This first week of Spring, we will be doing a variety of special activities to celebrate the new season! We have been learning about the winds of March, and will create items that can catch the wind. In science we will experiment more with the forces of push and pull.
Two very special events will occur on Thursday (which is the last day of school for students before Spring Break). The first is the K-Team's first-ever
Spring-Fling Fruit Fair. Three of the K classes will rotate between rooms and do fun learning activites with unusual fruits. If you are available to help out with this event, please contact us as soon as you can. Also on Thursday, Mrs. C is planning a
Lunch Bunch Easter Egg Hunt for those students who stayed on green behavior for the month of March.
Our class has submitted an entry to our school science fair, which will be held today. If you get a chance, stop by the school to see our information board. If you cannot make it, just have a look at this video:
What will happen when you put Mentos candies into various liquids?
Finally, the students have been memorizing a poem a week since September. Now they would love to share with you their first original poetry pieces, in honor of snow.
As Spring comes on the scene, we wave a fond farewell to the beautiful blizzards of 2010.
As always, you can watch these videos and many more on our
Fun Stuff page. Just follow the link to the right.
Enjoy the lovely weather, and
we'll see you after the break!
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We have several new original videos posted on our site (at Fun Stuff), including two student-created stories that you are sure to love! Please watch them with your child. You may even want to send the video link to Grandma and Grandpa so they can enjoy the stories too.
After reading, "I Went Walking" by Sue Williams, we decided to take a walk ourselves around the school grounds to see what we could see. We took notes along the way, and came up with this fun story that goes by the same name.
During Science last week, Mrs. C wanted the students to learn about how they can take care of the earth through conservation and recycling. So she let Mrs. Jenkins' son Jalen do the teaching through his funny and informative video, "Save the Earth". Jalen shows the kids what to do and what not to do!
Finally, we put an unusual twist on harvest time and Halloween by creating strange and funny pumpkins. After using creative materials to make the artwork, the kids stretched their imaginations to tell a funny story about their funny pumpkins. Hmmm, what will the funny pumpkins do next?