Read Aloud: There is a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar

We are currently reading aloud the book, There is a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar. "Bradley Chalkers tells the most lies in the entire fifth grade. If you don't believe me, you can call his teacher. When new kid Jeff moves to town, it looks like Bradley might have a friend at last - and if he has a friend, maybe he'll even figure out a way to get one of his teacher's gold stars. But things aren't that easy, are they? It will take the help of Carla, the school's counselor, to get Bradley to talk about his fears and what he wants - and when she does, everything could change."
(http://crowdingthebooktruck.blogspot.com/2010/02/theres-boy-in-girls-bathroom-by-louis.html)

If you are enjoying this book you might also like Clementine by Sara Pennypacker.





What do you think about our current read aloud? Feel free to make connections, prediction, opinions or other book recommendations.

What Happens to Water When it is Heated?

Students built a bottle thermometer and conducted an investigation to find out what happens when water is heated. We placed the thermometer in hot water. Tomorrow we will test out our thermometers in cold water and use vocabulary to explain our observations. I wonder what will happen!

Comment ideas: How did we build our thermometer? What is the average room temperature? What did the black line represent on the straw? Make a prediction of what you think will happen when we place the thermometer in cold water.

Regions of Washington

We started our study of Washington state by researching the climate, landforms, vegetation, and resources of the five regions of Washington. We created a visual display of our learning for each region. After sharing our learning we compared each region and decided which region would have been the "most liveable" during the 1800's. We thought the Coast and Western Lowlands would both be suitable. The Coast is where many Native American chose to live due to the favorable climate and plentiful resources.