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Vandergrift Elementary Finished 3rd Overall In Westmoreland County for the most correct responses during the week of January 18th-24th! Vandergrift Elementary was the daily winner form most correct responses on Tuesday, January 22nd! Congratulations to Vandergrift’s Top Scorers: Malcolm Holden (5C) – 3rd Overall in Westmoreland County Congratulations to Vandergrift’s Top Scorers: Maura Stone (5B) – 5th Overall in Westmoreland County Congratulations to Vandergrift’s Top Scorers: Graham Holden (3A) – 10th Overall in Westmoreland County Congratulations to Westmoreland County’s Top 50: Abagail Shoemaker - 11th Morgan Hepler - 12th Cheryl Phillips - 14th Isabella Painter - 16th Mackenzie Steele - 19th John Pierce - 23rd Lily Belknop - 25th Brianna Stone – 26th Tyler Fitzpatrick - 27th Jack Young - 30th Jakob Hagofsky - 32nd Darrien Miller - 34th Tyler Amarando - 36th Brittany Rupert - 44th Ethan Rollinger - 45th Kayla Zelonko - 48th Be one of Mr. Enciso’s At Vandergrift Elementary Order of Operations Rules for evaluating an expression. Ex. Work first within ( ), calculate all powers from left to right, then do multiplications or divisions from left to right, then do addition and subtraction from left to right. Distributive Property Multiplication is distributive over addition and subtraction. Ex. a(b+c)=ab+ac a(b-c)=ab-ac Commutative Property A property of addition or multiplication, where the sum or product stays the same when the order of the addends or factors is changed. a + b = b + a and ab=ba Identity Property Addition – Adding 0 to a number leaves the number unchanged, or identical (2+0=2) O is the identity element for addition. Multiplication- Product of any number and 1 is that number 4X1=4. 1 is the identity element for multiplication. Associative Property A property of addition or multiplication, where regrouping the addends or factors does not change the outcome of the operations. (a+b)+c=a+(b+c) With the assistances of Mrs. Emanuelson, Ms, Kiebler, and Mrs. Pittman first grade made snow in school!. The fun winter activity began with a fun story call “Axle Annie” by Robin Rulver. Representatives of Penn State New Kensington visited Vandergrift Elementary for classroom presentations. GECKO is a STEM focused environmental presentation with ties to science and engineering. Fun with Polymers Fun with Polymers Fun with Polymers Fun with Polymers Breakfast Lunch Breakfast Lunch Breakfast Lunch Breakfast Lunch • They are composed of 86% to 90% of water • They don’t have many vitamins either • They are imported from Mexico and South America • They come from California and Arizona • They come in pink, red, white, and golden • Its 75% juice • They are tender plants that thrive in warm weather • They are often served fresh and raw • Grow in late summer or fall Red Grapes • Red grapes are about the size of a marble. • Red grapes grow in bunches, like a pyramid • When grapes grow it is known as viticulture Radish • The name radish comes from the Latin word “radix” meaning root • Radishes are usually eaten raw • There are five verities of radishes: Red globe, Black, Daikons, White icicles, and California mammoth white Quote of The Week - 70 Santana Lewis - 60 Attention Teachers: On Tuesday, February 5thand Wednesday, February 6th, Mr. Swartzlander will be conducting a training session on podcasting in the Vandergrift Cafeteria. Please bring your laptop if you plan to attend.