Frenzied Friday

Today we had the privilege of having fun in a variety of ways and meanwhile learning as well. We had several different events occurring today that wouldn't necessarily happen on other Fridays. One of the main events that the students really enjoyed was the 3rd Graders Bake Sale in which each of the students got the opportunity to purchase some baked goods. The other event that was unusual today was the 5th graders scarecrow exhibit. Our Students really enjoyed these things. The main event of the day was the Cotton Candy making that has become a tradition in Mr. Birds Classroom every year on his sons birthday. Since today was that day, Mrs. Bird came in a ran the Cotton Candy Machine for the class and our students, as well as Mrs Facklers class and several 5th graders all enjoyed some Cotton Candy together.
 Despite all of these fun activities of the day we still got a lot of good work accomplished.
Bible- Today we took our Hebrews 11:1-3 Bible Memory Verse Quiz and the students all did very well on them. We will review our Unit on Monday and have a Unit 3 Test on Tuesday, Oct 25.
Social Studies- The students completed a crossword puzzle today which discussed Lesson 2 of our Unit. This lesson focused on the lives of Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, several of the first Explorers to the state of Michigan.
Literacy- The students took their Unit 6 Spelling Skills and Words Test today. We also studied Verb tenses and had a lot of practice changing verbs into past, present and future tenses and describing their meanings. We also had good quality time of reading our Fantasy Books as today marked the end of our Fantasy Unit.
Science- We integrated several exciting lessons into our Science Matter Unit today. The first exciting thing for the students was their opportunity to create Slime. The students all had a chance to follow Mr. Birds directions very carefully and create Slime. We discussed with the students if what they made was solid or liquid and why. We also integrated our Cotton Candy making into our science Matter Unit because the students know that a solid requires heat in order to melt into a different form and that is what the Cotton Candy Machine did to the solid sugar.
Math- Today in math we discussed the use of Fact triangles and our Multiplication chart to help us solve multiplication and division problems. We took another Multiplication Test and are working towards memorization of these facts. MB and SL 3.4 are due Monday. MB and SL 3.5 are due Tuesday.

Finally we ended our week singing praises to God and being reminded of how we can show truth, be admirable, do right things and be lovely, just as our theme verse says. So therefore i encourage you as brothers and sisters in Christ, "Whatever is True, Whatever is Noble, Whatever is Right, Whatever is Pure, Whatever is Lovely, Whatever is Admirable, if anything is Excellent or praiseworthy, Think about such things!"