100 Day!!

This week we celebrated 100 day.  We started off the day with a fun coloring activity. Then in writing we wrote about how we would be when we were 100.  Some of the things we wrote about were: what kind of foods we will eat, what kind of things we will have (like gray hair, wigs/toupees, glasses), what we will not like (children) and what we will remember about being a kid. We used a fun app that aged our faces to show us what we would look like in 100 years.  The students got a kick out of what they look like with wrinkles.  You will get to see these at Best of Heights Night.

In reading this week we read about different parts of the world and how they are different.  We read about Alaska.  Did you know that in the summer the sun shines for 60 days straight and in the winter there is no sun for 80 days?  We also read about two different kinds of rain forests; the tropical rain forest and the temperate rain forest.  We compared and contrasted the two.

In math this week, we practiced measuring in inches and centimeters.  We measured some things around the room like a pencil, a book, a desk and a bookshelf.

We started our unit on liquids this week...with no spills!!!  We compared two liquids: glue and water. Next week we will add some more liquids and compare them as well. 

In social studies, we concluded our unit on service jobs.  We created puppets of each job and had a "job Fair" by describing each job.  

Have a good weekend. Stay warm!