5 Layer Density Bottles

Today we explored density with common household liquids: Corn Syrup, Dish liquid, Water, Vegetable oil, and Rubbing alcohol. (We added food coloring to the water and alcohol.) The students were able to determine which liquid was most dense when layered in the bottles.

Halloween!!!

Candy Corn Towers

STEAM Challenge

Tie Dye Science

A-Team Awards 1st 9 Weeks

Perfect Attendance

Classroom AR Goal Achievement (10 points)

A/B Honor Roll

A Honors

Camp Mc Dowell Success!

While at Camp, our 5^th graders participated in several outdoor classes.  Among those were Aquatic Adventures, Down to Earth, and Songs, Sparks & Stories. These science based activities covered the entire CCRS for Ecosystems and standard 13 for Earth’s Place in the Universe. The hands-on activities allowed the students to be fully invested the 5E instructional model and encouraged inquiry.  The students also participated in a STEAM lesson entitled Invention Convention, which was designed to challenge their creative minds through scientific exploration and engineering processes. Now, we all know that “all work and no play” is NO FUN!  Our kids were able to canoe Clear Creek in a two-man canoe, play field games during rec-time, and beat their fears with the 20 foot trust swing. Each meal was fed family-style and the student’s participated in clean-up afterward.  After SSS, the student’s made S’mores and both camp nights were full of screams and giggles in the cabins. It was a wonderful learning adventure that created friendships and memories that will last much longer than 5^th grade.

WJ Girls Represent

Former WJ students are killing the volleyball court with their recent domination of John Carroll HS! 

Super proud of Tameyah, Ashley, Kensley, Tiffany, McKinley, and Alexa! Keep working hard and remember we love and support you! Go Vikes! #wjalways

TGIF

We have almost made it through August! Whew! We are ready for some fall weather and football around here. Cheering on our Vikings as they travel to Hueytown tonight and next week starts college football! (Roll Tide!)

These three weeks have been full of learning, laughter, and fun. What a great class and I can't wait to see how much we grow through May! 

Library is OPEN

Today we made our first official library-book check out... I love to see kids excited about books and reading.

Former WJ students showing out!

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I am so very proud of these boys and the hard work they are putting in to be successful! GO VIKES!

Back To School Assembly

ASPIRE and Summer Packet Awards!

James Spann Visit

James Spann visited WJ on Thursday, August 18 to discuss weather and safety. He let our Devin operate the Kid Cam for the ABC 3340 Newscast!

Walk the Room Math

Today we solved Place Value riddles while we "walked the room." It's much more fun than sitting in our seats!! 

Girls!

We will miss you Jordan!

WELCOME BACK!!

I am excited to start this new year focusing on the Future- of our students and our school! This year will be an awesome year of learning and fun.

We are ready to learn!

3rd 9 Weeks Honor Roll

A/B Honors

A Honors

Clean up day

Today we walked the perimeter of the school grounds and cleaned up all of the trash. We gathered up an entire bag full of garbage. A big 30 gallon kitchen trash bag! We would like to ask all citizens and students to please be mindful of what you throw down on the ground. Be respectful and stop littering!