Blue and Gray

Here are some backstage photos from the show!

100

Celebrate!  This is our 100th post on the blog!

Henry "BOX" Brown

Have you read the book "Henry's Freedom Box" by Ellen Levine?
It is a terrific book!  Check it out!

Smokin' Sam

Today the school nurse came to talk to us about smoking and cigarettes.
It was very interesting!

jar of tar

Comparing a healthy lung and NOT healthy lung

advertizing

Wow!  All of those chemicals are inside!

We also watched a video  about Smokin' Sam.  He's the MVP of the hottest new roller hockey team, sponsored by Trophy cigarettes.  Two young fans discover that Sam smokes, and they try to convince him to quit and stand up to his sponsors who are using him to sell cigarettes to the next generation of smokers.

To learn more on this topic, click here
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/article3.html

Greenhouse Effect

What is the Greenhouse effect?

Click on these to learn...
http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/bigQuestions/greenhouseEffect/

http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/globalwarming.html

http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/sky/air1.htm



Tim and Moby also have a video on this topic!
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/greenhouseeffect/preview.weml

Interjections

There are 8 parts of speech.
INTERJECTIONS are one of them!

School House Rock:
http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?st=5&nd=10&keywords=Grammar%20Rock&cat_search=CST_SqoolTube_Videos

Our video collection of interjections:

*VIDEO DELETED DUE TO LIMITED SPACE*

How well do you know the parts of speech? 
Play Grammar Gorillas and see what you know!
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AFUNCT=1&ALEVEL=1

Geometric Solids

In math we've been learning about polyhedrons!

Here are just a few of the topics we've been discussing:

What's the difference between a prism and pyramid? 

What is a tetrahedron? 

How many faces does a triangular prim have? 

How do you contruct a rectangular prism or cube?  That's easy!  Use straws and twist-ties!

To learn more, check out these links:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_prisms.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_pyramids.html