Matter

We have been enjoying observing solids and today we took a look at liquids.  Scientists predicted which liquid would win the race.  Notice the "lab coats"!

February Fun!

I can't believe how quickly the month of February has passed.  We celebrated the 100th day, Valentine's day and President's Day. We had a lot of fun with our matter unit and we were even able to make some raisin's dance!  The pictures below show all that we have been up to. 

Experimenting with how Penguins feathers help protect them.

self portraits of us at 100!

100 inch snake!

100 gumballs!

counting the gumballs!

Order for a pizza with 100 pepperoni!

stacking 100 cups

100 day snack!

such concentration!

Counting carefully!

Mid-Year!

It is so hard to believe that we have reached the half-way point to this year.  I have seen so much growth in my students since the beginning of the year.  They have become writers, readers and mathematicians.  They love to build and create.   They love to learn and are learning to use their words to resolve conflicts.  Below are some photos of what we have been up to over the past few weeks. Enjoy!

Designing and creating a mitten that would fit on their hand. 

So much concentration.

Getting advice from classmates.

Determined to complete the task.

 We learned a lot about Penguins.  We learned they can stay underwater for 20 minutes. Emperor Penguins can jump 5 feet from the water onto the ice.  Blubber and 2 layers of feathers keep penguins warm.  Below we tried our own "Blubber Glove" to see if it would keep our hands warm. 

Ice water not as cold with a blubber glove.

Drawing and painting penguins.

Little artists!

Not sure we would want to be a penguin, but the blubber glove was a hit!

We began exploring magnets.  We found out that sometimes magnets attract and repel one another. 

Repel

attract

 We also did a measuring unit where we were able to measure different parts of us!

 We began using a new math tool.  The rekenrac helps us to solve problems.  We use this to show how we can make numbers in different ways.

12 is 8 on top and 4 on the bottom.

Starting point- white on the right!