Science Fun For Everyone provided a WONDERFUL day of inquiry and exploration.

Check out these great pictures from our science day!

 building a model of the Earth, sun, and                                   moon, learning the                                                        difference between rotate and revolve

Maddie was a little perplexed :)

Plate tectonics/earthquake simulation....future engineers!

Volcano demo- do you think Aidan liked it ?!?


and then we touched dinosaur                                                  poop!!!

Finally, we did some mineral exploration.

The 2nd 9 weeks is in FULL swing!

Here is a peak into our week and a few quick reminders....

Important Dates:

October 27- Science Day w/ Science Fun for Everyone ($24 per student)
              27-31  HES bookfair, we will go on Wed the 29th

November 8  HES Fall Festival, our class is doing a "Movie Night" themed basket, items can                       be brought to class or the office
                 11  No School- Veteran's Day
                 26-28  Thanksgiving Break

This week in reading we went deeper into our work with nonfiction. Students used a strategy called "Boxes and Bullets" to identify and record the main idea and supporting details in their nonfiction reading. We also started to look at the importance of nonfcition text features like graphs, maps, diagrams, etc.

In math we looked at our second method for division. This week I introduced "short division"- it is much like the way  you and I learned to divide but with less writing and therefore fewer chances for careless errors. Next week students will have the option to use whichever method they are most comfortable with and then will start working on division with 2 digit divisors. 

One of the kids favorite parts of the week is our word study stations. We started these just before fall break and they as me each week if we are still using them. We use several different ways for students to practice words each week, like clay, pipe cleaners, letter stamps, magnetic letters, etc. 

Here's a picture of Katee making her words out of clay, the class favorite, I think!