Students have been actively engaged as engineers building Popsicle bridges.  On Monday, we started off as a grade level watching videos on different types of bridges and brainstorming materials bridges were made of.  After that, students returned to the classrooms where I provided them with further information to help them understand the different parts of bridges, what bridges are used for, and examples of bridges with an example of a Popsicle bridge to match the real one.  After that, I divided students into groups where they began the process of planning the type of bridge they wanted to build, giving it a name, and sketching out how it should look when it is done.  I've attached pictures below of their work on Monday and Tuesday.  I will update this post with pictures from today, Thursday, and Friday morning as I take them. 

Parents, don't forget Bridge Presentations are Friday afternoon from 2:00-2:45.  We look forward to showing off the awesome bridges your Engineer is creating!

Monday's Pictures:

Tuesday's Pictures

Wednesday's Pictures

Thursday's Pictures

STEAM Week!

Next week is STEAM Week!  Students, if you can tell me what STEAM stands for you'll get a surprise on Monday morning!!  Post a comment to this post, with your answer.  I cannot wait to share with you our exciting challenge for the week.  You all are going to love it!! Have a fantastic weekend!

April Fools!

I hope you enjoyed this beautiful April Fool's Day off!  Tomorrow we are back to work learning.  No, I'm not playing a trick on you!  You really have to come back to school tomorrow.  I cannot wait to see your bright, smiley faces!

Terra Nova's are Over!!!

     We all survived the week of testing!!  I'm so proud of the entire class and how hard they worked during the test.  As I was walking around, I noticed how they read the directions, took their time working on each problem, and checked their work after they completed each section.  I can truly say that they gave all they had all week long.  I look forward to seeing the results, sometime around May. 
     Now we resume normal operations!  The class told me yesterday that they were actually glad we were getting back to normal routine.  After a week of Read Across America activities and last week of testing, our schedules were turned around, so it will be nice to resume normalcy.
     Have a great weekend!

Read Across America!!

We just wrapped up Read Across America week and had a blast!!  My intention was to post pictures each day, but with all the activities, I did not get a chance to.  So, I've uploaded all of them below.  I did not upload the pictures from the 35,000 Minutes Read Assembly on Friday for security purposes.  There are children in the pictures that are not in my classroom.  Enjoy scrolling through them!!

Silly Hats and Stripes Day ("Cat in the Hat")

 

Pajama Day ("Dr. Seuss Sleep Book")

Crazy Socks ("Fox in Socks")

Misc Pictures from this week: