Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Monday, October 21, 2013

Spelling List 2.2 ~ Test Friday, October 25th


Science Experiment Thursday

String Telephone


Rrrring, rrrring, rrrring. It's a telephone made from string.

Materials Needed


  • two plastic cups
  • some string
  • paper clips
  • sharpened pencil for poking holes

Instructions


  1. With the pencil, carefully poke a small hole in the bottom of each plastic cup.
  2. Tie the paper clip to one end of the string.
  3. Thread the other end of the string through the hole in the bottom of one of the cups. Be sure to thread it from the inside of the cup. The paperclip will keep the string from going all the way through the hole.
  4. Then thread the string through the hole in the second cup, but this time do it from the outside of the cup.
  5. Tie the second paper clip to the other end of the string. The paper clip should be inside the cup, just like the first paper clip.
  6. Then, pull the cups so that the string is tight and have one person talk into the cup while the other person holds the cup to their ear.


Now it is time for you to experiment. Think of a question you want answered. Like, what is the farthest distance you can get the telephone to work using string? Would the sound go farther if you used empty soup cans instead of plastic cups? What about using two different sized cups? Make a prediction. Then change one thing-that's the variable-and test it out. Be sure to tell us what you thought was going to happen and what actually did happen. When you're done, send your reports to our special feedback area. Every week we'll post new results from ZOOMers' string telephone experiments.


Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Monday, September 23, 2013

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Spelling Test - CC1 - 9/20/13

This week we are continuing to work on the "Dear Juno" chapter.  Since we have already taken the spelling test for that book, we are using 20 words that are required to be given for 3rd grade Common Core.  We will use these words throughout the year.

1.    because
2.    knew
3.    thought
4.    really
5.    when
6.    myself
7.    haven't 
8.    about
9.    everybody
10.  probably
11.  write
12.  they
13.  country
14.  people
15.  schools
16.  went
17.  until
18.  favorite
19.  want
20.  hole

Dictation Sentences
1.  I like to read books about animals.
2.  The first day of fall is September 22, 2013.
3.  I like when the leaves change colors.