Spelling Bee, Dr. Seuss Day and Reptile Show!!!

What an action packed week!

Despite a Snow Day, we crammed a ton of fun into 4 days!!!

First of all Congratulations to Virginia and Chuckie!

I am so proud of your efforts and team spirit.

We lasted into the final round against the Grade 1s! Well Done!

In Math we are reviewing our 2D shapes (and will begin 3D figures after March Break)

Play Doh Shapes

Shape pictures

Looking for "buried treasure" and counting by 2s.

Shape graph

Shapes at the light table and colour mixing.

Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss...

Hanging our socks.

Thing 1?

Thing 2?

Cindy Lou Who and Cat in the Hat

Well Done Parents, the costumes were incredible!!!

Fish! and some more Cat in the Hats!

Cindy Lou making herself into a Thing!!!

"Horton" hand prints...

Thanks Ms. LaForge! The bulletin looks amazing!

Green Eggs and Ham? No... rubber eggs?

Let an egg sit in a bowl of vinegar for 12-24 hours and the vinegar will dissolve the shell.

What's left?

A bouncy, see-through egg...

"It's squishy"

"It bounces"

And finally... The Reptile Show!!!

Spiders...

 Tortoise...

Lizards...

"What is he going to make us do?"

Snakes!!!

Hands on Opportunity...

Silly Sock Day... and Oobleck!!!

We completed the door with our own silly sock art!

Silly Faces!

Silly Obstacle course...

After Reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, we made our own Oobleck...

Is it a liquid or a solid???

"It's wet" (Liquid)

"It's hard like a solid"

"My hand is stuck"

"You can pick it up" (solid)

"But it starts to drip" (Liquid)

"It takes the shape of the container it is in" (Liquid)

"The spoon got sucked into the goo!"

Well? Solid or Liquid?

...It has properties of both a liquid AND a solid!!!!

A little Hullabaloo in our  Silly Socks to end the day....

The BEST Silly Socks!!

Structures and Stability

What does a structure need to be stable?

... "A Strong, sturdy base"

... "Balanced"

What is missing?

"some of the sticks at the base"

What shape is stronger?

"a triangle"

Why?

"a square can collapse" (become a diamond or a parallelogram)

Added some triangles to make our structure more stable...

Experimenting with a flat sturdy base.

A tall structure...

...but not very stable.

Needs a bigger base!