Sixth graders work on book they are writing for next week's presentation, add to science notebooks

In spelling today your child got to choose his/her assignments from three given ones.  He/She chose two of the three.

We are still working on our book for next week's Rise 'n Shine presentation.

In science we added answers to questions in our notebook.  We also did some more activities dealing with displacement.

Classes measure volume of irregular shapes in science

It was great to be back today; although the pain has not gone away, it has ebbed a bit with the help of some medicine.

In writer’s workshop we worked on our book that we will read to the school at Rise ‘n Shine next Monday.

In science we went over what they read yesterday.  We also figured out to measure the volume of irregular shapes.  We discovered by using displacement, we are able to measure the volume of such shapes.  This is the bathtub way.  When you get in the tub, the water rises, right?  We measured the amount of liquid in a graduated cylinder.  We then placed an object in the water, and read the water level with the new object. Since 1 ml of liquid is equal to 1 cm cubed of solid, we were able to figure out the volume.  For example, we started with 130 ml of water in our graduated cylinder.  We added a tornado tube and then it showed 145 ml.  We subtracted and found that the volume of the tornado tube was 15 cm cubed.

Have a great evening!

Teacher misses school today

I have been out sick today with some kind of muscle strain in my neck and shoulders.  I went to a walk-in clinic yesterday and was given medicine, but that didn't make a dent in the pain, so I saw my doctor today and got stronger meds.  He said it's just one of those back-and-neck issues that can happen and we're not really aware of the cause.  At any rate, I'm still battling the pain but I hope to be back at school tomorrow. Tell my students I miss them and am hoping for a speedy recovery.

Students work in computer lab, finish rough draft in writer's workshop

Today was our lovely day in the computer lab so we were in there for science.

In writer’s workshop we finished the rough draft of our book for Rise ‘n Shine.  It turned out nicely.  Each child will be getting a copy to illustrate for themselves when we are done with it.

We took our spelling test today, as well.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Writers work on book to use in Rise 'n Shine

In writer’s workshop today we worked more on our book for Rise ‘n Shine.  Each student was given a word that we will use in the book and asked to look it up and write five ways it could relate to Broadmoore.  For example, “Courageous means telling an adult if a bully is picking on someone.”

In science we had to identify the parts of an experiment and find the independent and dependent variables in given examples.  We also found one more way to show energy using our energy bags.  Then we added the drawing, including labels and directions, to our science notebook.

Spelling test tomorrow!

Class works on spelling activities

Today in spelling we did some practice activities by using them correctly, finding correctly spelled words and misspelled words.  We also had to write a sentence using 2 given words from list or 2 sentences using one of each of the 2 words.

In Writer’s Workshop we continued discussion about book we are writing for Rise ‘n Shine.

In science, I allowed a few minutes for the few who didn’t finish their tests yesterday.  If anyone didn’t finish in today’s allotted time, he/she will have to come in at recess to do this.  We then took an experiment and wrote a hypothesis, identified the independent and dependent variables, and wrote a conclusion.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Writers respond in peer conferences

In Writer’s Workshop we worked on a piece already started.  We wrote for several minutes then traded papers with our peers.  We then filled out a peer-response sheet.  It had a place to write what the reader liked, a place for any suggestions, and ended with their favorite part of the author’s piece.

In science we took our first test over the tools, equipment, and scientific method.

Have a great Tuesday!