We had a fun 100s celebration by spending some extra time playing in the snow. There was lots of sliding and some attempts at building a snow fort with the small amount of snow that we have.
To celebrate Thanksgiving we read about the Pilgrims and their lives as they traveled and arrived in the New World. With our Kindergarten friends we made hard tack. In the afternoon we tasted the hard tack and some dried meat. While they tried the food they ate standing up and without talking, which was traditional for Pilgrim children. There was mixed reviews of the food.
One of the experiments we did during our matter unit used gummy bears in different liquids. We put one gummy bear in four different liquids and let them sit in the liquids overnight. The liquids we used were water, salt water, water with baking soda, and vinegar. Before we started the experiment everyone made predictions about what would happen to the gummy bears. Some of the predictions were that the gummy bear would dissolve, it would get bigger, it would shrink, or it might stay the same. We also measured the gummy bears before we put them into the liquids so that we would be able to decide whether it changed shape overnight. The next day the kids were amazed when they came into the room. I heard lots of "look at ours", "ours got bigger", and "it looks see through". They then remeasured the gummy bears and found out the they all got larger and some got very gooey. I think their favorite part was squishing the gummy bears after they had measured them. We also had one of our stuffy celebrations on the same day, so we had some more fun reading to them! Last Monday we got together with Ms. Parker's Kindergarten class to make cards for veterans. We discussed how veterans believe in protecting their country. We then had the kids share something they believe in. We had a wide range of answers from, friends and family to Robin Hood and Disney World. Then the 1st and 2nd graders put their letter writing skills to work writing a letter with their Kindergarten friend. They then worked together to create a card to put their letter into. |