Science experiment

Before the break we set up a little science experiment about the sun. We cut out a yellow sun and lightly glued it on dark blue paper. Before putting them up in the window, we all made predictions about what we thought might happen. Some ideas were, the paper might feel hot, the paper might become more yellow, the paper might get mushy or the paper might melt. Today we took the suns off and discovered that the blue paper had faded where the sun was not covering it. We talked about the importance of wearing sunscreen in the sun now that we have seen what it can do to paper after only 2 weeks! Ask your scientist what happened and what we can learn from this experiment.

In math we have started organizing data into a bar graph (diagramme à bandes). We have talked about the different parts of this diagram and how to make one that is organized and easy to read. Ask your mathematician what our tips are for making a good diagramme à bandes. We have co-created two already. One on the weather in December (using the weather cards we placed on the calendar every day) and one with our birthdays.

Here we are building with our new blocks from Santa!

In my last post I hinted at some of upcoming activities this term - between outings and complicated in-class projects, there will be lots of opportunities to volunteer. At the moment, it would be great to have some parents come help out in the morning between around 9:20-10:15 am. This is our language time so you would be helping with reading and writing and helping free me up to do some individual reading interviews. If you speak French, even a little, that's great, but we will welcome you either way! If you're interested, just email me to confirm a day. Thanks!

I'll also share with you another compliment I received about our class. Ms. Mary Ann (our superstar gym teacher, who has very high expectations), stopped me today to tell me that our class is SO smart! She said she had to make their game yesterday more challenging and that she does activities with them that she usually saves for junior classes. Continue le bon travail Aire 24!