Liam's Book Talk

Spelling Bee

 We were so proud of our class during the spelling bee on Friday.  Each contestant did his or her best and had good sportsmanship. Congratulations to Scottie for winning our class bee and to Emma for being our runner-up. Scottie will head to the school wide bee on Tuesday morning. Good luck! We'll be cheering for you!

Old Salem Trip

We had a great experience in Old Salem. I hope your student has shared with you the highlights of this trip. We are making postcards in class to reflect on our day.

*If any parents who went on the field trip with us took photographs, please share and I'll post on our class blog along with these shots I took. Thanks!

Growing Crystals

Ask your student to tell you about this process! Next week we will examine these crystals with magnifying glasses to examine their structure.

Rock Cycle Experiment

These whole crayons represent igneous rocks.

These crayon shavings represent sediment created after igneous rock is weathered or eroded.

This is sedimentary rock formed by sediment being compressed together at the bottoms of lakes, creeks, or oceans. 

This is metamorphic rock created from sedimentary rock being under extreme pressure or temperature changes under the crust of the Earth. This change takes thousands and thousands of years. 

Extreme heat melts the metamorphic rock back into lava or magma.

When the magma / lava cools, igneous rock is created again.

Morrighan's Book Talk

I did my book talk on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It is about four kids named Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. It all started when Lucy and Edmund were playing hide and seek, and Lucy found a wardrobe. She opened it, went inside and found herself in Narnia, and met the Faun. There is a Snow Queen who doesn't want to have humans in Narnia. You'll have to read the book to find out more!

Annie's Book Talk

I read The Bad Luck Chain by Sue Wilkowski. I think it is called that because there is a B.L. in all capital letters on the back of the seat. It has two eyes, and there is a star on the seat that looks like a ghost. The three main characters are Addison, Abby, and Sam.