October 28th, 2010

October 27^th, 2010         Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthday          152 years ago

 Chemistry Magic Show

You are invited to a chemistry magic show at the RMC on Friday October 29th, partly to christen the new demonstration lab in the Fortin auditorium (Fortin 102). Since Halloween is on the following weekend, we have themed it as Halloween spooky chemistry. Demonstrations will include the Halloween reaction, elephant's toothpaste, fire from water, the screaming gummy bear, and the enchanted wine jug. We'll also have firework colors and self-carving pumpkins outside.

The first show is at 8:45 am (for about an hour) for the general chemistry class, and the second show is at 3:30 pm as part of the Open day (to 4 pm). The first show will have some explanations of the "secrets" behind the demos.

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Presented by the chem club and the chemistry department @ RMC.

Family Fun Night!

Saturday, October 30^th @ Poly Drive

5:00-8:00

Wear your costumes!

Chair Backpacks

A GIGANTIC thank you to Kathy Bick for organizing, purchasing material, and sewing canvas backpacks for 28 students in our class. These help the students have their binders within an arms reach instead of having to walk across the room to get them. Many of the students took them home to decorate.

Reading

New novels were handed out to students this week. We have 6 novels that the students are reading. Most likely, I will meet with 3 reading groups per day. Meeting with 6 groups every day is very challenging.

Science

The students are very excited about atoms and the Periodic Table of Elements. They have a LOT of general background knowledge. We are beginning with atomic structure, the structure of the Periodic Table, and general science history as it relates to atoms and the Periodic Table.

Social Studies

We are still continuing with the following:

 Fifth graders are working on their tag board animal continents independently while I work with fourth graders. Fifth graders have a list of criteria for their continents. This is a performance outcome for the first chapter (on maps).

Field trips

Fourth graders have a trip to Alberta Bair scheduled November 3^rd @ 9:30. Field trip permission forms have been sent home. There are only a few left to come back. THANK YOU Linden Haunt for volunteering to be a chaperone!

4^th grade spelling words Unit 8  October 25^th-29^th Vowel Sounds oo

BASIC: bloom, tool, shampoo, stool, proof, prove, group, foolish, booth, raccoon, groom, roof, soup, cookbook, put, wool, brook, bush, crooked, hook

CHALLENGE: bulletin, cocoon, cushion, proofread, marooned

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: Cooking

 ingredients, vinegar, recipe, healthful, colander, grater, shred, appetizer

4^th grade spelling words Unit 9  November 2^nd – 5^th   Vowel sounds /ou/, /o/

BASIC: aloud, south, proud, tower, howl, allow, drown, amount, cloudier, bald, hawk, faucet, claw, stalk, false, dawn, pause, fault, cause, couple

CHALLENGE: applaud, foul, browse, gnaw, doubt

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: Reciting a Poem

Poetry, oral, mood, pronounce, emphasis, rhythm, monotone, expressive

5^th grade spelling words Unit 8  October 25^th-29^th More vowel + “r”

BASIC: earth, twirl, burnt, further, worthwhile, nerve, squirm, alert, murmur, sturdy, reverse, worship, research, peer, smear, appear, pier, weary, career, volunteer

CHALLENGE: yearn, engineer, interpret, dreary, external

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: The Human Body

esophagus, muscle, abdomen, intestines, skeleton, organs, cartilage, ligaments

5^th grade spelling words Unit 9             November 2^nd – 5^th   Homophones

BASIC: steel, steal, pore, pour, who’s, whose, aloud, allowed, lesson, lessen, manor, manner, pedal, peddle, berry, bury, hanger, hangar, overdo, overdue

CHALLENGE: canvass, canvas, sight, site, cite

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: The Law

Courtroom, ordinance, attorney, innocent, citation, illegal, jury, guilty