In Science we are learning about the Water Cycle. We learned that water comes in 3 different forms: liquid, solid, and gas. We learned that the Earth is 75% water and only 1% is drinkable! We brainstormed ways we can conserve water. Water evaporates, or changes from a liquid to a gas, when it is heated. When it rained this week, we traced the outline of puddles and saw the next day that the water had evaporated. We also painted using colored salt water. The water evaporated leaving the colorful salt pictures. We are also doing experiments. We put celery in 3 different cups. One with red water, one with plain water, and one with no water to see the changes that happen. We know water can be found in oceans, lakes, rivers, seas, in the soil, and in all living things. In Reader’s Workshop we worked on making inferences. We used animal pictures on the National Geographic for Kids website to infer what the characters were thinking. To inference means to figure out what the author means, because authors don’t always tell us everything. To practice making inferences, we used bumper stickers to figure out what they mean, who would put it on their car, and why they would want to put it on their car. Wednesday was Earth Day, and we read Michael Recycle. We talked about ways we can take care of our Earth. In Math we’ve been practicing 2 and 3 digit times 1 digit multiplication! We are getting ready for 4th grade! In Reading Room we have been working on our Young Author’s Books. On Thursday we went to see Disney Nature’s EARTH movie. We learned about different animals in different parts of our world.Today we got our caterpillars. We will watch them go through the life cycle and turn into a butterfly. Today we also have a Survivor Game Show Assembly. Daniela will be taking Speedy home this weekend!t was awesome! In cursive this week we learned the letters y, v, and z. On Monday, we had a special treat. Miss Houf, who used to teach 3rd grade at Kennedy, came from the Peggy Notebaert Children’s Nature Museum, and brought insects with her! She brought walking sticks, crickets, hissing cockroaches, and a giant grasshopper. To teach the different body parts of an insect, she dressed up Miss Gosche! Check out our slideshow below! Rickie was our photographer for the day!

News for April 8th-10th

We had a VERY short week…only 3 days! This week in the Reading Room, we started Young Authors. We each will be writing our own story. First we come up with our ideas, then write a sloppy copy of our story, then the teacher checks it, and we publish! We even draw our own illustrations. In Math we worked with tangrams. We made different puzzles in the shapes of things like a giraffe, a horse, a cat, and a duck. We made our own pictures using tans, too! This week we officially got rid of our regular chairs. We now sit on exercise balls all day long! It’s cool. In Science we are finishing our Human Body Theme and learning about the food pyramid and nutrition. Today we are having a healthy food party. We have a field trip coming up on Thursday, April 23rd. To celebrate Earth Day (a day late) we are going to the movie theater to see Disney’s new movie, Earth. This week on Tasty Thursday we tried asparagus, and today for Fruity Friday we are having strawberries! Speedy will even have some because he LOVES strawberries! This week on Thursday we had a Spirit Assembly and Daniela won the Caring Award for our class. Today we have another assembly. A planetarium is coming, and we will learn about dinosaurs! Speedy will be going home with Julia this weekend.