Happy Easter

We had an Easter Egg hunt. There were words in the eggs and we had to read them and check them off the list.
We had a half day of learning and we didn't have a lunch recess. It was raining at recess and we had to have walking club.
We watched Charlotte's Web because we finished reading the book. We had popcorn and chocolate Easter eggs.

THE BIG BAD BLOWDRYER!

The houses!

Check out this video of the Big Bad Blowdryer:  The Big Bad Blowdryer Challenge!

We were challenged to build a house that wouldn't get wrecked by the Big Bad Blowdryer! The materials we used were clay, coffee sticks, popsicle sticks,pipe cleaners and paper. We had a limit to the number of materials we were allowed to use. The clay made it stay. Some people used Lego characters for the houses. Lots of the houses stayed up with against the Big Bad Blowdryer.
We used pipe cleaners. Everyone's house looked different!

Tomorrow is the Family Dance. We danced with Miss Nikki.

Guess My Number in a Different Province!

We figured it out!

Recording our answers!

We played Guess My Number with a Grade 1 class in Moose Jaw, Sask! We played it using Skype! Their number was 56 and we guessed it easily! Our number was 16 and it took them longer. They asked us if we could get to our number counting by 2s. We said yes!
Their class used iPads to record numbers and we used 100 charts and markers.

Our Skype field trip!

3 triangles will join together to make a pyramid!

Our completed project

Talking with the engineers

We made catapults today!  We had a field trip on the Smartboard because we skyped with DiscoveryE from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. They were engineering students. They told us that they build  and plan and even help kids make their own toys like we did today.

We used shapes to build the catapult. We used popsicle sticks, coffee stir sticks and a dixie cup and lots of tape! We had to build triangles to make the base of the catapult because it is a strong shape.
Before we built our machine, we tested some shapes. The triangular prism held 3 books BUT the cylinder held 19 books! They told us that is why there is a lot columns in historical buildings.

A room of pirates -AR!

We are practicing our dance for the Family Dance! We have to practice the moves because some of them are hard. We will practice every day until Wednesday.
We made some AR pirates for the ar sound. Words like: art, car, tart and farm
On the ipads we finished our Fairy Tales. Mrs. Saunderson will email them to you soon!