Thursday, September 18, 2014

STUDY!

I hope you all had SO MUCH FUN on the field trip! I know that I did! Remember that we have QUIZZES I mean, "Show What You Know" tomorrow! You may SILENT iPAD for the rest of the time, until 2:50 (P.E) on the following websites ONLY.'
RULES:
-Silent. (voice level ZERO)
-Stay on the authorized websites. 
-If on an UNAUTHORIZED (meaning that you do not have permission to be on) you will loose iPAD privilages until further notice.
-use this time wisely to study!

Reading:

Science:


Field Trip Fun!

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

CONSTITUTION DAY!

*I will post the "Apologize" video later for your viewing pleasure.
CONSTITUTION DAY FOR KIDS
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
THE CONVENTION- WRITING THE CONSTITUTION

Writing PROMPT: begin writing. 2 pages at a minimum. Finish for homework. 
If we did not have a set of rules or guidelines for the people of our country to follow, what would people do to maintain order?

What problems do you think would arise if our country had no rules?

**FOR MY HOMEROOM ONLY:
Answer the following questions in the comments below for BONUS POINTS!
1. Which one happened first? Constitution of The Deceleration of Independence?
2. Which document stated that we were DONE with the king's unfair treatment?
3. Which document said that we would set up our own government, and stated how the government would run?
4. What are the articles of confederation??? (ohhhhhh THAT'S HARD!)

Cha, Cha, Cha Changesssss!

Physical and Chemical Changes in Everyday Life
Chemical vs Physical Changes Video
Chemical vs Physical Changes

Too Late to Apologize: A Decleration

In lieu of Constitution Day...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_56cZGRMx4

In class we talked about how the Deceleration of Independence happened which led to the writing of the Constitution.  Here's a video that depicts the feelings and emotions of the early colonies and their need to break into a free and independent nation.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Reading Day

Let's play games! Check out the links below to complete the following activities on the iPAD. These will be for a grade; therefore, you must show me the completed work.
Satchel Paige Crossword Puzzle
CHOPPED!
Now lets Take a QUIZ!
Vocab Quiz


http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/MainIdea.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html

Thursday, September 11, 2014

MIXTURES vs SOLUTIONS

Materials needed:
  • water bottle
  • drink mix
  • tic tac
  • sharpie
PROCEDURE:
  • write your name on the bottle of water with a sharpie
  • add the drink mix. 
  • OBSERVE. What happened? Mixture or solution?
  • add two tic tacs to the bottle of water
  • OBSERVE. What is happening to the tic tac?
  • Now what is this? Solution or a mixture?

RECORD- in the comments. Be sure to write your name.
-answer the following questions:
  1. When/how did you make a solution? (what two things)
  2. What made it a mixture? 
  3. Do you think the tic tac will dissolve completely? When?
  4. What would the liquid be if the tic tac disolved completely? mixture of solution?

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

What Did We Learn Yesterday?

Remember how we used sticky notes to describe what we learned yesterday? Some of you wrote one thing, or just a few things, and some of you wrote A BOOK! :) (that's my favorite kind!) Today we are going to do the same thing, but on our iPads. Write a comment below.

ENTRANCE SLIP:
What did you learn yesterday?
(LOOK at the commenting instructions at the bottom of the page, or it wont post right and you'll have to keep starting over.)

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Check Out This BLOG Thing!

HAPPY TUESDAY!
We had a great day yesterday, lets keep it up so we can learn some more SWEEEEEET SCIENCY STUFF!

Welcome to The Weston Times. This website will be used to help us learn, keep us interactive with technology, get everyone to explore concepts, and uhhhh... basically, its just fun, let's be real. :)

First thing's First! 
(I'm the realest..)
Review what we did yesterday by going to this website below. READ the directions and figure it out.  Dont ask me 6000 questions about it, when the directions are in front of you! (Be resourceful!)


Let's talk MIXTURES and SOLUTIONS!
Play the game to understand mixtures and solutions better. 
Write down the combinations you chose to combine in your SCIENCE NOTEBOOK and state weather it was a mixture or solution.
-note wich one was the SOLUTE and which one was the SOLVENT.
(oooohh..... ahhhhh...)