Star Students!

After the luncheon we also got to celebrate our Star Students!  Way to go Alex and Angelica!  You both work hard, make good choices and have a great attitude everyday!

Busy Busy Week!

We have had such a busy week!  I have so many pictures to prove it!  We discussed density using liquids and solids together and created a density column! We created Matter Magazine to show how much we learned about matter and separating mixtures of solids.  Then we had our wonderful luncheon to celebrate September!  Our next luncheon will be on October 27th so look for your invitation to come home a few days before!  We had a great turnout today and it was great to celebrate your child's hard work and success!

Khalil with Dad

Enaiya with her Mom

Hannah and her Mom

Kamron and his Dad

Kalee and Jay'Von

Angelica and her family!

September Luncheon!

We hope to see you at our End of the Month Luncheon on Friday!  We will start our lunch at 11:30 and all students who have met there reading goal for the month and been responsible with classwork and homework earned an invitation.  We can't wait to see you on Friday! 

STARS of the Week!

Congrats to Rachael and Hannah for their hard work!  Also Tye and Demitry sorry for the late post but they worked hard last week!

Look for information to come soon about our 2012 Apes class shirts. We will all look great in orange!

Don't forget our 1st luncheon this Friday at 11:30!  We look forward to seeing you !

Progress Reports!

Please don't forget to return your progress report on Monday! 

Science in 73!

How does the surface area of a substance affect the dissolving process?

We used a sugar cube and granulated sugar to find out!

We found out that the surface area does affect the dissolving process.  After timing each type of sugar dissolving, we were able to watch the cube break down before dissolving.  We have also learned about how stirring and changing the temperature of our liquid can affect the dissolving process. 

Wow! I need to catch up!

We have been working so hard I haven't even had time to post things on the blog.  The Apes have studied the three states of matter, how matter can change, mixtures and solutions and then there has been math too!  We are moving right along with our division using real world problems or story problems, multiple strategies and even a card game called "Division Compare"!  I have a bunch of pictures to catch you up!

I sent another PTA envelope home today for anyone who has not joined yet!  It is $5 to support a great group who works nonstop for our class and our school.  You are not required to volunteer if you join but your dues help fund projects for our students throughout the year! Please consider joining and help our class get 100% participation!

L and J working on a presentation about matter.

Tiyah checking her facts before she presents her topic!

K and H discussed what should be included on a graphic organizer about chemical changes.

Division Compare is a great way to practice division problems. 

Some of us love division, as you can see!

J and K working hard to check their work and see who won the point!

Do I see laughter during science?  It is fun!

How would you separate a mixture of sand, salt and iron?

We learned to think about the properties of each piece of the mixture.  Such as iron being attracted to a magnet.

Why is she messing up her hair?

It must be the new thing?

Salt is attracted to the static electricity...that is what they were all doing!

Awesome Abbey, that is dedication to your science work!

How does stirring help the dissolving process?

We tried it and had a control group to compare our results.

I still see the salt in cup B and no salt in cup A.  Great job!

We even work as a group to play multiplication review games!

Or we play one on one!

We have Abbey vs. Abbey in the Product Game!

Star Students!

I am sorry Tyler and Abbey, I am late posting your pictures.  Sometimes in short weeks we may not celebrate a Star Student but these two were too awesome to miss!  Abbey and Tyler always make good choices and work hard!  Congrats to you two and keep it up!

September 11th and Jaguars!

We learned about the events of September 11, 2001 last week.  Over the weekend, even the Jacksonville Jaguars had events to honor those who lost their lives on that day and those who serve our country in the armed forces.  Here are a few pictures showing their festivities.

PTA!!

I really want our class to have 100% PTA membership.  Please send in your $5 to help us get there!  They do so much for us as a class and as a school.

Open House is next Tuesday at 6:30.  Please come join us and learn about your child's classroom!

Measuring as Scientists!

In math we have learned so many ways to solve division problems.  It is getting easier to complete our work and we are working great with our tables.

During science we have spent time wondering how we can measure like scientists.  We used a pan balance to compare and measure mass of solids, used rulers to measure the length and width of solids and finally learned to use the graduated cylinder to find the volume of liquids.  After comparing the texture, mass and color (describing the properties of our matter) of the same solids and liquids, we learned to read the meniscus when discussing the volume of a liquid.  Here are some pictures to show our hard work.