Highlights of the Week

We began writing letters on the Wildcat Express this week.  The kids had great fun writing to friends or siblings throughout the school and our first mail delivery arrived Thursday!

Inside recess means lots of time to create an intricate block city with a friend.

We finished our super cool drums in art.

The drums looked good AND sounded good.

This group discusses how they will build their catapult.

During mental math we solved problems on slates and showed how we solved them.

In math we also measured around the room to find things that were 1 centimeter or 1 inch in length.

Post P.E. hairdo! 

This group of scientists is working on their hypothesis about what will occur in the catapult experiment.

We also made a detailed list of our materials in our lab booklet.

This group is ready to launch their first ping-pong ball (as soon as Mrs. Pols gets out of the way!).

These scientists used THREE measuring tapes - their ping pong ball went over 200 inches.  There was so triple digit addition going on!

Careful measuring after the ball flies.

This week we read the follow-up to last week's edition "Prey on the Ice."  Students were fascinated by the connected issues and love learning facts about animals.

After the experiment is done, it's time to review results and write conclusions.  This group is using an anchor chart about how to write a conclusion to support their process.

One of the hardest parts is writing the procedures.  Kids worked hard to record the steps they would follow.