January 23, 2011

We were very fortunate last week to have two people from DeLoitte (an accounting and consulting firm) come in to our classroom for Junior Achievement. They spoke with the students about businesses, the different resources needed, and how prices are set and profits are made. The students had a lot of fun, and this was a great chance to review what they'd learned about the economy.

Earlier this week, students conducted one of my favorite experiments: the density mystery. To figure out who stole a CD, they need to identify a mystery powder by creating a density column, and dropping in and observing flour, baking soda, and sugar to find their densities. Pictures of the excitement are below.



At conferences, I discussed ways to work on the definitions for our vocabulary words with many of you. The link of games for each unit is below:

Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Games

This week, students have an English test on Wednesday and a social studies test on Thursday. Our science test will be Monday, January 31st. Don't forget the historical fiction/castles project! Those are due on February 2nd.