Heat Is A Conductor

The 4th graders are learning about Birds. We will be doing lots of activities involving Birds. We learned the importance of not using metal to build a birdhouse. We studied that metal is a conductor of heat and it can burn a bird when set out in the sun. We did an experiment to understand how fast heat and travel from one object to another.

 Use a candle and light a smaller candle.

Using the smaller candle, drop wax on a source of metal (we used a knife).

Let the wax cool. What will happen when the knife is over the larger candle?

The wax begins to melt as the knife is placed over the candle. The heat is transfered from the flame to the knife. The knife is heating up which is making the wax on top of the knife melt. The knife was very hot after being over the flame for a few seconds!

We learned that heat in many forms can cause a surface to have warmth. After this experiment, the students realized that metal would not be a good material to build their birdhouses.

Denis loved the experiment and is eager to build his birdhouse!! We will start building our birdhouses after the break!!

Awards Ceremony for Quarter 1

The Awards Ceremony for the first quarter was a great experience for all of the students to see each other's achievements! The 5th/6th graders started us off with songs that will be performed in our Christmas Recital.

Tristan receiving his award for excellence in Math! Mrs. Crutchfield started off the Awards Ceremony with a few words.

Megan receiving the Science Award for excellence.

Ian receiving the Writing Award for excellence.

Cole receiving his award for A/B Honor Roll!

Everyone did a great job this quarter and I expect to see more inprovements at we start this 2nd quarter.

Technology-Savy 3rd Graders!!

The 3rd graders are learning how to use the Internet and Power point.

They are working on their President projects this week.

Tristan and Jesse chose George W. Bush and Megan and Angelika chose Teddy Roosevelt.

They included key points of each former President's career and life.

They researched their selected President through printed materials as well as using the Internet.

Field Trip to Sea Life Park

The 3rd/4th graders headed off to Speyer to Sea Life Park for their Ocean Life field trip. We experienced many things throghout our visit. We took the journey with Paul, our tour guide who explained the fish and animals from both the fresh water and the salt water regions throughout Europe! The kids learned interesting facts that will help them appreciate marine life!

Paul our tour guide is teaching the kids about the ocean life.

The students seeing the fish and stingray tank. I think that they enjoyed the size of this tank it was the largest in the building.

                       

They studied the sea cucumber and the starfish. They were allowed the opportunity to touch the starfish.

This is after our field trip as we are getting ready to head back to school.

     

Angelika, Megan, and Tristan are getting gobbled up by the shark!!

        

Ian, Denis, and Cole are the shark's supper also!!

   

Even Jesse, Mrs. Mathes, and Mrs. Crutchfield were no match for the shark's huge jaws!!!

The trip was a great learning experience and I want to thank Mrs. Crutchfield, Linda, and Elka for making this a memorable experience for the children!!!

Examples of Diamante Poetry

We have been experimenting with poetry over the past few weeks! Here are a couple examples of the students' work.

Barnyard Scenes from Charlotte's Web!

The 3rd/4th graders did a wonderful job completing their Barnyard Scenes!!

Charlotte's Web --Spider Facts!

We started reading Charlotte's Web a couple of weeks ago. We started doing some fun projects and we started off with spider facts. The students cut out their spiders and put facts about spiders on the middle of the spiders. They learned a lot and had fun with this activity!!