Weekend News, Journal Work, Ice Experiment and More ....

 Wednesday                        

                         Weekend News  

Elliott - I went outside and play in the snow. I climb a mountain that had lot of snow, it look like a big snow mountain. I went to the doctor cause as you can see. My lip has stuff on it. I went to my grandma's house and play until my mom got back from baby appointment.

Lila - We walk all the way to Fill-A Bagel in the snow. We got hot chocolate. We shovel my bench and table. The whole thing had snow on it outside. I went sledding with Liv. I watch Peppa Pig. That's all I can remember, when I remember more I can tell you.  

Lake - I play on the snow with my daddy. We play snowball fight. I made hot cocoa when we was done with the snowball fight.

Masai - I was playing with my play-dough oven thing. I even got a new bunk bed. Me and my mommy and baby play in snow. You know the snowstorm was really bad and it snow lots. 

Logan - I play snowball fight with my sister. I go inside and play my sister.

Colby -  I just stay at my house. We had hot coco. 

Simone - I play with my sister inside. We play Princess and Queens. We had dinner. I play in snow and I fell down and it was so fun. We go inside and I play with my sister. 

Finley - Well, I didn't play outside at all. I didn't play with my brother cause he is a little bit rough with me. I got two more legos. I make a burger truck. I have lots of legos. I watch the magic school bus. 

Aya - I play with my dolls and I was going to Tap and Target. I got a Chelsea a and a Stacy toy from Barbie.

Nat - I shovel big shovel. Play mommy and go back inside play fire trucks.

Grant - I build snowman mommy and Clarkie. I play the snow. 

Evie - I watch tv. I watch a game and we can hatch eggs. Play my toys. 

Renata - I play in snow my dad and my mom and my baby. I was running and my gloves came off and my hands stop me and I fell into the snow.  I make a big snow angel and my brother mess it up. 

The Cardinals working on a journal entry titled, "What do you like to do in the snow? Why?".

Ashanti read us the books The Hula-Hooping Queen by Thelma Lynne Godin. At the end of the book, Ashanti had the Cardinals stand up. She then taught friends how to snap their fingers and the motions of how to hula hoop! Each friend soon picked and checked out a book!! Ask your Cardinal what did you like about the book, Ashanti read? 

Keisha was out today and so the Cardinals created their own music class! We sang our favorite music class song and made some groovy dance movements!

Thursday

                          Friends continuing their journal work. 

The Cardinals worked on balance, focus, self-patiences, and determination as they manipulated balls and frisbees. Friends worked collaboratively as they individually helped to make a giant Cardinal pizza by balancing a ball on a frisbee and walking across the gym to place it in a hula hoop. Friends decided what kind and how many toppings they wanted on the pizza. They also sorted the balls while doing this task. Ask your Cardinal how did you make pizza in gym class today?

After Gym class we came back and had some nice warm hot chocolate!! Our Cardinals really enjoyed this treat!

                 

Soon, we were off to our next thing: a science project. Friends choose a container, add water and pick two objects to go inside their container. After each friend made a prediction as to whether their object would sink or float. We put them outside and will wait and see if anything  happens to them overnight! 

Here is what some friends had to say as we talked about what we were going to do.  

Colby - It will melt in the grass.

Grant - The ice going melt the animals.

Nat - Snow outside.

Lila - We might be scientists.

Simone -  Well, it may get ice

Elliott - This going be so fun. 

Renata - If we put it outside it's so cold it will freeze.

Masai - It will sink because the ice will be super heavy.

Finley - Well, the water turns to ice and the snow melts away cause it turns to water.

Friends choosing objects and making predictions:

Elliott - 2 pom-poms - they will sink

Renata - Panda and Pom-pom - Pom-pom will sink and Panda will float.

Nat - 2 pom-pom - pom-pom float

Aya - 2 pom-pom - I got two different kinds pink, one dark and one light.

Lila - 1 pom-pom and a Seal - this pom pom will definitely float and the Seal will sink cause one's is heavy and one light.

Grant - Seahorse and Polar bear - Seahorse float, Polar bear sink

Evie - Pom-pom and Cheetah - pom-pom float, Cheetah will standing

Lake - Cheetah and Pom-pom - Pom-pom will float and cheetah will sink 

Colby - Hippo and Tiger - Hippo and Tiger will sink

Logan - 2  Pom - yellow will sink, orange will float

Masai -  Pom-pom and Cheetah - both small so they will sink. 

Finley - Bear and pom-pom - Bear will sink and the pom-pom 

Simone - Moose and Pow-pom - Moose will sink and pom-pom will sink

Friends looking at our experiment out the window!

                               

Friday

The Cardinals were very eager to take a close look at their experiment from yesterday. We brought them inside and after about two hours. The Cardinals were asked to go take another look at our experiment.  A friend announced, "They got watery." We then asked each Cardinal, "How did the water get on them?" Here is what friends had to say: 

Finley - Some warm got in it cause it was inside here.

Logan - It's sit out a bit longer.

Colby - Because it falling out sky like rain.

Aya - I don't know.

Renata - The water just squeeze out the ice.

Grant - Cause it snow.

Simone - The water was just a little bit of heat.

Elliott - Water comes from snow.

Nat - Water jump in the pan.

Lake - Cause the sun melt it outside.

Evie - It just got water in it. 

Masai - Well, it get water because there is heat inside the room.

Lila - If heat touches ice, ice turns into water.

                               

We took our experiment to the tables to take a closer look. We ask the Cardinals, "What do you see and think?

Elliott - This thing all the way down in the ice.

Grant - Super cold.

Lila - The shape of animals print in ice is really cool.

Evie - When I look low can't see all the body. When I look up top can see all of it. 

Masai - The pom-pom stay down and the cheetah was up.

Simone - It is little.

Colby - It heavy.

Lake - I think it's pretty.

Aya - I think the eyes are looking at me, it's funny. It's cold, we have fun.

Nat - It cold.

Logan - Super super cold.

Finley - My bear and pom-pom are really stuck in there. I need work really hard and get them out.

Renata - I like that the face is looking at me cause it sees me.

We soon asked the Cardinals, "How are we going to get them out?. Friends had many great suggestions such as a hammer, it just needs to melt and break it. We then told our Cardinals to go to the block area and get a block that might help you break the ice but not the really big blocks (someone could get hit).  

Friends noticed the different sizes and shapes of the ice and how the pom-poms looked really big in the ice.

                     And then, they were four left chiseling away!!

                       Have a nice weekend!!