Dancing Transition Words

Our beloved movement teacher, Holly Maine, came back to teach us about transition words.  We had a lot of fun choreographing each of our parts and stringing them together into a performance.

Country Reports

We've had a lot of fun this year with our "Education is Your Passport to the World" theme.  Each week we learn about a different country.  This week Josh dazzled us with his presentation on England!  He really loves England and had a very informative report.  We were thrilled to experience England by eating some shortbread and lemon curd afterwards.  Yum!

Lab Experiments!

After the presentation, we got to do our own experiments!  Each student got to choose two substances to mix together and see how they reacted.

Reaction Time Science Presentation

On Wednesday we had a visit from a scientist at the Discovery Museum in Salt Lake.  She told us about the differences between physical changes and chemical reactions.  

She mixed Poly A and Poly B together and created foam!  It was definitely a chemical change since it had all 3 indicators: a change in state (liquid to solid), a change in color (dark brown to tan), and a change in energy (gave off heat).  She called him the Foam Gnome and offered it as a prize to the best class!

A Visit from Miss Springville!

Miss Springville/Mapleton came to our class this week to talk to us about the importance of voting.  She was very impressed that our class knew all about the amendments and our responsibilities as citizens.  Go us!

Gingerbread Houses

Throughout December we enjoyed visits from our parents.  They read us Christmas stories and did a craft or shared a treat.  Paige and Andrew's mom did both--after reading Gingerbread Baby we got to make gingerbread houses!  Thanks for the fun time, Mrs. Jensen!

Halloween!

We're a little behind, but we're going to get this blog caught up!  Check out our awesome Halloween costumes!