Spring Party (and some engineering!)

Today we had our Spring Party! Thank you to all the parents that worked to get the party ready and helped today. It was wonderful and the kids loved it!

We also finished our science unit on Pushes and Pulls today. As a culminating project, the kids were presented with a problem. We read a story about a boy who received a new swingset for his birthday, but his yard was covered in rocks and needed to be cleared to make room for the new swingset. We built a fake yard and fence covered with "rocks" in our classroom. The kids had to work together to design a solution for clearing the "yard" using boxes, string, wooden boards and other materials. They used the Engineering Design Cycle to explore/brainstorm, build a model, test their ideas, and evaluate their designs. If their models didn't solve the problem and clear the yard, they continued through the design cycle to modify their models and test new ideas. It was a great culminating project, and most were very efficient in building ramps and using string and boxes to pull the rocks over the fence. Make sure to ask your child about this awesome project!

Have a happy and safe Spring Break!

Science at Work

Another week, another week of awesome learning and working together! This week, we explored the concept of friction. We used blocks covered with different materials and explored how we were able to pull them across various surfaces. Make sure to ask your child about friction. They are all very excited and are now finding examples of friction all the time. 😊

We also explored the idea of collisions and how an object in motion can put another object into motion. We used tiles to create domino-like courses. The kids were amazed that one "domino" being put into motion can affect many other dominoes.

Eat More Chicken!

Hope you can join the cow and chicken at Chick-Fil-A tonight!😁

Buddy Reading Time

This past week was filled with lots of Dr. Seuss fun! We learned a lot about Dr. Seuss himself, and of course we read many of his books. One fun activity of the week was reading with our third grade buddies. This time, we read to our buddies...and we read in the dark with flashlights! Everyone loved it, and many of the third graders told me they couldn't believe their kindergarten buddies were reading books. 😊 Enjoy some of these cute pics of your readers.