Can You Feel the Love?

We had a good time at our Valentine Party filled with treats, Valentine Bingo and sweet valentine cards and treats from friends.

High Tech High Touch

We'll be starting our science unit and FOSS kit related to rocks next week. We kicked it off today with a presentation by the High Tech High Touch scientists. This was sponsored by our PTO and made possible by your generous participation in things like the Write a Check and Boosterthon, so thank you! Our scientist, Planet Preenu, came and explained what a geologist does, how rocks are formed (we rubbed our hands together to feel the heat and pushed them together to feel the pressure.) We also got to "pan" for gems like we were out in California during the Gold Rush. We then tested our gems in a variety of ways. We got to bring our gems home to keep!

100th Day

We had fun celebrating the 100th day of school today. It's both exciting and sad to think we're a little more than half-way through this year. Thanks to the families that helped me out with some of the ingredients for our special 100th Day snack. They loved it!

Boosterthon!

Thanks to everyone that participated in the Boosterthon! Here are a few pictures from the week when the guys came in to present the prizes and do their mini character lesson. They never lacked for enthusiasm, nor did the kids! Remember that all pledge money is due by next Friday, February 10.

Follow Your Passion at E Time!

We continued our winter / snow theme with this week's E Time, but students were given free choice to follow their passion in how they wanted to work. Students could choose between research on a "Snowflake Scientist's" website, activities on an interactive 3D snowflake website, creating snowflake designs with art materials or shapes and measuring with marshmallows. We have some snowflake design experts in here. It was great to see them teaching one another. (Just look at how they are gathered around Nate!) It made cleaning up all that blue glitter totally worth it!