My class is working on planning a tour to one of the four Texas Regions. Today, they began their research to find out about their region. They are taking notes on a
Google Doc that is shared with their partner and the teacher. I can’t wait to see what learning takes place this week and next.

Check out Damian’s 100 word challenge from last week.

https://edu.nightzookeeper.com/stories/560340ab4a7856030012f84c

 picture from www.pic4learning.com

Mexican rice is a mixtures, because you can  separate it. I could use tweezers to separate it.

In the Science Lab this week, made an ocean and had to separate the mixture…sand, gravel, paper clips, water, salt. We could not separate the salt from the water, because it is a solution. We are trying to see if it is possible to separate the salt from the water. We will let you know our results later.

Check out Noah’s 100 words

https://edu.nightzookeeper.com/stories/55f98e497dc80b0300a12ff7

Last Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, I introduced our class blog to the students. They were really excited to learn that they would each have their own blog as part of the class blog. Once they learned how to log into their blog, they choose their theme and started to blog. Above is a picture of the first two students that were successful at logging into their blog.

Once a week our class joins Mrs. Leon’s class in the science lab. We learned about the science tools during the first weeks of school, so in the science lab we practiced using the tools.

We are off to a great start of the school year. The first week of school, our class did several tribe activities and group challenges to build teams in our class. One of our favorite challenges was the Red Solo Cup Challenge. The students worked together to stack the cups without touching the cups with their hands.