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Fairy Bread

This week we have been comparing how people in other countries celebrate.  After reading about birthday celebrations in Australia, we decided to make some Fairy Bread.  Fairy Bread is one of the finger foods served at Australian birthday parties.

DESKERCISE

We love to do DESKERCISE with Slim Goodbody. We learn about a topic while while we get some exercise and have some fun.  We learned about the First Thanksgiving, and this week we learned about proper hand washing.

Military Box

Thanks to all the parents who so generously sent in items for our military box.  We collected a lot of items to send along with our letters.

A Cookie Dig!!!

We had a lot of fun learning about fossils this week.  As a culminating activity, we learned

how difficult the job of a palentologist is by doing a dig of our own.  The students were

given a chocolate chip cookie and had to map where the chips were prior to digging.

Then, they where given two toothpicks to extract their chips (fossils) from the cookie

 without breaking them. After this activity, they all had a better understanding of how

careful and patient a paleontologist must be to extract real fossils. Also, they have

 a better understanding of how hard their work must be chipping

 away at rock. 

Having snacks while learning about Pigs

Flashlight Reading

We had the opprtunity to read with kindergarteners during Right to Read Week.

Shadows

We were exploring shadows as a part of a unit on the Solar System.  We learned about that the Sun is a star, and we learned how shadows change throughout the day.  Here we are tracing shadows.

Playground Measurement

On this day, we went out to the playground and teamed up with Ms. Palmison's class to meausre things around the playground.  We measured them using both inches and centimeters.  They even found a dead worm to measure.  It was a lot of fun!!!

Standard and Nonstandard Measurement

Here we are finding the length of our shoes using pattern blocks.

 

We also measured many items around the room such as kleenex boxes and crayons.  We compared the standard and nonstandard measurements of these items.

Finding Similarities/Differences in Science

Cole brought in this turkey feather, so we used a magnifying glass to explore the similarities and differences between the feather and the hair on our arms.

Plants are Growing

Look at how good our bean plants are growing.

Animal Reports

Love the shirt!!

The animal reports were very informative.  In fact, a few of the students even brought in some specimens to go with their reports.