The Incredible, Edible Cell!
Hello friends! We have been learning about cells and all of their organelles! Today we actually created cells out of a variety of things! Take a look at these awesome cells! Thank you Teaching Channel for this awesome idea! We had a great time! What do you know about plant…
Water Weighs how much?
This first week back we have been working on understanding how important water is to living organisms. Today we looked at this in more detail. We weighed fresh fruit and dried fruit to see what the difference was. We found that all of the dried fruits weighed less than the…
Change our words, change our mindset.
Our first day back from Fall break and I made my students stretch their minds a bit. We discussed the difference between having a fixed mindset and having a growth mindset. I provided them with a list of 12 fixed mindset statements and we brainstormed ways to change them into…
Is this a drill?
So, you know how we practice fire drills a few times a year? And how the kids always ask "Is this a drill?" Well today my answer to that questions was "NO"! Toward the end of our district benchmark testing today, the fire alarm went off! As always it scared…
First week of school!
The 2014-2015 school year is upon us! We came back to school on Tuesday, August 5th and got right into it! Take a look at some of the awesome things we did during our first week of school! School/class poster: I got this idea from a Pinterest post! Check it…