Today, we had the privilege of having Mr. Cluck’s 7th
and 8th grade class join us for science explorations. We’ve been
looking forward to the last Friday of the month for this reason! The students
were divided into groups of one 7th or 8th grade student and
one or two 3rd and 4th grade students. Each group was
given the task of attaching straws end to end using only Scotch tape, and then
one person from each group had to drink water from a cup through all of the
attached straws. Mr. Cluck reminded the students to check their straws
frequently so they could quickly catch a flaw in their design if the water
could not be sucked through the straw consistently. Jayden and Abbi were
successful in attaching 17 straws and drinking the water from the cup! We will
look forward to next month’s explorations!
Next week, third and fourth grade will take our first
English and Science tests. We are learning good study habits by rereading our lessons
at home in preparation for our upcoming tests. In reading class this past week,
we read personal narratives written by last year’s 3rd and 4th
grade class. We’ve noticed they used descriptive words to make their writing
come alive and we are trying to replicate that in our own personal narratives.
We’ll look forward to sharing them next week and then hanging them outside our
classroom on the Writer’s Wall for all the school to enjoy. Yesterday, we
belted out our favorite praise and worship songs by bands like Casting Crowns,
Chris Tomlin, Third Day, Newsboys, and Hillsong United. Our theme verse for the
school year is, “Serve the Lord with gladness. Come into His presence with
singing” (Psalm 100:2) so we sang with all our might to our great Creator! We’re
still studying the Psalms in our Friday Bible studies and therefore, are being
constantly reminded of His desire to hear our lovely voices “make a joyful
noise”!
Have a blessed weekend and start if off right with some fried
fish at our Fish Fry tonight at the VFW!
Mrs. McLaughlin & Class
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