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A BUSY LAST DAY! HAVE A FABULOUS BREAK!

12/19/2014

 
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We started the day off with our reading buddies.  After reading Jan Brett's The Mitten we made our own pair of mittens.  We painted the backs and "filled" the insides with all the things we are thankful for this holiday season.  We have many things to be thankful for!
We wrote you all letters because we love you so much and you take such good care of us.  Then we turned ourselves into snowmen on the covers.  We are certainly creative!
Finally we celebrated William's birthday.  Happy Birthday William!  And he set off a volcano for us. We left for the year with a baking soda and vinegar eruption.
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And this is what I came home to!  Happy New Year!
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WHAT A DAY

12/18/2014

 
What a fabulous day!  We started off with a bang.  Hot chocolate and a cookie exchange!  Amazingly, we followed this sugar-fest with a very productive morning.
Then a word from the historian.  It's important to check in around the world.



America's New Spacecraft
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Today Jack told us that astronauts are interested in exploring Mars, the Red Planet.  Before they can go there though it's necessary do a lot of practice runs. NASA is getting ready and thinks they will be able to have a manned spaceship on Mars in five to seven years.  In the mean time they are experimenting in some pretty funny ways.  Most recently, the spaceship Orion orbited the Earth twice and then launched a capsule.  The capsule didn't contain humans, but rather some other familiar faces from Sesame Street: Ernie's Rubber Duckie, Oscar's pet worm Slimey, and and one of Cookie Monster's cookies! The capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Baja Peninsula.  Due to the success NASA administrators call it "Day One of the Mars Era." Thanks for the detailed summary Jack!  Maybe one day one of us will visit Mars!
Check out the launch video!
Finally, a cross country ski adventure.  It was the perfect blue bird day.  The snow was soft and the skiing was fast.  We had some fabulous helpers for when we turned ourselves into human pretzels.  Don't we just live in the most amazing place!  Here are a few of the fun phrases I heard out on the field this afternoon:
"Whew, face shot!"
"This is going to be EPIC."
"It's possible that I might be stuck."
"Woooooooohoooooooo!"

EGG-CELLENT!

12/17/2014

 
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Today Micah challenged our knowledge of liquid density and weight with his egg experiment.  He wanted to know what would happen if you put a raw egg in regular water, salt water, and a mix of the two.  We made hypotheses for each and found out we were on the right track!  
We've also come to know and love the words displacement and suspended.

Salt Water:
Hypotheses:
sink, float, displacement
Results: 
The egg floated and we saw displacement.

Regular Water:
Hypotheses: 
sink, float, displacement
Results: 
The egg sunk and we noticed displacement.

 Half and Half Water:
Hypotheses: 
suspension, melt, crack
Results: 
The eggs became suspended AND we noticed displacement!
(I forgot to take a picture of this one...oops!)

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Some interesting discussion points:
1. What would happen if the egg cracked?  Just a little?  All the way?
2. Would the egg react differently if it were cooked?
3. What would the egg do in other kinds of liquids?

WHAT BOOKS DO YOU LIKE?

12/16/2014

 
We LOVE Miss Lisa May.  The library is quiet, peaceful, and it smells so good!  We're not bringing books home today because of the break, but we still got to browse.  If you have a book at home please, please, please send it back before Friday.  

PATTERNS

12/15/2014

 
We're getting ready for you to come and visit us Thursday morning.  In preparation we made some wrapping paper for our very special gifts.  We looked at a few examples and noticed that wrapping paper usually has patterns.  Since we're experts on making patterns, we made our own!

DID SOMEONE DO A SNOW DANCE?

12/13/2014

 
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PLEASE SNOW...

12/12/2014

 
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WRITING UP A STORM

12/11/2014

 
Today we practiced writing up a storm.  We're getting ready to publish our chapter books and it's crunch time.  We're discovering extra chapters to add, more details, and more pictures!
(notice the focused tongues)
We took a vocabulary brain breaks.  Today we learned the motions to jabber, sway, accumulate, willing, and flee.  Can you guess which is which?

A HISTORY AND SCIENCE KIND OF DAY

12/10/2014

 
We started off dissecting owl pellets in Environmental Ed.  How cool! 
Check out the tiny skulls.  Can you figure out where each bone goes? 
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Big Mac Hurting as Customers Get Picker
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Next, we heard from the historian.  Ike shared an article about touch screen ordering and customer preference at McDonald's.  McDonald's specializes in consistent delivery of quick and affordable food.  Custom orders are more complicated and cost more money.  But not everyone likes their burgers the same.  When you're looking for something a little special or you really don't feel like the pickles you might shop somewhere else.  In order to make their customers happy, McDonald's will try out the "Create Your Taste" touchscreen ordering process at 2,000 of its 14,000 US locations.  Thanks Ike!

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Finally, Jack shared his super cool experiment.  It tied in well with the density columns we made with Julie Wille.  First Jack combined water and oil.  We learned that water and oil definitely don't get along and the oil sits on top because it is lighter.  Next Jack helped us hypothesize what would happen if we added salt to the mixture.  
Here's what we thought:
1. The salt will be suspended in between.
2. They will mix together.
3. The salt will dissolve.
4. The mixture will become clear.
5. The salt will make bubbles.
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Here's what actually happened:
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Looks like a lava lamp!  The oil gets trapped in the spaces in the salt and slowly wiggles it's way to the top where it belongs as the lightest liquid.
Can you guess what happened when we shook it really hard?  It involves the word dissolve.

THE AUTHORS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK

12/9/2014

 
Who knew we had so many author connections in the classroom.  Guess what Quintin brought in today?  The book his MOM wrote!  Check out the impressive table of contents (it goes on for pages).
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