Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Sixth graders enjoy hands-on experiences in writing and science

In writer’s workshop I gave each student another person’s directions from yesterday, along with the shapes.  Each student then tried to make the same shape by following the written directions.  When checked, if they were right that author of that one was done.  If not quite the same, then the author took his/her note card and tried to make directions more clear.

In spelling we did a practice page over definitions and finding the correctly spelled words.

In science we did and “egg”speriment today.  We wanted to find out if freshwater or saltwater was more buoyant.  After we did that observation, we then wanted to find out if the amount of salt added to water made a difference.  Ask your child about this activity.  It was enjoyed by all!

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