What is a variable?

Students are investigating the flight of paper whether it be in the form of a plane or a wad of paper in order to define what a variable is.  After each trial, students are changing the experiment in way to accomplish a goal. When they modified their design, they described these changes in their science notebook.  As the lesson finished, students shared some of the things they did to change their experiment concurrently we agreed that these "changeable things" are called variables.

WLE Pancake Supper

Come and enjoy a dinner of hot pancakes, sausages and a drink.

Wednesday, February 5th from 5:30 to 7:00 PM

$4.00 per person

Every PTA member receives $1 off

Kids under 5 eat for free

Every WLE student has the chance to win a prize.

Chemical Reactions

Students were focused on learning the difference between chemical reactions and solutions.  They investigated three different chemicals: Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride, and Baking Soda. They were used with water in different combinations to bring on chemical reactions.  The students defined a chemical reaction: when two or more chemicals are mixed together and something new is created.  Ask your child what happens when a chemical reaction is fizzing? Scroll down to find the answer.

ANSWER: The fizzing or bubbling that occurs is caused because the chemical reaction is creating a gas.

Camp and Graduation Meeting, June 16th at 6 pm

Thursday, January 16th at 6:00 pm at WLE’s media center, the fifth grade teachers will be having an informational meeting for 5th grade parents regarding camp. We will talk about permission slips, parent help, dates, curriculum, and much more.

After the meeting, we will discuss 5th grade graduation.  If you cannot attend this meeting, you still can participate.  There will be a letter soon after this initial meeting with more information on how you can help.

  

Pre Assessment

Click on the link below to begin the writing assessment:

http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/Szb5P0vbPNnJ/Opinion-Writing-Assessment 

Keyboarding at Home

Students can Practice Keyboarding both at School and at Home

 

3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grade students now have access to the updated version of Typing Master.  This is an online program that helps students learn keyboarding.  It keeps track of their progress and allows them to learn at their own pace.

 

To access the program from any computer click HERE.   At school there is a direct link from the desktop of all school computers.  The link is called “Typing Master”

 

Students will need to enter their own school ID and password.  This is the same as the ID and password that they use to login to the computer each time they are in the computer lab at school.

 

Here are some of my Keyboarding Guidelines:

1.      The goal is to type without looking at the keys.  At school we have orange covers that go over the keys.  These are “painful”, but they work to train the students to keep their fingers in one place and to know that they can type without looking at their fingers.

2.      Using the correct fingers and typing accurately is more important than speed.   Accuracy first – the speed will automatically follow.

3.      Just a few minutes once in a while will make a big difference in the long run.  (A perfect activity for the 10 minutes before supper!)

4.      Practice, practice, practice J

 

Please contact John Shaw in the Media Center if you have any questions.

Saturated Solutions!

What is a saturated solution?  When you mix water and salt together, it becomes a solution.  However, when you keep adding in salt, at first it dissolves, however if you keep adding spoonfuls of salt eventually the salt will no longer dissolve. When this happens, you have created a saturated solutions.  Students this week created a salt saturated solution and a citric acid saturated solution.