The students received their Kindness t-shirts this afternoon. They are awesome! The compass rose points to the letters in the word KINDNESS and then the Clipper ship has GO BE KIND on the back. The generous PTO paid for our shirts. Please help your child keep track of their whereabouts. We wear them for special events and field trips all year.
Thank you for sending in the beautiful photos for our figuratively speaking project.
Congratulations to Blake Doxsee and Declan Hickey... our November Students of the Month!
In reading we are just about to finish Flush by Carl Hiaasen. We have all enjoyed the supporting characters: Shelly, Lice, Bull and Jasper Jr. The dynamic brother and sister team, Noah and Abbey taught us a lot. We had a surprise appearance from Grandpa Bobby. We laughed and enjoyed the story that is filled with figurative language.
Mrs. Stuhr read to us Thank You, Sarah, the true story of how Sarah Hale saved Thanksgiving. We learned some pretty cool facts. Be sure to ask your child about this.
We are printing out our personal narratives. We have wonderful stories filled with details that we have worked hard on. The students will get them back after vacation.
We were able to visit with our 8th grade buddies this past Friday and partake in a fun, science project. Ask how many pennies your child was able to float!
In math this week we investigated the area of rectangles with fractional sides and began to think about how many tiles with fractional side lengths to cover a unit square. For example, if a square had a side length of 1/2 unit it would take 4 of them to cover a unit square. Students want to say it would take 2 tiles to cover the square unit, but two tiles would only cover half of the unit square. This kind of visualization is new for students. We will begin volume next week!
In science we held a symposium to share the results from our investigations into which variables affect the strength of our electro-magnet. Based on those results, students have redesigned the electro-magnet. We also learned why we eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
In math this week we investigated the area of rectangles with fractional sides and began to think about how many tiles with fractional side lengths to cover a unit square. For example, if a square had a side length of 1/2 unit it would take 4 of them to cover a unit square. Students want to say it would take 2 tiles to cover the square unit, but two tiles would only cover half of the unit square. This kind of visualization is new for students. We will begin volume next week!
In science we held a symposium to share the results from our investigations into which variables affect the strength of our electro-magnet. Based on those results, students have redesigned the electro-magnet. We also learned why we eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
Conversation starters:
Sarah Hale
penny project
Flush
Project Sphinx
Area and perimeter challenge
No such thing as a birthday chicken!
Project Sphinx
Area and perimeter challenge
No such thing as a birthday chicken!
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| Blake Doxsee -Teton Student of the Month |
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| winter idioms |
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| winter idioms |
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| Buddies Penny Boat Challenge |
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