Friday, November 15

SharingThanksgiving poems with our senior friends at Bay Square

Happy Friday,

What a fun and busy week! Thursday's author's visit was so much fun.  Jennifer Nielsen gave us a lot of answers to our questions and even told us she is considering writing a sequel. Students created their own book covers for A Night Divided with scenes that they each felt strongly about. They are just wonderful.  We also wrote reflections on the characters. 

This afternoon we delivered our Thanksgiving poems to our senior friends.  Everything about the afternoon was beautiful. Our poems are filled with figurative language. 

author Jennifer Nielsen

Cover creations

favorite character reflections

In math this week we finished up unit 2 and began an investigation from Spaghetti and Meatballs For All involving perimeter and area.  This will lead us into an exploration of volume.

In science we have been developing experiments to test different variables in our electro-magnet.  We are trying to develop the strongest magnet possible with our materials.  Some students are testing the material of the bolt, others are testing length of bolt, number of coils, number of batteries, or length of wire.  Next week we will have a symposium to share results and then attempt to build a stronger magnet based on our results.