Don't Forget...

ESSAY CONTEST! Due date:  Jan. 31

The VFW is having an essay contest!

Rules:

*The theme is “Why Veterans are Heros”

*The essays should be no longer than 200 words.  

*They can be typed or neatly handwritten.

*A Cover Sheet should be attached that includes the student's name, school, grade, and home telephone number.  

*The back of the cover sheet should include VFW/Auxiliary #6504 and District 14.

Valentine's Day is Coming..

We will have a small class party to celebrate friendships on February 14th.  There are 27 students in the class.  If you would like to send candy or snacks to share with everyone that would be great, but not required.  Each student may bring a drink for the party for themselves.  We will be making bags for Valentine’s in class.  No need to make a mailbox!  Remember if you choose to send Valentine’s, the rule is: you must send EVERYONE a Valentine.  We want to avoid hurting any feelings, and share the joy of “friendship” with all!

In the science lab...

Sorry several of the photos are sideways.

I can't figure out how to rotate them!

So I guess we'll have to turn our heads! :)

Relative Pronouns and Adverbs

Which will rust?

Chemical changes produce NEW matter with different properties.
RUST is an example.

Of these items, we are experimenting which one will rust.
What do you think?

Travel Log

We are starting a fun new project for second semester!  
It will help us learn about many different places.  

Last week we filled out the initial letter and they are at the post-office!

You may want to email, send a text, or somehow contact the person that you chose to send it to, so they know to be on the lookout for an envelope!

Here' the first page of the Travel Log that we are mailing to our friend/family!

St. Jude's Mathathon

Thanks for your help and support!  Our school raised over $4,000.

Snowflakes!

• Born in Feb. 9, 1865, on a farm in Jericho, Vermont.
• As a child he studied all forms of moisture.  He kept a record of the weather and did many experiments with raindrops.
• He is known for photographing snowflakes.

Bentley is one of the first known photographers of snowflakes. He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they melted.

another video about photographing snowflakes (this one from the Discovery Channel):
https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=fd-hb2xzvZI

BrainPop about snowflakes:
https://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/snowflakes/

Here's a photo of a snowflake from 2014.... My friend Shelly gets the photo credit   She did an amazing job, even though she told me, "The wind makes this very difficult, I did get one! Focus is hard the wind blows them away as I find them."

Writing Opportunities

ESSAY CONTEST! Due date:  Jan. 31

The VFW is having an essay contest!

Rules:

*The theme is “Why Veterans are Heros”

*The essays should be no longer than 200 words.  

*They can be typed or neatly handwritten.

*A Cover Sheet should be attached that includes the student's name, school, grade, and home telephone number.  

*The back of the cover sheet should include VFW/Auxiliary #6504 and District 14.

YOUNG AUTHORS CONTEST! Due date:  Jan. 20

The ROE is again hosting a Young Authors contest!

*Write a creative writing story; give your story a TITLE

*It can be neatly handwritten or typed.

*They are judged on the story NOT spelling/grammar (Winners have time to type and edit their stories before the conference date!)

*If your draft is the winner, you'll attend the conference.

POETRY CONTEST! Due Date Feb. 24

SWIC is having a poetry contest!

Rules:

*You may submit ONE poem.  

*Give your poem a title.  

*Don't put your name on the poem… get an entry form from Mrs. Z - you’ll staple this to the poem

Top RIF Readers

Congratulations to these readers!
For their R.I.F. (Reading is Fun) monthly chart, they read WAY beyond the goal for November and December!

Wow!  Way to go!

Don't forget that the RIF logs for January, the goal is 315 minutes.
(If you want a Six Flags ticket, you must read 360 minutes)