Science, Science, Everywhere!

Our class has been working very hard on our Science Projects! We wrote reports, practiced speeches, etc.  Each student got to pick their topic and got to either do an experiment or research their topic. 

Abigail with her project.

 

Josiah asked, "Does Music really Effect You?"

 

Charity looked at the effect of caffeine on living things.

 

Last Friday we all took our projects to the gymnasium and presented in the 2014 Science Fair--Innovations.  We were all a little nervous but were able to present well for the judges and show them what we learned.

Anais presents her project on vision.

 

Faith informs her judge on Meteorites.

 

Here is Gabriel with his project on Static Electricity.

Michael made magnets with electricity!

 

Our class did a great job and we had several winners at the fair!

Here is Anais winning 1st place and Tory winning 2nd place.  Good Job, girls!

 

Carrie also won 2nd place!

 

And Joey won BEST OF SHOW!! WOW, Joey! Great Job!

Check out the video below to hear part of his award winning speech!

 

 

Congratulations to Joey and everyone in our class.  You all did a great job and learned a lot!

--Miss Leonard

Hard at work on book publications!

Our class has been working SOOOOOO hard on our books! That's right! Books! Everyone has written and illustrated their own story.  We started by designing our own publishing company and assigning everyone as editors and art directors.  We then signed contracts with Miss Leonard as the publisher's representative.  Next....Write the stories and draw the pictures.  We have such a variety of creativity in our classroom.  Stories ranged from Non-fiction Children's books, to Autobiographies, to a beautifully illustrated story about a little elephant that learns to listen to his mother.   Check out some of our progress below!

Writing an award winning tale with the publishers contract close at hand.

 

Tory working on the second draft of her story.

 

Anais using the window to make perfectly straight lines on her final copy.

 

Abigail working on her book kit.

 

Bethany working on her Candy Land story illustrations.

Michael worked so hard and even stayed hours after school to finish his colorful and active illustrations.  He knows each character inside-out, right down to who is left-handed.

Carrie finished her own book and then lent a hand to some of her classmates who needed help.

 

Making last minute additions to her drawings, Ava is almost finished in this picture! (Too bad I don't catch a video of her victory dance when she was finally finished!!)

Sharon thinking hard!

 

Faith worked right to the last minute, and with the help of some of her friends and their outlining efforts, she finished just in time!

 

The most exciting moment--and I think our cheer rocked the whole school--putting our kits in the box to be mailed!!

 

They are in the hands of the UPS now, but we are very excited to get them back and have our book party to proudly show them off to friends and family!

 

--Miss Leonard

Volume

Backwards Day!! (A variation of casual day in grade 5/6)

Today was hot lunch and casual day.  We like to spice up casual day in our classroom, so we decided yesterday that we would wear casual clothes....backwards!! What a lot of fun! Here we are on Backwards Day!

Ava, Charity, and Tori from the back....or is it the front?

 

A wave from Josiah--Hello? or Goodbye?

 

Faith even has her hair upside-down and backwards! Joseph has his seat backwards!

 

A ninja?....no it's Jack with a backwards hoodie under his coat.

Emily and Joey--I had to say "frown" to get them to smile since it is backwards day....

 

Here is Michael and Bethany.  She had 8 articles of clothing on backwards!! Wow!

 

Gabe with eyes in the back of his head!

 

Charity, Anais, Zack, and Desmond posing....backwards.

 

Abigail with her backwards pink hoodie and sweet smile.

Sharon sporting a backwards turtleneck.

Joseph with upside down glasses and backwards hoodie.

Miss Leonard taking backwards pictures.

 

Gabe reading the .....Bible Holy....

 

What a fun and crazy day!

--Miss Leonard

January Student of the Month--Carrie

Carrie is a very, very sweet young lady.  She is thoughtful of others and is always kind and caring.  Carrie is friendly and shows Christian love to everyone.  In her work, Carrie works hard and tries her best.  She is always respectful and obedient.  I really appreciate Carrie and love having her in my class!! Thank you, Carrie!