Last Days

Samara's Last Day

Cesare's Last Day

WALT's Diary

As the year is approaching, the weekly tradition of sending our class elephant home with her diary is also coming to an end. I would like to thank all the parents who supported their children in writing in WALT's diary. 

Who Let the MIS Dogs OUT....WE DID!

And they were fantastic. What a great night. CONGRATULATION TO ALL INVOLVED!

SKip Counting

We have been learning about skip counting and multiplication.

We made skip counting trees.

Luisenpark Field Trip

The first graders had a BLAST at Luisenpark this past week.  We saw TONS of animals, played on the unique playgrounds, and even had a sweet treat!  Enjoy!

 The 1st Grade Monkeys!

 We had a nice playground and snack before heading into the park!

We made it! Luisenpark here we come!

  

We spotted out first animal!

Inside the Greenhouse

Swimmy!

 How many times can the coin make a circle? We counted over 30 times!

Next was the reptiles!

 Inside the desert

Whew! It's hot in here!

  

The Butterfly House

Lunch and Recess in the Park with the Birds!

We all Scream for ICE CREAM!

 

Look what we found!

My little chicks in their nest :)

  

OWLS! We wanted to take them back to the classroom with us!

  

Our final stop of the day....THE PENGUINS!

Easter Egg Hunt

Today we had an Easter Egg Hunt outside to celebrate the upcoming holiday break :)  The kids had a lot of fun searching for the eggs outside in the grass!  Have a wonderful Holiday Break!

  

Ready, Set, GOOOOOO!!!!

We All Scream for ICE CREAM!

 Ice Cream Experiment

What we want to find out: How will the liquid milk turn into a solid?

First we planned out each step of the experiment before we started.

1. Observe the materials.

2. Ask a Question to solve.

3. Make a Hypothesis...I think.....

4. Plan the Experiment.

Then it was time to conduct the experiment.  After adding all the ingredients to their plastic bags and the ice they had to shake, shake, shake the bag for 15 minutes.

After shaking the bag for 15 minutes, the liquid milk magically turned into a solid!  Then it was time to taste our science experiment!

The children learned that the salt that was added to the ice made the ice melt at a much lower temperature and much faster than without salt.

The salt helped the ice melt faster and at a cooler temperature. This allowed the liquid milk to turn into a solid much faster since the temperature was so cold.

We connected this ice cream experiment to what we do in winter time with the icy roads.  When the roads are icy we put salt on the ice to make it melt faster.

We Love Being Scientists!

 Ivory Soap Experiment

 What we want to find out:  What will happen to a bar of soap when placed inside of a microwave?

First we planned out our experiment together on the board and then we began the experiment!

The children were very eagar to see what happened to the soap.  Our class hypothesis was that the solid soap would melt into a liquid.

 

Oh boy was our hypothesis wrong!  The soap expanded into a large foam bubble! 





 After we finished our experiment with the soap in the microwave we learned that the water and air trapped inside of the bar of soap when heated had to go somewhere.  The only place for the soap to go was out!  That explains why the bar of soap expanded and grew into a large foam sculpture.  But what should we do now with this big foam soap?  

We decided as a class that we would make new soap using the foam sculptures!  But first we needed to crush up the big ball of foam and add a bit of water to the soap to make it a liquid texture.



After the soap was made into a liquid, the students added some food coloring to make their soap a fun color.  They then used different cookie cutters to form their soap into a mold.

We had such a fun time making new soaps!  The children are very eagar to take their soap home next week and try it out !