Slime!

We read a book on "How to Make Slime" yesterday and decided we should make some of our own. Here we are trying it out! 

Game Day!

Snow Science

Today at recess many students were "snacking" on snow. I explained that even though the snow looked clean, chances are, it isn't....especially at school. Some kids continued snacking so I decided to do a little experiment with them. I asked them to show me where some "clean" snow was so I could scoop some up. We brought it inside and watched it melt all day. Around 2:15, this is what we found...

...many kids responded with "that's disgusting". I wonder how many snow "snackers" we'll have tomorrow at recess!! 

Writing for a purpose!

Today we wrote letters to our friend Brooks who has been away on Family Adventures! The kids were so sweet in their letters to Brooks. Many wished him great fun, some said "come back" and most said, "I miss you". The kids worked so hard on these letters that will go into the mail tomorrow. When you have a purpose for your writing, it seems so easy to do! 

Hallway Art

Writing "How To..." stories

In writing we are learning that we can write "How to..." stories so we can teach people how to do things. To begin the unit the kids choose four thing they feel like they are experts at. We have been busy planning and writing these stories. We have also been reading "how to" stories and today we decided to mix it up. Today we followed a "Making Butter" story and we made butter. 

The kids really enjoyed the process and most enjoyed tasting it at the end. Some of the kids with the more sophisticated palates felt our butter "needed more salt". I certainly got a kick out of hearing them talk about it. Many kids stated they were going to do this at home. So, if you feel like doing something at home while you're snowed in this weekend, all you need is some heavy cream, salt and a jar. Put the salt and cream (we did about a cup) in the jar and shake it.... a lot!! It's super easy and would probably be a great workout for your arms if shoveling is not your thing.

Butter and buttermilk

Butter with the buttermilk drained.

Exploring Capacity

In math today the kids had the chance to talk about and experiment with the concept of capacity. The kids had a variety of containers and were challenged to find two containers that held the same capacity. With each trial, we discussed which container had the largest capacity and which had the smallest. 

You could try this at home using water and different containers. Keep the counters dry and just do it at bath time...less clean-up!

We also played "Top-It" with a partner.