Pop, Pop, Fizz, Fizz

A special photo is included today of what my $2500 award grant from Raytheon for the Math Hero  procured for us. I am working on loading up the laptops so we can use them in our room. I am very excited about having more resources. I will be moving one laptop to each of the 5th grade teachers and one to Mrs. Hartman's class so those students can also work independently. Today's other photos are of a potential and kinetic energy experiment that we performed in class. Ask your scholar to explain. We had potential, chemical, and kinetic energy happen before our eyes. :)

Scholars came back to school yesterday and learned that we are ramping up the pace for the next four weeks. We have plenty to accomplish in not very much time. We are currently memorizing and writing speeches, writing congress bills, learning about energy in science, reviewing math to prepare for our next unit, and about to start a new unit in history. We are moving at quite a clip and scholars need to stay focused and get their homework done. It is their responsibility to get everything written off the board, and get the work completed before coming back in the morning. Please encourage them to be SURE their work is complete. We had four scholars serve lunch detention today and I don't want that becoming a habit for any of them!

we are moving our history test to tomorrow since the scholars are ready for it, and we're moving the Odyssey test to Friday so it can be included in this quarter's grades. I will grade their games tomorrow while they finish them up and get that into this quarter also. We will be playing their Odyssey games and voting on the best one on the 31st.

Every scholar is putting together a three minute Republican or Democratic speech to present to the 6th grade on Thursday, the first of November. We will then choose a candidate for each party. The following Monday we will run a short debate on the three platforms they are preparing. On Tuesday (November 6) we will run an election in the 6th grade and vote for our "president". Will have an electoral vote, and a popular vote to see how that works.

We could still use a couple extra drivers for the Congress Tournament down a Maeser Prep on Friday. If you can drive and join us, please let me know ASAP. Students will stay after school and we will leave GFA around 2:30.
Thanks!

YAY for laptops!!!!!

potential energy

kinetic energy

Addie afraid of kinetic energy ;)

rocket science!