How Do You Spell That?

Hello students!

As we have discussed in class, on January 27th we will have a spelling bee in our class. I do not want you to feel stressed or worried. This is just for fun and to practice what we have learned so far this year. Some of the words will be former spelling words and others will be from the practice lists I sent home yesterday. Your task for the week is to practice at this link. You should post by the end of the week and tell us what some of the trickier words were that you encountered. You are welcome to try at a harder grade level as long as you continue to spell most of the words correctly. If you find any other fun spelling games online, feel free to add the links to your post so we can try those too.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Garrett

Simple Machines

Check out the following activities that go with this week's Discovery Center visit and post which two links you visited along with something you learned.

Invention Playhouse: Tinker Ball - In this interactive, you will use an assortment of objects and simple machines to create a path for a ball to move around the screen and reach its goal. You'll learn about pushing materials to their limits and problem solving Simple Machines: A WebQuest - In this WebQuest, you will explore the different kinds of simple machines, locate examples of each simple machine in the real world, demonstrate basic relationships between force and motion, use vocabulary words related to this topic to answer and ask questions, identify inventors that have used simple machines to contribute to our society, calculate work and power, and use simple machines to solve a problem. Edheads Simple Machines – Look around the house and barn to find simple machines. Identify what these items are used for and how they work to achieve the high score! COSI Simple Machines - Learn about simple machines and the forces that make them work by exploring this online activity. Have a great weekend! Mrs. Garrett

Louis Sachar Author Study

This month's author study is on Louis Sachar. He has written almost two dozen books and has won many writing awards including the National Book Award and the Newberry Medal for Holes. Each of you have already chosen a book by Louis Sachar and this week's blog assignment is to post which book you are reading and your idea for your book project. You have until January 8th to post your idea, and we will be sharing our book projects on January 22nd, so now is the time to start thinking about your project!

Mrs. Garrett