Week of September 24

Writing: This week in writing we are still working on our summer vacation stories, but we also did a few other things. We made posters about colorful words so we don't use the same words over again.  We have a poster called "Said is Dead", "Bad is Sad", "Good is Bad", "Like is Last and Evil", "Pretty is a Pity", "Happy", and "Sad is Dead".  We will work more to use these words in our stories.

EnviroChallenger: We talked about dangerous materials this week and saw things to look for that are not good for you.  We played Bingo to learn about toxic and nontoxic materials.  We got a bracelet if we got a Bingo.  We also found out how to use common products instead of toxic ones, like ground cinnamon keeps fruit flies and gnats away.  

Brownie Points: We are 3 brownies away from earning a brownie party!

Million Dollars: Some people have gotten some really cool prizes already and others are saving up to get 20.

Math: We are working on rounding and decimals (4th grade).  We started the Stock Market Game this week.  Most of us are doing pretty good.  One of our teams is in 1st place out of 8 teams in the region.  We learned how it works and we also investigated different businesses to maybe buy.  We got to buy some stocks on the computer.

Social Studies: This week we went to the computer lab and looked at the different issues for Romney and Obama and took notes for one issue.

Science: We are still studying Chemistry.  We studied chromatography, where ink separates, and we did a salt water filter.

Language Arts:  We started our new novels.  We are using sticky notes to mark words we don't know and what is happening in the story.  We have to look up the words in the dictionary, write a summary, and then answer 1 question about the book.  

Weekly Wisdom for the Week: It's okay to not know, but it's not okay to not try.

Art: We did optical illusions.  Also we had fun sketching during free time.  We have had a lot of fun with all of the things we have done this school year.