Social Studies Midwest Tour!

In social studies we learned about the geography of our region. Therefore, we went on a Midwest crop duster tour! We boarded our little airplane and took off for lots of great learning!

Kindness

We read a story called Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. Students then squeezed all of a small toothpaste tube out on a paper plate. Their goal was to use toothpicks to put it all back in the tube! Of course, it's impossible! This is a lot like the words we say and actions we do toward others. Once said or done, you really can't get it all back! Of course, apologizing is wonderful, but it's very important to think about being kind! Students LOVE this activity!

Field Trip and Projects!

We wrapped up our plants science unit with a field trip and project!

Addition Properties

We've been studying addition in mathematics! Check out these awesome videos students made to teach the three Properties of Addition!

Commutative Property of Addition:


Identity Property of Addition:


Associative Property of Addition:

Plants!

We've been busy in science studying plants! First, we became botanists and did some plant observations!

Then it was time to plant some seeds of our own! We placed bean seeds into a wet paper towel in a bag and hung them in our window! Just a few days later, we could see some changes happening!

With a few more days, they were really growing!

We made sure to document the data and changes just like a scientist would!

Finally, it was time to give our plants a more proper place to grow!

Ask your student how much they've grown!

Eclipse Day!

On August 21 something amazing happened in our area! We got to see a total solar eclipse! We spent the day learning all about the eclipse. We even did a chalk activity to predict what the corona would look like! It was such an exciting event!

The 17-18 School Year is Here!

Wow! We're off to a wonderful start this school year! We've been getting to know one another and build our classroom community! We've also been having a lot of fun! We even started to build up some reading stamina!

We completed a fun math project - math about me/figure me out!

We also did a fun engineering challenge!

It's going to be a wonderful year!