As a reward for filling up our marble jar (based on excellent effort and teamwork during related arts), the kids decided to have a 70's party today. Everyone was invited to dress in their favorite 70's wear, and I told the kids we would play some 70's music. To be quite honest, I wasn't sure what was going to happen. I knew we'd enjoy the music, but I wasn't sure what the kids would do once the music began. When we cranked up the music (a big thanks to Mrs. Duckett and Mrs. Selby for sending in some tunes), the kids immediately made our blue carpet into a dance floor. As you can see from the pictures below, it soon turned into a limbo line - which was a TON of fun. Everyone was laughing, smiling, dancing, and enjoying themselves. It was one of those really special moments in the life of our class. When the limbo line fizzled out, we started doing a line dance Mrs. Waddell-Poole taught them during related arts. Again - everyone danced. The 70's had made their way into Room 241! Enjoy the video below...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Our Very Groovy 70's Party
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Science Fun Day
Here are some pictures from Science Fun Day. We started our day with Coach Rohrer learning about nutrition, and then we had a guest scientist (or more like a mad scientist?) from Roper Mountain Science Center who dazzled our kids with explosions. We spend our next session with Mrs. Waddell-Poole (see video in the post below) dancing our way across the solar system. After a bag lunch outside, we spent the afternoon panning for gold. Our last experience of the day was Mrs. Selby, who introduced us to her tortoises. It truly as a fun day!
Solar System Dance
One session of our Science Fun Day was spent with Mrs. Waddell-Poole, our incredible dance teacher here at Stone. She led our kids through a solar system dance. Groups of students had to create a dance to explain or showcase a specific aspect of our solar system. The kids got to use these "shape-shifter" costumes that were really fun. Below is a video of the kids performing their dance. After each dance, a student from the group explains what their motions and movements represented.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Studycast - Organisms
Click here to listen to the studycast on organisms.
The test will be this Friday, April 24. The study guide came home on Monday, April 20. If you need an extra copy of the study guide, click here to visit our homework page. You can download a copy.
If you have any questions, just leave me a comment or send me an email. Good luck!
