Mrs. Stewart’s class received the most donations for Jump Rope for Heart! Here are the proud winners sporting their new sunglasses, t-shirts, and class set of playground balls! Congratulations again on all of your hard work!!!

Just a reminder that Friday, March 13 is an early release day for students.

Our last test for this nine weeks will be Thursday, March 12. It will cover energy and energy sources. We will complete a study guide in class next week. The constructed response will be to name one source of energy and describe one example of the named energy source.

Have you ever wondered what killed the dinosaurs, why we don’t have flying cars, or what is the temperature at the bottom of the ocean? You can find these answers and more at the Maglab’s “Ask a Scientist” this Friday, March 6 from 6:30-9:00 pm at the Tallahassee Railroad Art Park.

Roddenbery Memorial Library

invites you to meet former US Army Captain

& New York Times best selling author

Luis Carlos Montalvan and “Tuesday” his service dog.

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Special Children’s Program:  Saturday March 21, 11:00 a.m.

in the library auditorium.

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Montalvan is the author of Tuesday Tucks Me In, a book

about a wounded warrior and his service dog.

 

Constructed Response

Is friction a force? What kind of force is friction and give one detail/example involving friction.

We have been working on persuasive writing this nine weeks.  I am using the COREO acrostic to help children with the different elements of this writing.  Students should follow the COREO order when writing.

C-catchy phrase

O-Opinion (state your opinion)  (I believe….)

R-reason 1

E-example 1 (to support your reason) then repeat R and E with reason 2 and example 2)  Make sure you use a transition word between reason and example one and reason and example two, so you don’t crash your “writing car.”  Transition words may include:  secondly, another reason, next, etc.

O-opinion (restate your opinion and sum it up)