Who knew seeds could grow without light!
Over the last quarter we have spent lots of time learning about plant tropisms. We learned that plants respond to different stimuli; light, gravity, water. We did an experiment with mustard seeds, a damp paper towels and baggies. After placing our mustard seeds on a damp paper towel and into…
Is this a drill?
So, you know how we practice fire drills a few times a year? And how the kids always ask "Is this a drill?" Well today my answer to that questions was "NO"! Toward the end of our district benchmark testing today, the fire alarm went off! As always it scared…
First week of school!
The 2014-2015 school year is upon us! We came back to school on Tuesday, August 5th and got right into it! Take a look at some of the awesome things we did during our first week of school! School/class poster: I got this idea from a Pinterest post! Check it…
More About Water!
As we were learning about water last week, we started asking some really good questions! Miss Holmquist had us spend some extra time researching the answers to these questions. Here are some of our presentations showing the questions and answers we worked on.
Student Council Elections
Over the last few weeks, 6th grade students interested in being a Student Council officer have been working hard to get elected. Along with completing an application, students also had to get signatures of other students who endorsed them, a teacher recommendation and had to write a speech. After getting…