Measurement AND a chrysalis!

We prepared our art in Eric Carle fashion! We had to use 4 crayons and find a texture and rub it against a rock, gravel, tree or cement.  There were all kinds of different textures.
One of our caterpillars is on the roof and in a J! It has a red ball which means it is done eating. We watched a video of caterpillars. The caterpillars split their skin when they make a chrysalis.
We watched a Mystery Doug movie about hot lava and when it's cold it becomes lava rock.
In math we did measurement centers. We raced cars down ramps to see which ones go farther. We measured how many cards covered a box. We weighed different materials and tried to balance the scales.  We filled jars with popcorn seeds, too.

Measurement!

Containers to measure!

Which one holds the most?

We are working on measurement. Today we learned that you do not need a measuring cup to measure. You can measure with different cups! We can measure with water or beans or bubblegum or a bunch of things. We can compare containers to find the biggest container.  We went outside and used water to measure. We measured how many cups were in a container.  We used small bins and big bins! The biggest container held 20 cups. Ms Mahan's mom came to help us. We measured and then we played outside!

We measured capacity

The Public Library came and told us about the Summer Reading Program.  We need to register at the library to read and win some prizes!

We learned more about the Zones of Regulation.  Ms Alex blew up balloons that were the colour of the Zones.  We only have two more Zones times.

We did some more measurement in math.  We measured capacity using cups and containers.  We filled them with beads.  It was VERY messy in our classroom.

Senator Riley's Grade 6 band came and played music for us this morning.  They were very good!

Measurement

We used balance scales.  It was fun to balance.  We used all kinds of stuff like the bears, stones, dice and keys.  We were seeing which things were the heaviest.  Heaviest means it weighs more. It was measuring.  First we didn't know how to balance but now we do!

We talked about change and wrote something that has changed in our family.

Today was someone's birthday.  He is 7!  Happy Birthday.

Cute little babies!

We have some important notes in our folders!  The book order is due on Wednesday.

Our homework stories were awesome!  Everyone brought a baby picture and the WHOLE class finished their homework.  We are a class full of cutie-patooties!!!!  Mrs. Saunderson keeps calling us cutie-patooties!  We know that we all changed.  We changed by growing and changes in our families. We stayed the same because we have the same names and same hair. We will learn more about the olden days when we go to olden days school.

In math, we had a challenge!  We had to figure out how to measure distance using tape, cars, a ramp and string.  We also had to make a secret staircase by putting shapes in order.

Have a GREAT long weekend and we will see you on Tuesday.

Reading to Senator Riley!

A few Senator Riley kids came to listen to us read.  They read to us, too.  We were terrific readers. One reader was a teacher's daughter!

We made some Synergy cards for a special day next week.  We wrote terrific notes in the cards.  We are going to give them out to houses and work places.

In math, we traced and measured our shoes. We compared our shoes to bigger and smaller things.

Living and Non-living & Measurement

We took pictures of living and non-living things outside with the iPad.  We put the pictures in PicKids and wrote words about our pictures. We did that for Writer's Workshop.
We hung up our art work of the flower paintings in the gym.  It was the Volunteer Lunch.  Thank you, volunteers! We went outside for gym.
We started learning about measurement! We compared length and heights.  A boy is the tallest and a girl is the shortest.