Paper Towel Experiment!

Science

In class we are doing some weird science experiments. One project is about where to find most particals: inside or outside. Our research shows that so far outside definitely has more particles floating aound. Another project is about which liquid will make the chick pea grow faster. The liquids are tap water, orange juice, club soda,milk,vinegar, and green tea. My opinion would be that the Green Tea will win the battle.


The authors of this post are: Garrett D. Wood , Jared M. Ortiz , and Jonathan T. Golden

A Pre-View of Next Week's Vocab and Spelling

Vocabulary for NEXT Week:

interpreter
overwhelm
hysterically
equivalent
appetizing
occasionally
irrigation

Spelling for NEXT Week: (words with abbreviations)

Mt. Mount
Dr. Doctor
Jan. January
Rte. Route
Rd. Road
St. Street
Fri. Friday
lb. pound
Ave. Avenue
Dec. December
tsp. teaspoon
Sat. Saturday
Wed. Wednesday
Gov. Governor
Pres. President
Hwy. Highway
Sept. September
Pkwy. Parkway
Sun. Sunday
Mon. Monday

Welcome Back!!

I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas/Winter Break. Now, it's time to roll up our sleeves and finish up the next half of the year with a bang!

This week: We are reading a novel entitled "Shiloh." Ask your child what this book is about. We have paired up with Mrs. Spurr's Kindergarten class for reading buddies as well...how exciting.

In math, we are multiplying 3 and 4 digit number!! Study your multiplication facts every night.

In writing, we are writing narrative stories--the focus this week is to use specific details and lots of dialogue.

We have also been conducting science experiments to answer the following question, "Which liquid is best for germinating seeds?"

Reading Buddies on Monday!!

Starting next week, our class will be doing "reading buddies" with Mrs. Spurr`s Kindergarteners. Our class will partner up with the "little ones" and read stories to them. It is a ton of fun and gives the 4th graders an opportunity to be positive role models.

New Things Happening!!!

Holiday Performances
Our class has just seen a fifth grade performance. They were very outstanding and was in the Christmas spirit! (:

Book Fair
The book fair has came into town! The class is excited and mainly all of the students bought new books and they are very happy about them! Yay!!

Christmas Break! (:
It's almost Christmas break! Get those coats out of the closet and on you! December 17th
starts Christmas break.Christmas break ends on January 4th. :(

This was all by: Annamarie O'Brien, Mackenzie St.John, and Alexander Muntianov :)