Week of Feb. 22-26, 2010

We will not be having a spelling or vocabulary test this week because we will begin taking our reading unit test later in the week. This test will help us know how each student is progressing with reading comprehension.
We also plan on completing our sea turtle transformations this week. They are definitely transforming! We're excited to share them here on our blog and in the hallways.

Spelling and Vocabulary Feb. 16-19

Yikes! I have forgotten to post the spelling and the vocabulary words for this week and it's already Thursday. I think everyone will do great again this week on spelling and vocabulary words!

Spelling
helper
unfair
friendly
unhappy
remake
careful
hopeful
unlike
retell
sadly
farmer
unhurt
silently

Vocabulary Words
appreciate -- to enjoy and understand
grazing -- eating growing plants
population -- relating to the number of people or animals living in a certain place
starve-- to suffer or die from not having enough food
surrounding -- on all sides of
territory -- an area of land
wander -- to move from place to place without having a special destination

99th day of school

These third graders have done an excellent job with their number of the day. Friday was the 99th day of school and they had to create an equation that equaled 99 without using the number 9. What great equations! Way to go!

Valentine's Party

We will be having our Valentine's Party on Friday, Feb. 12. If you would like to bring cards, please be sure to bring one for everyone! :) Here is a list of everyone in our class:

Chidy
Hailey A.
Haden
Jacob
Blake
Connor
Hailey E.
Connor
Dylan
Kierra
Michael
Kennedy
Colton
Madison
Amiliana
Cheyenne
Kathy
Camryn
Cameron
Diamond

Spelling & Vocabulary Feb. 8-12, 2010

We are reading the story Seal Surfer this week. The story follows a boy named Ben and his observations about a seal. Has the seal transformed? Has Ben transformed? What do you think?

Spelling
cared
babies
chopped
saving
carried
fixing
hurried
joking
grinning
smiled
wrapped
parties
Challenge Words: moving, libraries

Vocabulary Words
basked--rested in pleasant warmth
buffeted--struck powerfully, blown about
horizon--the line where the sky seems to meet the sea or Earth
quay--a dock where ships are loaded and unloaded
surf--to ride on waves, often on a surfboard
swell--a long wave that moves without breaking
swooped--moved with a sudden, sweeping motion

Water Density Investigation

Today we learned about density and how some solids and liquids are denser than others. We predicted what liquids a penny would float in and then we tested our predictions on this website: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=A55DAC0F-542F-439F-91C7-920FCF8CB69B&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSCE



Colton stated, " Pennies sink in oil."



"Pennies float in mercury," said Karli.



Diamond said, "A pool ball can float in mercury."



"A brick can float in mercury because it's less dense than mercury," explained Hailey E.



Blake replied, "A copper penny can sink in honey."



"If you put a penny into oil it will sink," said Amiliana.



Chidy replied, "Mercury is dangerous for your skin and almost any hard thing can float in it."



"Mercury is poisonous," Camryn said.



Kierra explained, "A penny can float in mercury because it is less dense than mercury."



"A penny can sink in water and honey," stated Madison.



Dylan said,"If you put mercury on your body it will damage your brain."



"If you put a copper penny on oil or most fluids it will just sink to the bottom because it's denser than the fluids except it will float on mercury," replied Cameron.



"We learned a lot about density today by investigating whether objects will sink or float in certain liquids," said Mrs. Mason.