Great Job Chorus!

What a great Veteran's Day Celebration put on by the 5th grade chorus and Mrs. Laymon!
Room 138 was represented well with all of our soloists! Great job, I can't wait for you to show the school on Monday!

Will the Sun Ever Shine Again? We Have Cooking To Do!

On Tuesday we designed solar ovens from all those Pringles cans we have been collecting. (Thanks to all who sent one in) Students were shown a sample oven and we discussed how the cans could trap the radiant heat from the Sun. They were all offered the same supplies and challenged to build what they thought would be the best solar cooker. Now, if the weather would only cooperate. We think Friday will be the day to make S'mores. Yum! I wonder whose oven will get the hottest and whose marshmellows will be the ooey gooeyest (not sure that is proper English). Look for results soon. We will try to see which variable produced the highest temperature. Don't be surprised if your child asks about using their oven to cook a hotdog at home!

The Geoboards recently were added to our blue table. Students love to create different geometric pattterns. Once again, learning is fun and engaging and the kids are always asking if they can use them.

Even when the rain keeps us indoors for recess we are learning. Chess takes analytical thinking--you need to stay two steps ahead of your opponent to win.

Where have you been friends?

Yes, it is that time of the year! The holidays are just around the corner! The students worked on our bulletin board today, and they did a FANTASTIC job! Stop by the main hallway and check it out!

We have been playing with our Fraction Tracks! These games are really helping us learn all about fractions, decimals, and percents. We know our parents wanted to convert the denominators (and we will show the students that trick!) but they will amaze you with their skills without converting denominators!

Mrs. Kornblum welcomes us outside on this beautiful day! We are so glad she is back!

The Navy Band came out and played for us! They sounded GREAT, it was such an honor to have them come and share in our school spirit!

The patrols practice for our morning Flag Salute! We are hearing that the retrofit will be completed soon and there will be some GREAT technology in our room! We should be able to video stream, podcast, and UPDATE the BLOG! We are really going to play with that podcasting, so maybe you can watch us live on the internet doing our lessons!