Granite Test

Which earth material is granite? What minerals are in granite? Ask your child what he/she discovered today.











The boys and girls had a bucket of earth materials, and they were challenged to decide which materials were minerals and which ONE material was a rock.

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Geometry

Today the children played around with some solid figures. I gave each group 12 solid figures to observe and sort.









They worked diligently to sort the figures into 2 groups. All figures had to belong to a group. The boys and girls had to give each group a label. Example: roll/doesn't roll, flat surfaces/no flat surfaces, points/no points

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Folk tales

We spent some time listening to other folk tales this week since that is the genre we are studying in ImagineIt!








We have read about John Henry, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.

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Investigation One

The Scratch Test (hardness test)


The children used different tools to figure which of their four minerals was the hardest.








Their conclusion from hardest to softest: quartz, fluorite, calcite, gypsum.

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Sundaes have been served

Congratulations to all the students who completed their multiplication facts last Friday!


























Are you studying for the big test next Tuesday?


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Multiplication Sundae Incentive Is Due Tomorrow

All tests must be taken tomorrow! No ice cream sundaes will be served after tomorrow!


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A Classroom of Geologists

Today we observed our mock rocks, handmade rocks. We observed their properties and took notes on what we saw. (color, smell, texture, etc.)























We also measured our mock rock's circumference, diameter, depth, and mass. We used a meter tape and a scale.

Book Order

Tomorrow is the book order deadline!!


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More Sundaes have been served

Lily got to enjoy her ice cream sundae yesterday.





Meg Catherine and Olivia got to make their sundaes today.


Way to go, Girls!!!! Friday is the deadline!!!! Everyone should be learning those facts!!!!


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School Spelling Bee

This was my first year to organize our school spelling bee. I was super nervous, but if I do say so myself, it went great!!!


My two judges were John Coon (my father-in-law) and Amy Miles ( a retired JHES teacher). The caller/pronouncer was my sister, Michelle Puryear. Their help is greatly appreciated.


Sadie and Nicholas (fifth graders) waiting for it to start.


Some of the fourth graders trying not to be nervous!!!


I was so impressed with these third graders. They did an amazing job!!!


Here are my two beautiful spelling bee participants.


Congratulations to Tucker Montgomery! He is our spelling bee CHAMP! Yes, he is THIRD grader! One word, AWESOME!!!


His sweet family was their to show their support. What an exciting morning!!!


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Location:Julian Harris Elementary School

Coordinate Grids

Today we worked on plotting ordinal pairs on a coordinate grid. They caught on really quick and did a fabulous job!


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Our First Sundae Winner

Abby has learned ALL of her multiplication Facts!!! She passed her 12's this morning! Woo-hoo!!!!


Albert from Mrs. Hardison's class was the first one from her class.





They were all smiles! Way to go!!!


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Comprehension Toolkit

The students practiced organizing their questions with a web yesterday as we read through a non-fiction piece on fossils.


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Multiplication

We are spending lots of class time working on our multiplication facts. We are writing them, using flashcards, playing computer games, and enjoying a competition between boys and girls in the classroom.











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