Running

There was too much running today!  It seemed like all the boys forgot there is no running in the classroom.  Two boys got a timeout at recess because they were chasing each other out of the gym, into the classroom.  Yesterday the same two had done the same thing, but into the hallway.  Today after PE, two different boys were running in the room and one pushed past a 5th grade girl, tripping her, and the second boy plowed her over the rest of the way.  I scolded him, he tried to justify himself, I said I wasn't looking for excuses, he got even madder and took a break in the reading corner to calm down.  He had been upset about something the other boy had said (a 7th grader), and then for him to get in trouble when his friend had been the mean one? It was too much for him.

I wanted to get one more science lab in before Christmas break.  It's a Wednesday, which means we have PE at 2:00.  That always makes it tricky to get much accomplished after math before PE.  Usually it takes a while for them to get back from math.  Today was no different.  We actually got quite a bit done on the lab before we were crunched for time.

The lab was about chromatography.  We mixed pen ink in beakers of rubbing alcohol and stuck paper strips in them.  The paper strips were taped to the roof of a box so the ink could travel up the coffee filter.  Different colors of ink travel at different speeds.  So our experiment should show (after sitting overnight) that black ink is made of a bunch of different colors.  We also tried red ink, purple ink, and orange ink.  Unfortunately, one group tipped over their box right at the end, so they had to redo the experiment.  Bummer.  They had been in a rush to get to PE.  Oops.  Now all the jars/boxes are resting on the lab table.  Hopefully we'll have time tomorrow to examine them and finish up the experiment... Tomorrow is going to be a crunch day! Last day of school before break!