Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!

We began our inquiry study of seeds on Monday. We wrapped seeds in a wet paper towel and placed in a cup WITH a lid! We wondered if seeds would grow without soil and air.  We watched a video and know that seeds need sunlight, water and steady temperature. Today we opened our little containers and seeds are GROWING in a little cup with NO water, sunlight OR soil. Lots of people could see roots. Some seeds didn't have any roots. We learned that seeds don't need dirt but need protection. Some people had short roots and some people had long roots.

We did some paper weaving with snakes. We had a dress rehearsal for the Family Dance. Tonight is the Family Dance.  Doors open at 6:15. Wear orange or yellow shirts. 

Artifacts!

An artifact is an object made by humans. We sketched an artifact that was a camera. It was a very small camera. It was a Baby Brownie camera. The camera didn't have a neck holder and does not need to be plugged in. We think it was called a Baby Brownie because it looks a little like a brownie.
We made flying butterflies using Mystery Doug. We had another dance class and the grade 3s watched us! 

Fire Drill

We had a fire drill today. We are not allowed to talk and we line up at the door very quietly. We have to make sure we have everybody as soon as we get outside. We wait for the principal to say "It's all clear" before we go inside.  We need to be safe and secure.
We had Miss Nicky continue to teach our dance.  We need to wear a yellow or an orange shirt. We are not bringing umbrellas.

Dancing and changes

We are learning our dance in gym.  Our dance teacher is Miss Nikki. We are working on a special book and gift for a special person!  Mme Cauoette came to visit today with her baby!  It was very cold and wet outside. Remember to dress for all weather.
On the 'Wall of Change' is our baby pictures. We are celebrating changes in our lives.  We look different than we did as a baby, we are smaller. We are the same  because we are the same people! 

Jack Flies Away!

We had to make a parachute for Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk! Jack had to get down the beanstalk and not get eaten by the giant. We used paper and/or plastic bags. We found that if it was curved, the air went into it. If the air went into the parachute, it went slower and we could save Jack! We tested the parachutes outside.
We wore our hats all day! It was for mental health and healthy brains. We had gym today and we played Dogs.

Synergy Day

Mrs. Hurst is a mechanical engineer!

Can you make a tall tower using newspaper and tape?

Synergy Day!

Spreading kindness in our community!

Today, we went on a long walk delivering synergy cards and when we were done we went to the park. We were spreading kindness.
We had a guest engineer come to teach us about building. We made newspaper towers! Tape helped because we could stick newspaper sticks together.  A triangle shape helped us build a strong tower. We had to synergize together to make a tall tower. We rolled newspaper into tiny tubes to stick together and made it really tall.

Heaven Can Wait!

We used our Lemonade Stand money to buy food and supplies for Heaven Can Wait. We had a guest! Kim and Allie, the dog, came to visit and pick up the supplies. The newspaper came and took our picture. She told us that there are 42 dogs at the shelter AND 180 cats! We got to pet the dog.

Paper Mache!!!

We went out for recess and it is getting warmer by the day. Today we tried paper mache! We are making a robin's egg. We did our morning song in the afternoon and Kaitlin videotaped us. We had morning meeting and talked about Bucket Filling and Kaitlin came to help.  We are learning about fairy tales and we read a story about the Three Ninja Pigs.

Building Bridges!

We were building bridges again.  This time we had to use paper and cups and we measured how many pennies it would hold.  To make the bridge strong, we had to use different shapes. We learned that the strongest shape is a triangle. We have new sight words today and we played badminton in gym. We are getting close to finishing our printing books. We did Read to Self and Mrs. McLean said it was SO quiet in our classroom when everyone was working!
It was a snowstorm outside and everyone in our class got soaked!

Engineers!

Building a bridge for the 3 Billy Goats Gruff!

Engineer means that you have to design and build stuff.  Today we engineered Lego bridges.  We built some bridges over water just like the bridge in The 3 Billy Goats Gruff!  We had to make the bridges more stable by adding more Lego pieces and support beams underneath so the bridge wouldn't collapse. Some of the bridges were broken and we had to remake them.  We used weights for billy goats and they were different sizes and weights!