The Week in Review

 

This week we were learning about the three types of energy in Science.  They are Light, Heat and Sound Energy.  On Tuesday, we did the Hershey Kiss Heat Experiment, a freebie on TpT.  The children made a hypothesis about what would happen to the Hershey's Kiss in their open hand and what would happen to the candy in their closed hand.  After 5 minutes, we recorded our results.  You can see in the photo below that the chocolate kiss in the closed hand melted, which was a result of the heat the body produces.  

 

 

 

 

 

In Math, we are finishing up our unit on Fractions.  This week we made Fractionpillars, which I still need to photograph, played Fraction Bingo, compared Fractions and did some work with Smarties and fractions.    The children seemed to really enjoy this activity.  Our Assessment will be on Monday.

 



 

In Language Arts, we finished our Easter Bunny vs. The Tooth Fairy:  Who Has the Tougher Job? Opinion writing assignment.  Next week, we will be do an Opinion piece based on the story The Easter Egg by Jan Brett. 

 

We are also working in PATHS on making positive decisions and not letting our emotions cause us to act inappropriately. 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Push, Pull, Pizza and April Showers

 

In Science, we are learning about Force, specifically push and pull.  Yesterday, we discovered how we use push and pull with everyday objects. 

 

 

In Math we made Fraction Pizzas.  This picture doesn't do the display justice!  The children did a really great job on this project. 

 

 

The students shared their opinions about rainy days on umbrella shaped paper.  We made umbrellas and rain boots to display our writing.

 

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~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

What's Happening in Room 23?

 

 In Science this week, we took a closer look at seeds as part of our plant unit.  The students were given a variety of seeds which we described and compared.  I didn't get photos because I was caught up in what we were doing at the moment.  Their papers will be coming home on Monday. 

 

 

Our final Research project is learning more about George Washington Carver.  He found 100s of uses for peanuts.   Above is our investigation paper. 

 

In Math, we began our Fractions Unit.  In this picture, students are sorting a variety of cards with objects divided into 2 parts.  They had to determine if the object was equally or not equally divided.  We then labeled the objects as 1/2 if the parts were equal.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal