The Heat is On!

We had an outstanding day today with our Science on a Cart high school volunteers! We experimented with conduction, convection, and learned about the difference between temperature and heat.

For this reply, please share your observations from today's experiments. Try to include descriptive words, vocabulary terms, and tell us what you enjoyed. Also, if you discovered something you didn't know before, share that with us.

Be sure to include your initials at the end of your reply.

I'm a consumer

This past week we've been talking about economics, consumers, and producers.

For this blog, I'd like you to share a time when you were a consumer. Please include details about the item you purchased or used, the choices you had to make, and how you made your decision.

Please include your initials in your reply.

Descriptive Dinosaurs

Use your knowledge of adjectives and adverbs to create an interesting and detailed sentence about a dinosaur.

• Your sentence needs to include both adjectives (describing the dinosaur and any other noun in the sentence) and adverbs (telling more about the action).
• Your sentence also needs to include a location for the action.

Be sure to include your initials in your reply.

Thank you

Adverbs - how, when, and where

An adverb is a word that describes, or tells about, a verb.

Some adverbs tell how an action happened. For example:
Ms. Canavan said I ran quickly.

Some adverbs tell when an an action happened. For example:
I always like talking with firefighters about their jobs.

Other adverbs tell where an action happened. For example:
I just saw a firefighter outside.

In you reply to this blog, please write three sentences for each type of adverb (how, when, and where). You may use your resources in the classroom to help you (language arts book, dictionary, etc). You may also want to write your sentences in a word document, on an alphasmart, or on paper first.

Be sure to include your initials in your reply. As always, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization need to be correct.

Thank you.

Let's make comparisons

When you are comparing 2 or more things, you will use comparative or superlative adjectives. For this blog post, I would like you to work in your groups to create sentences that compare the rocks we've been studying in Science. Use your science book and other resources to help you.

Here is an example:

Granite is harder than pumice. A diamond is one of the hardest gems.

Your group needs to have at least 5 sentences that use comparative adjectives, and at least 5 sentences that use superlative adjectives.

Be sure to include your initials at the end of your post.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful break and is ready to start a new year. We have a lot to accomplish before the end of the school year. Hopefully, you're well rested and eager to get back to work.

New Year's Day is traditionally a time when people set goals or make resolutions for the year. In this reply, I'd like you to share your goals or resolutions. They can be something you want to learn (for example, cursive writing), or something you already know but want to improve (solving 100 multiplication problems in less than 2 minutes). Whatever your goal, by sharing it with us, we can help you achieve it by practicing the skill with you, encouraging you, or showing you tricks to remember something.

In your relpy, you must include:
1. Your goals or resolutions (a specific skill you want to learn or improve upon)
2. How you will measure that goal (take a timed test, demonstrate the skill in some way, etc)
3. Your time frame (when do you think you'll have met your goal, by spring break, the end of school, etc)
4. Your initials

If all 4 elements are included, your reply will be posted.

Thanks,
Ms. Creagh