Miss Megan (our student teacher) came up with a great idea for building structures. We cut up the pool noodles and added toothpicks and off to work they went.
The students built monster trucks, airplanes, cars, sunglasses....just to name a few!!
We planted bean seeds on Friday and look how fast they are growing. The children water them daily and make sure they are in the window to get lots of sun. We have noticed the roots are starting to grow. The children will be taking them home next week to plant. Wander if anyone will be able to eat their green beans for supper one night!
We have been discussing the water cycle this week. We have learned many new words. We had beautiful weather and the children were busy outside doing some experiments to see what happens to the water. They poured water to make a puddle on the pavement and then drew around the puddle with sidewalk chalk. It didn't take long to see that the water disappeared. The children were discussing how the water evaporated. Ask your child about it!!
We painted the school with water to see if the water would evaporate. It did!! The children were using these terms: evaporated, liquid, gas, water vapour!! WOW!! Encourage your child to use these words at home too!
The writing centre has been very popular this week. The children have been seriating pictures of how to build a robot, a flower, an ice cream cone, a house, a bunny, a ladybug and a butterfly. Then they try to draw the picture!! WOW! These pictures were done independently. Some friends even added more details!!
We have been using balance scales at the water and play dough centre this week. The children were weighing a variety of objects at the water centre to see if they thought it would make the boat sink.
Some of the students were putting an object on one side of the balance scale and they had to come up with a ball of playdough that weighed the same as the object.
The students built monster trucks, airplanes, cars, sunglasses....just to name a few!!
