Text Tuesday: The Periodic Table and Elements

Text Tuesday: The Periodic Table and Elements

Hello hello! It is a terrific Tuesday here in Mrs. Barton’s science class! Today students are working on a Common Core text entitled “The Periodic Table and Elements”. They read the text with their partner(s) “collaboration style” and then answered…

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Magic Words Monday: Getting to Know the Periodic Table of Elements

Magic Words Monday: Getting to Know the …

Hello there! I hope everyone had a restful weekend and feels ready to tackle this week! Last week students were introduced to aspects of the Periodic Table of Elements (PTE) by looking at element squares. Students were able to determine…

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Think-About-It-Thursday: Separating Mixtures Lab

Think-About-It-Thursday: Separating Mixtures Lab

Hello and happy Thursday! It was quite a packed day as my spectacular students completed their FIRST lab of the year! Congratulations to them for completing that task! I would say our lab was quite successful today. Students completed 5…

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Writing-Wednesday Persuasive Piece

Writing-Wednesday Persuasive Piece

We made it through the middle of the week! Hooray! All of my classes did a tremendous job with the writing piece today. I asked how many students had ever encountered a teacher that told them they needed to write…

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Text-Tuesday: Mixtures and Separation Methods

Text-Tuesday: Mixtures and Separation Methods

Happy Tuesday everyone, Today students read a Common Core based text about mixtures and methods (ways/means) to separate them. Students also completed a worksheet about the periodic table element squares. The “Mixtures” CC reading can be found here: Mixtures & Separation…

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