Day 3 of the banana experiment

Here are our pictures for day 3 of our banana experiment. How is your prediction coming along???

Stay tuned for our final resluts this week. Everyone has been really excited about this experiment. Even if I forget to check the bananas, the kids remind me! So much fun!!!



Fun Friday!

I know that most of you are waiting on pictures of our bananas but you are going to have to wait till Sunday so people who haven't voted can do so! While you wait on those pictures I thought I would share some from Friday....We started the day by playing Order of Operations Bingo which was challenging but great! Bear Bucks were awarded and some extra treats for winners.  



Then came the lesson on self control! You can see in these pictures we have alot to learn about self control, but it was a great experiment. After the challenge and before our science class I did get some better results! Some students still have some self control to learn though! :) It was lots of fun though.

Then came the Marshmellow Towers which was an activity on working together in a group to build a tower or structure out of marshmellows and toothpicks..... Here is what the building stages looked like.

And the winning teams in the morning class.....

Our afternoon players....

And the winners are....

After looking at their summary sheets I found out they really did learn some things about working together! And the even greater news....I had a momma who just sent me a picture of her child building a marshmellow tower at home! I am loving it! I have the most awesome students!

 





Parent Challenge: get involved!

Okay parents, here is a challenge to help you get involved in your child's learning and help them earn a Bear Buck! Just talk to your child about our banana experiment (look at yesterday's entry), decide which bag you think will keep the banana the freshest and vote by sending me an email at  brenda31516@gmail.com or bpolvadore@pierce.k12.ga.us and include your student's name, your name and your vote! Happy science voting!

Question: Which bag will keep the banana the freshest?

Today we started our first science experiment. We are studying the scientific process in science and are going step by step through the process.  Here are our pictures from the first day.....what is your hypothesis? Be thinking about what kind of experiment your child can do at home for a science project!

 Will the banana in the ziploc bag keep the best?

 Or the one in a brown paper bag?

Or maybe the one in a Walmart bag....

Stay tuned for more pictures!!!

And on Day 2....

On day 2 we worked on order of operations in math. Can you find your student? They had a great time using tiles to show various problems using order of operations. Do you remember PEMDAS?

  

First Day of School

WOW! What an awesome day! Lots of good supplies and many students ready and eager to earn Bear Bucks! If you do not know about Bear Bucks, ask your child...they were really stoked about this one!

We did a really neat lesson today about bullying....

1. Take a piece of paper and wad it up and stomp on it LOTS of times....

                                                                                   

Then take a look at what you have......

A really small piece of paper....doesn't look like what you started with! Then smooth it out and tell the paper you are really sorry.

Smooth it out as much as possible. Do everything you can do to make it look right. No matter what you do and no matter how sorry you are, the scars are still there. You can't take them away....this is what it is like to be bullied by someone else!!!!!! No matter what you say, even "I am sorry," does not take the scars away.  We are a NO BULLYING class!

Everyone got it! You should have heard the sounds and seen the faces. We are going to treat our friends with kindness!

Open House

The day finally came that Mrs. Overstreet and I were ready to welcome everyone with open arms! I am so excited to have a new team mate! Just to let you know, she is pretty awesome!

I was so thrilled to see everyone. Some were ready and eager for a new year...lots of eager parents ( lol ) and some of you were just a tad bit anxious to start a new year.

Here are Joshua, Jessica and their mom....they are going to be so much fun to have in class...and I know where to find their momma!

You are all so awesome! Can't wait to see you all Monday...but while we wait for Monday, here are a few more pictures from Open House. It will be fun to check back and see how much everyone has changed at the end of the year!

Looks like everyone here is ready! I am loving it! See you all Monday morning!