Force and Motion: Gravity

We have been learning about gravity to start off our force and motion unit. Today we learned about what it is like in space with no gravity. They loved watching the astronauts eating and washing their hair in zero gravity. Then they used dominos to explore the concepts we learned about. 

Curiosity Cube

The Curiosity Cube is always changing and making us wonder about the world around us. These are a few of the different things that have been in the curiosity cube so far this year. 

Hibernating, migrating, and adapting animals in winter

Hanukkah

Apple life cycle

Fall Observations and Parts of a Pumpkin

Parent Involvement: Birthday Celebrations

Parents are always welcome in my classroom but one of my favorite times they are invited in is for birthday celebrations. They come in to do something fun with the class. Parents have done everything from Zumba, art projects, yoga, birthday Bingo, and reading their child's favorite book. It is really special for the family and for the class. 

Novel Engineering: Build an Insulator

After reading The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, the children were given the engineering project to create something that would prevent or minimize how much an ice cube would melt when put under a heat source. 

Writing: If I Lived in a snow Globe

Guided Reading

A few snap shots of the children during guided reading. They were working with the fun pointers on one to one and directionality. They also completed a "read it, write it, build it" work work activity to practice sight word recognition. 

Holiday Celebrations

Parents were invited in today for some holiday fun. I set up holiday themed centers which include STEM activities and games. It was a lot of fun for everyone!