hi how are you? we learned about science. in science we learned about bouncy balls. bouncy balls are spheres. marbles are also spheres. a sphere is a circle, 3D, object. Goodbye reader.
science
At our classroom we did geometry. We did bubbles at the other classroom what you can do on bubble is you could run around and it will spread bubbles.We also learned about 3D objects. 3D object is a cylinder cone cube pyramid sphere. I also learned about bouncy balls. what you can do on bouncy balls are bounce it around when you bounce it high it goes much higher.There is shape all around us. When you measure you always have to start with 0 and you could measure anything could measure your cat or a person or different animals. Next we switched station we did shapes we get to color it but you have to answer the questions then it says how many sides does a square have. I answered it has 4 sides and 4 vertices. I also forgot at geometry we had to find 3d objects i found cylinder cone sphere cube pyramid. We had to find all of those in our classroom.
Science Groups
In science groups I played game’s let me tell you about it.their was(Geometry(Objects/Shapes-circles-square’s-triangles-rectangles(cube-sphere-pyramid-Cylinder-cone.Let me tell you about some more science group’s(bubbles-marbles-cars-bouncy balls-measurement-measure your self.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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The Secret Agents and I want to wish everyone as very Happy Mother’s Day! We are very grateful to have fantastic mother’s in our lives!
Pink Day: Respect, Responsibility, & Belonging
Today at our school we had Pink Day! This year we started the day off by having a school assembly. During the assembly we watched a video “Playing for change-Stand By Me” Adapted from Ben E. Kings 1961 chart topping song “Stand by me“. Then we talked about our school goals of people showing respect, being responsible, and that we all belong to our school community. After our principal Mr. Fehrenbach read to the school The Big Tree and the Little Tree by Mary Tappage, edited by Jean E. Speare, and illustrated by Terry Gallagher. It was a fantastic story with a wonderful message. Finally all of the students in the school were separated into ten groups. Together as a group they decorated a table cloth that they are going to sit at for lunch! Once everyone was done decorating their table cloth students went outside for recess and went back into their classrooms for a class activity.
Our class talked about people’s differences and that our differences makes everyone unique and special. We created a class puzzle together! Each student decorated a puzzle piece to represent themselves and then the remaining pieces we decorated them to represent our classroom. We talked about how each piece of the puzzle is unique and different, but our differences help create a positive community. We did not get a chance to finish putting the puzzle together, but check out our blog next! We will post a picture of our puzzle as soon as it is complete.
At lunch time everyone went down to the gym to enjoy lunch together with their groups! The students had so much fun spending time with people from other grades in our school. Thanks to the staff and the SCC for helping prepare the hot dogs for lunch! After everyone was finished eating students enjoyed recess and met back into their groups when recess was over. All afternoon students were able to participate in a variety of activities! The activities were relay races, scavenger hunt, music station, structure building, and Pictionary/charades. All the activities were great team building exercises to get to know other students in the school. We were able to create fabulous memories together! It was a wonderful day!
*Check out the Secret Agents individual blog pages to find out what they liked about Pink Day!
Beautiful Weather!
We have had a beautiful spring so far!! The secret agents enjoyed some of the nice weather outside with their classmates! They enjoyed creating their own games on the monkey bars and play structure. Everyone had a blast playing together outside!
PJ Day!
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We had a very comfy day at school today! It was Pajama Day! This morning the Secret Agents were able to bring their families to school in the morning to enjoy pancakes, fruit, sausages, and juice. It was a fabulous turn out! Thank you to all of the families you came to join us this morning!
Decorating Easter Eggs
The Secret Agents had so much fun setting up to decorate Easter Eggs! Students were able to see the colour tablet dissolve into the vinegar water and see what happens when they mixed together. Everyone was very creative and did a fantastic job decorating their egg along with their learning buddy from the grade six class. Check out everyone’s awesome work!
Jingle Dancing
We have been talking about different kinds of dances and have read many different books each morning during our morning meeting before we begin Daily 5. We read the book Fiddle Dancer written by Wildred Burton and Anne Patton, illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette, and Translated by Norman Fleury. We also read the book Jingle Dancer written by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Illustrated by Ying-Hwa Hu and Cornelius Van Wright.
Today we were very lucky to have Grandma Angie come to our classroom and to have her teach us about the different kinds of dances that people dance while they attend a pow wow. Grandma brought in some beautiful pieces from some of the outfits that her granddaughter has worn at pow wows and some pieces that Grandma Angie has worn at pow wows before as well. All of the students sat very quietly listening to Grandma’s stories and asked some very thoughtful questions. We are so lucky that Grandma comes to our school on Tuesdays and Thursdays to work with all of our students in our school. Everyone always enjoys working with Grandma Angie and having her in our classroom throughout the day. Today Grandma also showed us some different videos of people dancing the variety of dances at a pow wow. It was a fabulous day!
Making Homemade Ice Cream!!!
To finish our Liquids and Solids unit we decided to make homemade ice cream with our learning buddies. The Secret Agents had fun learning about how liquids can turn into solids and exploring matter. Students also got to learn about following the step to a recipe. Here is the recipe they students followed to make their ice cream:
What You’ll Need-
Ice Cubes
1 Cup half and half or milk
1/2 cup Kosher salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pint-size Ziploc bag
1 gallon-size Ziploc bag
Small towel
Any of your favourite ice cream treats
Step One- Measure all of the ingredients. After combine the half and half, sugar, and vanilla extract in the pint-size bag. Seal the bag tightly, so that none of the liquid will leak out. Keep the bags in the refrigerator until you are ready to continue onto the next step.
Step Two- Add four cups of ice cubes to one of the large, gallon-size bag. Then add the one half cup of salt to the bag.
Step Three- Put one of the small bags that was prepared earlier into the large bag with the ice cubes. Be sure that both bags are sealed tightly.
Step Four- Wrap the bag in a small towel and then shake the bag until the liquid turns into a solid (ice cream). Once it has turned into ice cream add in any topping into your bag of your choosing.
Step Five- Eat and enjoy your ice cream! Then clean up any mess and put away the remaining ingredients.
**You could do an experiment and shake the liquid mixture in a bag of ice with salt and without salt. Then students could compare the difference and discuss what the ice did to the ice cubes. Students could explore how the bags feel and if one bag is colder than the other bag.