great class. The kids are all meshing so well, they are helpful to one another, have made friends, and work together in groups without all the drama that sometimes follows 5th graders! NOT HERE though! We are all working toward getting to know each other and using are names... There are 40 of us in Room 148, so it has taken awhile to get to know everybody!
We have spent some time in Science learning about density. This is one of my favorite experiments that we do. We think it is perfect because it allows the kids to work with different Science tools and record what they are doing. Plus the drawing and labeling is easy to do for this assignment!

Sabian is very intent on making sure that is "an exact measurement"! Good work Sabian.

This is what each group created!

Wow! Is that what you predicted?

One thing about Room 138.... WE HAVE NO SLACKERS!!! Everybody works!

Noor's group is starting to combine their liquids! They have finished the weighing! Pass the scales.

we have learned to use our scales to take exact measurements... which is what we know all great scientists do!

we are trying to determine how layers form in liquid substances.

we always wear safety goggles! ALWAYS.....

everyone gets a turn!

we first made a prediction as to how we thought the layers would end up... after the experiment we actually drew the correct picture and wrote about what happened and WHY it happened based on our scientific data....

We all did a great job writing the steps down, so we could write about the process using our notes!

We practiced drawing and labeling our results!

what is going on here???? How did Mrs. Yadon make that lime rise?

Quick... Mahnoor the Scientist to the rescue!

Mahnoor was our first lab coat assistant! She helped to determine the weight of water and salt water that made a difference with the lime!

These are the great flowers Mrs. Rowan won from Channel 4 from their Kudos from Kuhn segment. A parent (of a previous student) from Parkwood Heights nominated her! Mrs. Rowan was blown away by the size of the arrangement! Mr. Rowan had to come and pick them up!

It was great to see all of you at Open House! Remember to return those Marine Science field trip forms. This will be a great trip for us, and best of all it is FREE!!!!

We will not have spelling and vocabulary words this week. We will work on DRA's and read about natural disasters from our Newspaper in Education.