Experiment: Black and Green Ink

What will happen when water is added to black and green ink?

The Scientific Method was followed when conducting this experiment in class.
1. State the question. What do you want to find out?
2. Write the hypothesis. What do you think will happen?
3. Design the experiment: Materials Needed and Procedures to Follow
4. Complete the experiment.
5. Record and analyze data. What happened?
5. Draw conclusions. What did I find out and how does it compare with what I thought would happen?

What did you learn from this experiment?

James and the Giant Peach

Do you like the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl? Give at least 3 reasons to support your opinion.

Snowflake Bentley

We read Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin.  This book is a biography about a man named Wilson Bentley who was born in 1865 and lived in Vermont.

Why do you think the author wrote this book? What did she want us to understand?

 The themes found in this book are patience and perseverance. Choose one theme and give an example from the book that supports the theme you chose.

The Boxcar Children

We read The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner. The themes found in this book are: courage, self-reliance, friendship, and responsibility. Choose one theme and give an example from the book that supports the theme you chose.

Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade

We read Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade by Suzy Kline. One of the themes in this book was courage. Doug faced his fear of mines by going into one on his class field trip to the Copper Mine. Can you  make a connection (Text to Text or Text to Self) to this book with the theme of courage?