Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Reader's Theatre

Area

Today we explored Area...in our classroom.  Some friends were confused between area and perimeter.  Here is a cute video to help our understanding of these two concepts:

We thought of things we could measure in the classroom...no one found the area of the carpet though!  We used non-standard units of measurement like sticky notes and coloured tiles.  Take a look at what we discovered!

Area on PhotoPeach
Monday, February 24, 2014

We Made it Rain (kind of)!

Today we did an experiment that used a kettle with water, ice cubes and a cookie sheet.  We boiled the water and noticed steam rising from the kettle (evaporation).  We place some ice cubes on a cookie sheet and placed it over the water. Guess what?  Underneath the cookie sheet you could see water droplets forming AKA...condensation.  Thankfully, no one got wet...except the cookie sheet!



Steam rose up to the cold cookie tray and water drops could ve seen at the bottom

Friday, February 21, 2014

Spelling and Pic Collage

You can find our spelling words at Spelling City
We have some wonderful Pic Collage people in our class.





Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Perimeter and Kindness Week

We had a busy day using Tellegami and Pic Collage to show the ways we are kind at St. Cecilia.


We also continued our inquiry into Perimeter...


We know a lot!
We watched this awesome video to inspire us to write or talk about being kind to others.










More to follow tomorrow...