We have a new student starting tomorrow. Welcome, Cole! Students experienced Drop Everything and Read. Mrs. Concepcion made an announcement and we got out books and read silently. I was impressed with the level of enthusiasm for silent reading. We had fun with estimating in math. Students had to write their estimates, then we counted the actual number and used the greater than/less than sign to compare our estimates to the actual number. In science, students used balloons to experiment with static electricity. We were able to pick up small pieces of paper with a static-charged balloon but were unable to pick up paper clips. We gave ourselves crazy hair and made the balloons stick to our bodies. Today's reading time: 160 minutes.