Physics of Sound....

Miss Landeene started our new science kit, Physics of Sound. It's a fun, "hands-on" science unit.

Teacher Talk: The Physics of Sound Module consists of four sequential investigations, each designed to expose a specific set of concepts. Students learn to discriminate between sounds generated by dropped objects, how sounds can be made louder or softer and higher or lower, how sounds travel through a variety of materials, and how sounds get from a source to a receiver. The investigations provide opportunities for students to explore the natural and humanmade worlds by observing and manipulating materials in focused settings using simple tools.

The first lesson focused on sounds discrimnation. The kids used "drop chambers" to see if the other team could figure out what had been dropped in the chamber without looking.

Then came the tricky part. They had to come up it words that described the sounds each object made. Sounds easy, right? It's not! What sound does a tinfoil ball make? (The man in the picture is Miss Landeene's supervisor from EWU. He was observing her lesson.)

This lesson took place last week. This week they used the sounds they were already familiar with to create a code. They took turns sending each other messages. It was definitley "lively" and fun!

It's WASL Time....

Well, we have finished our first week of the WASL. The kids have done great. We finished two days of the Reading WASL and one day of the Writing WASL. They wrote their Expository papers without too many struggles. You should be very proud of them. It is definitely a long day for them. So, if they seem a little bit more tired than usual, it's very understandable. They wrote, edited and rewrote an entire paper today!

Next week is two days of the Math WASL and one more day for Writing. I think they are feeling like it's going a lot better than they thought it would.

I'm very proud of them!

Floating Fractions.....

Math with Miss Landeene~Whew! We worked really hard with Miss Landeene today. We worked on parts and wholes, numerators and denominators. We used our white boards and brains!

Look at that concentration!Way to go, Annika!

We are becoming Fraction experts!!

Learning Isn't Just For The Classroom....

It was just too nice to stay inside, so we grabbed our books and headed outside.....

Believe it or not, we settled in and actually got some reading done!

We just love to read!!!!

Spring Has Sprung!!!

We just got back from Spring Break. Since most of Spring Break looked like this......We just had to take advantage of the great weather we are having. Miss Landeene took us outside for an extra recess.

Wow! Look at Cole flexing his muscles!

I wonder if Dylan sleeps with a football......he always seems to have one.

Did he really catch his own pass?

Calista is helping Miss Jodi figure out how the swing works.
Analysa and Danielle....giving their best camera smiles!

Whitney brought a "friend" from home...

Garet and Bryon campaining for "World Peace"...:)
Alex and Colby......I think "HAPPY" says it all.....

WASL? What WASL?? Just kidding! We've been working hard, but a kid's gotta have some fun, too!
Can you believe I get to spend my day with these faces? How can you not smile?