Experiments

We took mystery materials today and used them to work more with push and pull.  The kids each took a straw and a cotton ball.  They practiced pulling up the cotton ball by inhaling through the straw.  Then they had loads of fun pushing the cotton ball on different surfaces and blowing the cotton ball from different directions.  We would experiment, gather and discuss our findings, then experiment some more.  Our work ended with the students making observations in their experiment notebooks.

We also sorted words by syllables.  Mrs. Keach gave us a graph to create with 1,2,3, and 4 syllable words.  The kids are able to see how many syllables a word has by putting their hand under their chin and then saying the word.  Each time their chin hits their hand is a syllable.  Try it at home with the names of people in your family.

Folks from The First National bank came in to chat with us about money today.  The kids read a poem about change, and then discussed how four pennies is worth less than one nickel, even though there are more coins.  We also were reminded to be safe with money by washing our hands after touching it.  Everyone was excited to receive a change purse and pencil (coming home tomorrow).

Remember tomorrow is Tropical Dress day.  The kids are encouraged to wear tropical clothes and bring in a beach towel for a lunch time picnic.