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"