Happy Belated Birthday Bucket!

Unfortunately Mrs. Bailey is behind on posting Birthday Celebrations...Let's go back to November. I apologize for the delay, but any day is a good day to fill a bucket!

Thanks for the yummy doughnuts!!

Happy Belated Birthday Number 17! We're so glad we could celebrate with you!

Personal Narratives

Today Room 205 shared their Published Personal Narratives with each other. Make sure to ask your student about how to write a stellar personal narrative! Check back soon for some of our favorites!

Reaction Time

This week in Science Room 205 tested reaction times. One partner dropped the ruler and we measured our reaction time by seeing where we caught the ruler. Each student had ten chances to test their reaction time. What did you observe or learn through this experiment Room 205?

Team One:

"Your nervous system helps control your body. Your brain sends messages to
your body parts. Your eyes send a message to your brain. Your first couple of
catches will be slow, but then it gets quicker."

Team Four:

"You need to have your eyes open to catch the ruler. Each person reacts in a
different amount of time. Your brain has to tell your nerves to move your hand.
Our actions were voluntary."

Team 5:

"To catch a ruler is a voluntary response because you are focused. Your brain
sends a message to your hands. The nervous system is very fast because gravity
pulls the ruler to the ground within 1 second, and your body responds to it
within 0.5 seconds. Some people don't respond as quickly as others. "

Team 6:

"Everything happens in a split second. Reaction times are different for
different people. If one part of your body is not working, it keeps the other
parts from doing their job. You need to focus in order to catch the ruler"

Extra Credit Questions:

1. What body system controls your reaction time?

2. What communication path did your body have to take in order for you to catch the ruler?

3. Describe the difference between a voluntary response and an involuntary response.

4. What factors cause your reaction time to be different each time. In other words, what causes your reaction time to change each time?

I glanced out my window and a polar bear was in my yard...

Blog worthy author #28 wrote a great story about the polar bear in his backyard. It goes like this:


I glanced out my window and a polar bear was in my yard. I called my sisters. I told them not to tell anyone. So every day we would watch it from my window. We fed him cereal out of my window.


One day I decided to go out and see if it was friendly. It seemed like it was at first, but then it came charging at me. I ran inside and slammed the door. It was over; I had to tell my mom, but then I thought how it didn't have a name. So I got my sisters. I told them it needs a name. We decided on the name Frank. Frank was a good name.


Then my sisters and I decided it was time to tell mom. So we told her that we had a polar bear living in our backyard. The animal home came and picked Frank up.



Extra Credit Questions:

1. What would you do if you had a polar bear in your backyard? Would you go see if it was friendly?



2. What would you name your polar bear?



3. What would you feed the polar bear?



4. How do you think your parents would react if there was a polar bear in your yard?

I glanced out my window and a polar bear was in my yard...

Here is another blog worthy post from author #7. The students were supposed to finish the story about a polar bear in their yard. #7's story goes like this:

I was in my room upstairs, and I glanced out my window and saw a polar bear. At first I was scared to go out again, but once I realized it was friendly I wasn't scared anymore. I got to ride on his back and played fun, cool games.

If I started to get cold he would warm me up by giving me a warm hug. I would also take him on walks when he had a lot of energy. When my mom said, "Time to take him to the zoo", I was sad. I told him I would always come and visit him whenever I could.



Extra Credit Questions:



1. What level of the house was I in?



2. When I got cold what would the polar bear do?



3. How do you think I could tell it was a friendly bear?



4. When I took him to the zoo what do you think I would do to see him again?

I am a tree! This is my life:

Blog worthy! Author #18 wrote about his life as a tree.



My life as a tree is good because I can take people with a swing on me. The rope moves on my arm. In the summer, people climb me and it tickles me when people touch my branches. The most horrible part is the thunder, lightening, and rain. It makes me feel like I have fallen down.

In the fall, October and November, my hair comes out. The worst part is in the winter. It starts snowing and sometimes my branches fall down like lightening. My wood parts start to get cold. Spring is my favorite season because the sun rises, there are birds on my branches, and I start growing again. The worst about spring are the april showers because it rains like crazy. So my life as a tree is good.

Extra Credit Questions:
1. Why are april showers my least favorite part of the spring season?

2. Why don't I like October and November?

3. Why do I like the spring?

4. Why do I like the summer?