We have had a lot of fun discussing the word "nonsense" and Dr. Seuss.  After reading "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, the students created a "nonsense creature" and named it.  Emily combined rhyme and nonsense.  Her black hat cat wears the black hat!  They loved it.

Today we watched a Wonderopolis video on from the Pawn Stars show on T.V. about "fools gold".  The children learned how to test rocks that look like gold to make sure it "IS" real gold.  We had several students bring in "pyrite" a rock that looks like gold.  We found it on the Internet. We also have some books checked out on treasures and pirates. We discussed how Americans migrated West in search of gold, in the 1800s.

 

Car building has begun!  We have 4 groups with 4 different cars.  Discussion about where the wheels go was interesting.  Several wanted to put the wheels on the sides of the car, but others suggested the bottom so it would roll!!  Great thinking!  :)

Today we experimented with how forces affect the movement of objects.  Cameron pushed his car down the ramp and his car went the farthest.  He deducted that if you give a little push...it goes farther!! :)  Car making begins tomorrow!

February Happenings!

Our discussion of our Founding Fathers and important presidents ended with a "wind sock" project of important facts that decorate our room!  The children enjoyed all the books we read of contributing African Americans and our experiment with brown and white eggs helped us realize that like different colored shells, our insides are the same...important, purposeful, and useful in today's society!  We all matter!  :)

Vibration was a word we experimented with as we plucked our popsicle sticks and heard different sounds.   Wonderopolis contributed to our discussion as we learned that tiny air particles move that we cannot see and allow our ears to hear sound as vibrations are made! 

In Math Centers, we combined our reading learning of "cause and effect" with Laura Numeroff books to our math learning of "if, then" and related facts!  If you know 3+5=8, then you know 8-5=3, or 5+3= 8.  We also made fact family houses that decorate the hallway.
We are busy bees as we head into March and Spring!
Thanks for all you do to help make our learning fun!  Cars next week!!!

 

This is a completed project for our Well Unit.  The students created some fantastic Weekly Readers about water.  They were able to present and share the information.  Great job!

This is Cade telling about our math project for the Well Project.  We counted out SO MANY dimes and dollars.  We raised over $200 to help toward building a well in Africa. Thank you for your participation!

 

 

Sending our love to Hannah who is battling cancer...What a great way to show our love during February!  Another great way was your love letters to your children!  They absolutely loved those!

100th Day! Hooray!

We had a great time today! Stamping 100, sorting and eating 100 snack items, writing about being 100 years old or having 100 dollars, making 100 Day hats and sorting our 100 Day homework items! The children worked in groups and even though we had early leave, we got our special Centers in!  We even did a 100 Day Puzzle Picture of adding 10s! Have fun on this wonderful early leave day!  Play hard because we work hard!

Water Projects

What a fun project this was!  We have been discussing the Water Cycle and where water comes from and where it goes.  One student said, " Sooo....it's in the air but we can't see it"!  While the rest Oooood and Ahddd  :)

Thank you for your support with this project.   Sara said, "We didn't eat out after church because we had to help people who don't have water!"  We had fun counting dimes to dollars and learning about money while helping others!  Fun Day! 

Water, Water Everywhere and Not A Drop To Drink!

We have had a great week studying about water!  The students have learned the differences between river water and ocean water.  We conducted experiments in the lab with the flow of water and the water cycle!  In math, we will continue to raise money to build a well in Africa as part of our class "Caring Cactus" project.  Don't give money! Teach your child how to replace a soda or tea with a healthier free choice...WATER and donate that amount to help us...help others!