Weekend News, Class conversation, What happens to water and more

 

 Tuesday

                                                    Long Weekend News  

Ekin - I play all my toys and take bubble bath. I play all the bubbles.

Ben - I watch a movie at house. It's called I find a robot. The next day it snow. I sledge a little bit. 

Stephen -  Maybe play.

Melanie - I sleep over grand mom and pop-pop's house. I read books and I play games. I ate a lot of food. Ej stay up for the football game. I eat McDonald for lunch. I eat left over from grand mom and pop-pop's house at my house. 

Clarke - My daddy go to Wawa and he got me candy. I hold my baby.  He so little.

Tristan - I go a walk with mommy and Ondine. Daddy stay home Katia and we drink hot chocolate. I got new car at the store with daddy.

Blaise - I play with mommy all day and I watch Paw Patrol.

Isabelle -  I play in the snow. I play with my toys and I clean them up yesterday. 

Oz - I make cookies and cupcakes and I eat dinner. I sleep and play Ever.

Phoenix - I make cookies with mommy and daddy and my brother. I make white chocolate chip cookies. I go skiing but I didn't ski. My brother keep falling down but Oz know how ski.

James - I went to Nanny's house and I make pictures for my mom and dad. I eat lunch with Nanny and I stay there two days. We didn't go the beach cause it too cold out. I go to a playground that I never been at.

Alycia - I play with my mommy. I did work with daddy. I had corn and dinner.

Rowan - I play with my momma. I go to my grandma house for dinner. I also play with my dad. We play monsters. I also play with my grandma when I got to her house. Someone come to my house to visit.

Hayden - I did a lot of things. I play with my toys and I watch tv. I ate chocolate chip waffles. 

Reyn - I play with mommy and daddy at the playground. I made cookies and cupcakes with my Gigi and pop-pop. I play with my baby brother.

 

Today in Spanish class, Alicia showed us the pictures she took of our faces. The faces were attached to a persona/person. Alicia told us that the Cardinals will work over the next couple of weeks to paint and then dress their own persona/person. The Cardinals has been learning the Spanish words for some of the clothing we wear and now friends will get a chance to dress their own persona/person. Alicia read us the book called HoneySmoke and today it was Tristan's turn to squeezed la vaca!

We have noticed that our Cardinals love and truly enjoy building with many different types of building materials. After returning to our classroom from Spanish class, we asked each Cardinal, "If you had a box what would you do with it? Here's what friends had to say:

We then read the book If I Built A House, by Chris Van Dusen. At the end of the book many Cardinals shared more detailed ideas as to what they might want to make. We showed the Cardinals 6 huge boxes that arrived in our classroom this morning.  We also gave them a bit of thinking homework in which friends needed to think more about what they might want to make with our boxes!

As we came in from recess, friends made comments about how cold it was outside. A teacher asked the question, "What do you think would happen if we put water in a cup and put it outside? Here's some of what friends had to say: it would freeze, it would spill out, if it's cold it would freeze, turn to ice, melt into water, it would explode, turn to liquid, you could put toys in the water but you have to water till summer for the ice to melt.  So, we put several containers of different sizes filled with water and some with animals outside our classroom to see what happens. The Cardinals are very excited.... Stay tuned!

Wednesday

Today the Cardinals continued to brainstorm building ideas. We read  the book, Not A Box, written by Antoinette Portis.  In the book, a rabbit uses their imagination to turn a cardboard box into many different things. Following the read aloud, we discussed how the rabbit in the story had many ideas of what the box could be. We then introduced the term architect to the class. The class learned that, just like the rabbit in the story, an architect comes up with many ideas for a building before picking the one that is just right. The Cardinals enjoyed a video about architects where they learned about the process of creating a blueprint to develop and present their ideas.  

The Cardinals shared their thoughts from their thinking homework about, "If you had a box what would you do with it? Here's what some friends had to say: Make wonder woman, a huge house, I didn't do my homework, make a rocket ship, a race car, a treehouse and a bus.

We checked on our containers filled with water and discovered that they were still filled with water. We will continued to check on them!

Thursday

The Cardinals continued to learn about blueprints. We revisited  how architects use blue prints to create ideas for new buildings. With many students interested in cars, we introduced the term mechanical engineer. Mechanical engineers create blueprints for modes of transportation such as cars, planes and trains. We watched another video about blueprints and learned that in class tomorrow each Cardinal will be creating their own blue prints! Once our blueprints are created, each Cardinal will share their ideas with the class!

Yoga with Kim!!

After reading books and having conversations, today we asked each Cardinal, "What would you like to create with a box?" Here is what friends had to say: 

In art class with Emilee, we drew habitats for animals. The Cardinals used cut out animal pictures, glue and crayon pastels.  Friends each chose an animal they wanted to make a home for. Ask your Cardinal what is a habitat?

Friday

Early this morning most of our resource teachers came to our classroom to help the Cardinals brainstorm about their very own blueprints. This community time was special, as we usually go to our resource teachers classrooms. Friends also got to work one on one with an adult without having to wait.  The Cardinals did an amazing job telling our resource teachers what they have learned so far. Then, we began our work of creating our own blueprints. Friends designed their ideas on both side of their paper and named them. Great work Cardinals!!

Reyn - This is the back of my house. I made a garden and trees.

                     Melanie - This side is the front of my house.

                                 Isabelle - A house with a attic.

                                      Rowan - It's a house.

                          Ekin - It Lightening McQueen race car.

                                  Ben - It's my house.

                                        Blaise - A house.

                                           Stephen - Train

                                    Hayden - A monster truck.

Tristan - Well, this side is how to make a window.

                                   Alycia - It's a boat house.

                              Oz - I make a dinosaur with a tail.

                             James - It's a trash eating monster.

                                Phoenix - It's a ice cream shop.

                             Clarke - A dinosaur feet and a heart.

A few friends upon arrival at school this morning notice a change with our water experiment! After our recess time, we brought in some of the containers to take a closer look! The Cardinals were very excited! On Monday, we will do a deeper investigation! 

                                     Have a great weekend!

          

                                            Stay warm!!