Dr. Seuss Week

Our Schedule for Next Weeks Dr. Seuss Celebration:

Monday: Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday: Dress to Impress ( Picture Day)

Wednesday:Pajama Day

Thursday: Crazy Hair and Sock Day

Friday: Dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss Book Character

Field Trip to Schnucks

Our class had a blast on our field trip! We purchased, scanned, and bagged our own groceries. We took a tour of Schnucks, talked about healthy foods to eat, visited the deli, and the warehouse. We saw how the food gets transported into the store and even went into the freezer.

Classroom Valentines Day Party

We really had a great time at our classroom Valentine's Day party! We played a marshmallow toss, passed out our cards, and had some yummy treats. Thank you to all the parents that came to help!

Math Plate- Teaching Addition

Math Plate

Materials: plastic plate divided into 3 sections, counters or dry erase marker

Directions: Children make sets in the smaller sections and then join them together in the larger section. How many in all? *Use math plates to help children write number sentences. Put the sum in the largest section. Put the known addend in one of the small sections. What must the missing addend be? These Plates are also dry erase! SO all you need is a plate and a dry erase marker

I Love You Because...

Check out our class Valentine video by clicking on the link below:


https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0zsxyf3RJYqMHZydndaREc1WlE&authuser=0

Love Potion Experiment

To make Love Potion you will need:

Baking Soda

Vinegar

A Squirt of Dish Soap

Fragrance

Glitter (Optional)

To make love potions add baking soda to a dish along with a couple drops of food coloring and a squirt of dish soap.  We used pink and purple neon food coloring to go with the love theme.  The dish soap makes the eruptions move slower and last longer.

Add glitter and fragrance if desired.  You can use anything as fragrance- Kool-aid, bubble bath, or a bit of actual body mist or perfume.  Then pour in the vinegar and marvel at the pretty potions.

National School Choice Week

We celebrated  National School Choice all week and got some awesome scarves and moves with it!  Above is a link to the video of the official dance we learned. K-C just LOVES this dance! To see our class dancing to this beat check out GSA's facebook page next week!

100th Day of School

We had a blast on our 100th day of school.

We were welcomed into school by our 100 year old teachers.

We used the number 100 to form many different pictures. Joey turned his 100 into a rainbow with a thunderstorm above it, Olivia made hers into glasses for a person, Yazmin made her 100 into a scooter, and Lana made hers into a dog!

We visited Ms. Murphy's room where we built a 100 cup structure and Mrs. Cate's room where we made 100 day of school necklaces.

In our room we did a before & after photo project! We took a picture of us today and a future picture of what we will look like when we are 100 years old.

We shared MANY AMAZING 100 day projects! Each unique and special in their own way!

Overall, our 100th day was a success! 

Weather Experiment

Weather Experiment

For this experiment you will need:

• A clear glass or plastic cup
• Shaving Cream 
• Food Coloring (Blue would work best)
• Water

Procedure:

1. First, we filled the clear cup with water leaving room for the shaving cream on top. Filling the cup 3/4 full worked best for our class.
2. Next, we put shaving cream at the top of the glass or cup. The shaving cream acts as the "clouds" in the experiment.
3. Then,  we discussed how the rain comes from the clouds. We put in a few drops of the blue food coloring to act as our "rain". Immediately, you will see how the rain comes down from the clouds.

Snow Globe Writing

Let it Snow!

 Our class wrote about what we would do if we were trapped in a snow globe! Check out some of our responses!

 Nora Schober: " I will build a snowman"
Piper Doran: "I will drink hot cocoa"

 Matthew Dixon: " I will make a snow angel"
Kylee Tague:" I like to play with my best friends in the snow"

 Kirah Dickmann:" I will drink hot cocoa. I like to play."
Lucas Wilburn: " I will ski in the snow. I will drink hot cocoa."

 Joey Forsythe: " I will play in the snow. I will build a snowman."
Jonathan Kunze: " I like to play in the snow"

 Addison Bianchi: " I will make a snow man"
Olivia Cardwell:" I will call for help. I would be really cold"

Makenna Sellers: " I will build a snowman"

Sunscreen Experiment

Heres what you need:
-Sunscreen (lotion not spray)
-Black Construction Paper
-White Crayon

Procedure:
1. Fold the piece of black construction paper in half.
2. Put a VERY SMALL dab of sunscreen on one side of the paper.
3. Let your child smear the sunscreen on the half of the paper it is on.
4. With your white crayon label each side sunscreen and no sunscreen
5. Put the piece of construction paper in the sunlight for most of the day
6. After 5 hours check the piece of paper. You should be able to see that the side that has sunscreen stayed dark and kept it's color vs the side without the sunscreen. The side that did not apply sunscreen will be faded and spotted.

We did this experiment in class and after  just an hour there was many white spots where the paper had faded on the side without sunscreen. The side with sunscreen kept it's color intact!

Our class discussed how sunscreen protects our skin just like it protected the paper. We also discussed how some sunlight is good for our bodies, but too much is harmful. Without sunscreen, the sun would hurt our skin. We also talked about other ways to protect our skin from the sun such as hats, clothing, shade, etc.