Skeletons!

We learned about skeletons this week. The students LOVED creating noodle skeletons during rotation time. Check out all our fun!

Does a Pumpkin Float?

In reading groups this week we read a story about a group of rabbits that had many troubles including disobeying their mother, nearly drowning and losing their pumpkins down a stream. After drawing attention to the part that the makeshift boat sunk and the pumpkins "floated" down the stream... I asked the kids if they believed this would really happen. After recording our guesses we experimented with a pumpkin Jackson (so conventiently) brought in to our class.

We discovered that pumpkins do indeed float and that the author in the story had not been mistaken! We discussed how pumpkins are filled with air, like balls, which cause them to float.

Morning Arrival!

The boys and girls have the morning routine down pat! After unpacking and putting away their homework folder, they EAGERLY begin their morning work!

APPLES! APPLES! APPLES!

We had a fun week working with apples! We read Johnny Appleseed and learned about Tall Tales. We sorted, weighed, graphed and measured with apples. We wrote about Johnny and sequenced the life cycle of an apple. Best of all.... we ate lots and lots of apples! Please enjoy these pictures form the week:

Collecting Apples...

Sorting Apples.....

Graphing Apples....

Measuring with Apples....

Our Class with our Apples...

Being Silly with Apples...

Tasting Red, Yellow and Green Apples....

And the results of our apple tasting....

Cutting an Apple Snack....

Eating Apple Pies....

Apple Week strikes again.... !

Apple Product Snack Day....(we didn't actually eat the hand sanitizer and clorox wipes...)

WE FLIP FOR APPLES!