In honor of Kindness Week we participated in some school spirit days and reflected on kindness with some classroom activities.

Monday was “Teaming Up for Kindness” day. We had the choice to wear a shirt from our favorite team or twin with someone.

Tuesday’s theme was “We Love Kindness.” We could wear red or pink.

Wednesday’s theme said “You Matter” so we got to wear our favorites…favorite shirts, hats, shoes, etc.

On Thursday we “Shone Bright with Kindness” and wore neon colors and sunglasses.

We ended the week with 100% participation for our “Share the Spirit” school spirit day.

Ms. Lauffer has been teaching our newest Inquiry Unit on Physical Science. During this week’s lessons we explored how states of matter can change if you add or remove heat.

First we experimented with adding heat to solids to see if they change their state of matter.  We used a double boiler to add heat to a marshmallow, life saver, and a chocolate candy.  The chocolate melted quickly, the marshmallow got sticky and the life saver got smoother as it started to melt. We concluded that with enough heat, most solids would change to liquid.

Next, we predicted what would happen if we put liquid (water and pink lemonade) in the fridge and freezer. Then we observed and recorded our results.  We predicted that the liquid in the freezer would change to a solid, so we poured lemonade into dixie cups with popsicle sticks in the hopes of making popsicles. We were excited to eat our results!

This week in math we started working on measurement skills to measure the mass/weight of an object. We are learning about kilograms and grams. On Friday, learners got a chance to explore these weights using digital scales. Their challenge was to find objects that weighted an amount to match their target weight (1 g, 10 g, 100 g, 1 kg). Learners rotated to each station and kept track of the objects they weighed and their weights.

Our class will be sponsoring a seven year old girl for Christmas.  You may wish to purchase something for her that you think a seven year old would enjoy. We also have a wish list of some items she needs and would like for Christmas. Please send all items into school unwrapped by Dec. 2nd. We are using this Sign Up Genius to keep track of gifts that are purchased for her to avoid duplicates. Thank you for helping with this meaningful project!