Happy 2012! Welcome back! Here is a flashback from before the holidays. I am amazed at the leadership in our school! Not only do they handle all of their many responsibilities, but they find time to spread joy and spend time with the kids as well. Here are a few pictures of the holiday hallway sing-along:
Below is a picture of the kids after 2 of them finally solved the 4 x 4 puzzle. There are 250,000 incorrect solutions so you can see why they are thrilled to have found a solution. YEA! Awesome work!
After the holiday break, the kids were so excited to see the baby rats and how they had grown.
Here are the kids exploring the properties of solids
Next, we learned about the properties of liquids.
Shake, shake, shake...do bubbles appear?
Yes, they do!
Is this liquid transparent, translucent, or opaque?
Since we're reading and studying fairy tales and fractured fairy tales, we decided to make a mural in the hall of Falling for Rapunzel, one of our favorite fractured fairy tales.
The kids worked together to make the mural.
Here is the finished product!
The kids enjoyed learning about the obstacles that Martin Luther King, Jr. and other African Americans has to overcome so that all people no matter their skin color or race could truly be treated equally. We wrote letters to Martin Luther King, Jr. to tell him about all of the wonderful changes that have taken place since his death - thanks to his determination and willingness to fight hate with love.
And now, it's time for the Mad Hatter Math Tea Party!
You can't have a tea party without a tea set and cookies that look like clocks (since Mr. White Rabbit was always in such a hurry and constantly looking at his stopwatch!).
You can't have a Mad Hatter Tea Party without Alice and the mad hatters.
You can't have a Mad Hatter Tea Party without shrinking yourself to fit through the door in the world of Alice in Wonderland.
And you certainly can't have a tea party without TEA! We tasted Constant Comment flavored tea and Citrus Green Tea. Yummy!
You can't have a Mad Hatter Math Tea Party without yelling SWITCH! The kids rotated from class to class to play math games dealing with dice, cards, and telling time.
And...they all lived happily ever after!
