Martin Luther King Day

On Martin Luther King Day, we made decorations to honor Martin Luther King Jr. As a class, we made a drawing of Earth with drawings of us around the outside ring. Above the drawings were self-written way of how we want to one day change the world. As a school, each class made decorations on their classroom door. In social studies, we watched a documentary on Dr. King's life. It showed us several things about him we hadn't known before. In language arts, we did several worksheets including one that was a timeline of Dr. King's life.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Johnson's 5th and 6th Graders

Reminders:
*Bring pennies for our Penny Drive
*STEM Day permission slips are due on Monday

Science Mysterious Powders

                    In science we have a new unit! It is Mysterious Powders! There is a problem we need to solve. To solve the problem we have to observe 6 white powders. Once we observed the 6 white powders, we got the mysterious powder, then  had to observe that powder.Then our teacher told us that the mysterious powder was a mix! So then we tried to figure out what the mix was. Then we started to do a different test. We put all 6 powders in to a tray that is called a spot tray. Then we put 2 drops of water into the powder, stirred it 3 times, observed, added 4 more drops of water to the powder, stirred it 6 times, and observed again. So that is what we did for science this week!
 
Reminders:
No school on Monday (M.L.K day)
Snow White and the Seven dwarfs the musical 1-23-15 to 1-25-15 at Coralville Center of Performing Arts
Jr. High registration meeting ( for 6th graders) Tuesday at 10:00 a.m

Sincerely,
 Mrs.Johnson's 5th and 6th graders

Below are some pictures of us conducting tests on our Mysterious Powders.  Today we added powder to liquid in medicine cups, rather than using the spot trays.  There is also a picture of the six powders that we are testing.