Getting a little DIRTy!

We have been learning about how rocks are used in our everyday life. In addition, we have learned that rocks are broken down into soil that also helps us in ways everyday. The kids had a great time investigating different types of soil and acting out the process of erosion!

Showing it in NUMBERS!

We have been learning how to use place value to explain and help us understand numbers... check out these 2 great examples of how to use place value to compare numbers.

In the kids' words!

Listen to some of the kids explain their thinking about their roller coasters. Happy to say we had no tears, but lots of modifications! What a fun morning - and great hands on learning! You can see your studnet's work on SeeSaw!

JOHNSON WORLD!

Astroworld is a thing of the past... JOHNSON WORLD is where you want to have your fun. Today we used what we knew about motion to make roller coasters. The kids worked continually for 90 minutes with all kinds of "trash" to build the perfect coaster. They were so engaged and came up with some truly wonderful designs (I think we have some future engineers in the group). Today we will test and make modifications to the coasters. Be sure to check in on SeeSaw to see what your child produced!

Grateful Hearts...

This week it was only appropriate to talk about the meaning of Thanksgiving and all the things we have to be grateful for... I hope you enjoy this video we made to show what have blessed us!

Magnet Magic!

Say that 3 times fast! We put our skills and knowledge of magnets to work to see what would a magnet attract through. It was fun seeing the kids get so excited about their discovery!

MAGNETIC atmosphere

We did an investigation to find all things magnetic!  Later we drew the conclusion that all things that were magnetic must have cobalt, iron, or nickel. 

Who let the BOYS out?

It was a boys’ lunch today!  I learned about all the places they like to go eat and games they play. Wish the weather had been cooler, but the company was great. 

Halloween Fun...

After reading the book Too Many Pumpkins, we used our pumpkin to collect all the trash from snack. We carved it open and loaded it up. Today (because of so much rain last night) we buried our pumpkin to see what will happen. We all made predictions... Nathan thinks it will rot, some kids think new pumpkins will grow, and someone even thinks it might grow new trash. We will dig it up on Earth Day! Stay tuned for more details coming April 15, 2019!