Let's Learn about Bees!

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Robison and Mr. Paul Bradshaw visited North Strabane Intermediate School to teach all of the fifth grade students about bees. Each of the presenters raises honey bees as a hobby. The presenters brought in all of their equipment and let the students try on the outfit and identify the beekeeper's tools. Also, information was shared about the importance of pollination to growing healthy crops. The students made lip balm from beeswax, viewed a live observation hive, and enjoyed a slide presentation on how our economy is affected by bees. Here are some pictures of our fun day when we learned about honey bees.

We Went from Seed to Seed!

It was time to harvest our Wisconsin Fast Plant seeds at the end of May. The students counted the seeds and reflected on the variables they tested. The planting unit helped all of the students grow healthier plants at home this spring.

Game On!

Students have been anticipating the arrival of Field Day for many weeks now. We enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day, participating in many exciting games. Students completed in Sponge Bob Relay, Volleyball, Potato Sack Races, Baton Relay, and many more games. The entire day of activity led up to the Tug of War competition. Our Tug of War teams did an amazing job preparing for the competition and Room 107 even made it to the championship round. Watch the slideshow below to see Team Pay Day in action!

Our Plants are Growing "BEE"-utifully!

Our Wisconsin Fast Plants are in full bloom. The students are logging the growth in a journal and making weekly comparisons of the plants' growth. In the two pictures below, you can see how healthy our plants are. James is making careful observations and logging the information in his journal, and Vincent is using a hand lens to observe the parts of his flowering plants.

In the picture below, Marissa is pollinating her flowers using a bee stick. For the Wisconsin Fast Plants to produce seeds, they must experience cross-pollination.

Finally, in Room 107 the plants have produced seed pods. In just a few days, we will be taking our plants off of the watering system to dry out the seed pods so that we can harvest the seeds.

Keep watching our blog for an update on our Plant Unit!

Games Galore!

On Wednesday, May 12, students, teachers, and parents all had a blast at the 5th Grade Carnival Day. We had a great time playing all of the creative and interesting student-created games. Students even enjoyed the surprise of bouncing in a Wall-E bouncer and sliding down a giant slide. We ended our exciting day by playing bingo, eating nachos, and taking a chance in an awesome chinese auction. Check out the slideshow below to see the great prizes some of the students won and the fun enjoyed by all!

Tug of War Teams

Field Day is quickly approaching on Thursday, May 20. Students will be competing in many games and one of them will be tug of war. Students anonymously voted for the classmates they wanted represent their homeroom in the tug of war competition.


DRUM ROLL PLEASE........................


Tug of War Team in Room 109 is:

Aideen O'Donoghue- Captain
Kayla Hinkle
Casey Lober
Lexey Finney
Danielle Zdrale
Dylan Coyle- Captain
Cameron Fontenot
Vincent Lavorgna
Jesse Smigiel
James Zukowski

Tug of War Team in Room 107 is:

Kierra King- Captain
Destiny Matthews
Rylie McGrady
MacKenzie Ceyba
Mikaylah Snedeker
Aaron Potochar- Captain
Calum Wilson
Nick Frediani
Nathaniel Taylor
Camden Fontenot

Congratulations and good luck!

Flowers are Blooming in Science Class

It's time to pollinate our plants as flowers appeared over the weekend on our Wisconsin Fast Plants. The plants will require cross-pollination in order to produce seeds. The students are using bee sticks to pollinate their plants. Keep posted on the growth of our plants by checking the blog weekly.