Balls!!!!

We took a variety of balls outside to see how we can use them.  We had a discussion about the balls before we went outside.  We know that a ball is a shere.  You can't kick some balls or you will get hurt.  Basketballs are hard and great to bounce or dribble.  Jamie can dribble the ball 68 times in a row!!! 

We threw balls!!  We kicked balls!!  We played catch with the balls and we even try to aim the ball to get it in a target against the wall!!

Planting Trees!!!

Mrs. Caderette has been busy getting the whole school involved with planting trees in the school yard.  We did our part by helping to put mulch around the trees!!

This Week in our Classroom!!!!!!!

We read the story The Little Red Hen and the children have been retelling the story.....

At the blocks!!!



At the sand table!!!

We have been discussing sinking and floating in our classroom.  Below they are making predictions at the science table using a variety of objects.  Does it sink or float????

Below, some of the students are testing the balls to see if they sink or float.  We added a scale because the children wanted to see if the ball was heavy or light.  We are discovering that if a ball is filled with air it floats.  A small golf ball sunk!!!! 



Wow!! Look at the Stairs We Can Make Now!!

Kyle and Trentin first started with 6 stairs and they were given a challenge.  I asked them if they could make the stairs even higher

They did!!!

Ordinals!!

We have been practising singing the song There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.  We listed the animals in order.  We are practising using ordinals.  1st was the fly, 2nd was a spider, 3rd was a bird, 4th was a cat, 5th was a dog, 6th was a cow, and 7th was the horse.  Below are some friends retelling the song.

We are using ordinals in another story that we are reading.  The story is called Inside a Barn in the Country.  It is a rebus story with 11 characters.  Below the children are re-telling the story using ordinals. 

We are placing our friends' pictures in a line and then we are writing their names next to the correct ordinal.





Artists!!!

Hailey made a list of colours that we would need at the painting centre to re-create the crayon picture. 

Our colours are ready and some of the students tried to re-create the crayon melting art at the painting centre.

Hot Crayons!!!

We predicted what would happen if we used a blow dryer on crayons and most children predicted that they would melt.  They were right!  However, we learned 2 new words today.  The wax became so hot that it actually turned into a liquid and made a puddle.  Once we took the blow dryer away the wax became solid again.  We now have it in the freezer and we are waiting to see what happens.  Some children predicted:
1.  It would freeze and turn to ice.
2.  It would be cold
3.  It will stay a solid because it is cold. WOW! Great job Natasha

Some children noticed that it looked like art work or a painting.  Tomorrow we will put it at the painting centre to see if anyone can replicate it!!!  Check back!!  We will post the paintings!!