How many drops of water can fit on a penny?

6th Grade students learned about the scientific method through their Penny Lab!

5th and 6th graders went to OFA to watch a performance about Peter Pan and we stopped at the park for lunch!  

It was a beautiful day!

5/6 Constitution

5th and 6th graders signed a Universal Class Constitution!
The document was created with everyone's input and reflected the process of collaboration and unity!  

We acknowledged three main focus areas for school:  

Be Safe

Be Responsible

Be Respectful

The Golden Rule we all agreed to keep in the forefront of our mind is to:

"Treat people nicely and treat them how you want to be treated!"

5th Grade Character Education

 5th graders shared their slide shows with the Multi-Age 1 & 2 class about respect.  The little ones added to their slide show too.  They shared their thoughts about why respect is important!

Kitchen Chemistry

 6th graders had a visit with Austin Garvin as he discussed how yeast works to make bread.

Austin made the dough from scratch and he reinforced the fact that a fungus can be a really helpful single- celled organism!

It was so yummy!!!!!!!!!!

M & M Lab

 5th grade students learned about the scientific method while experimenting with M & M's.

 Students used results to create graphs and learned how to communicate their findings!

Science Lab

 5th grade students working on a science lab about salinity!

 Students were trying to determine how the layers of water will disperse with warm, cold or salty water!