Wrapping up the quarter - Addition Sundaes and Easter!

We ended the quarter with lots of hard work and many assessments however, in the middle of all that work we managed to have some fun. For 9 days the students took timed addition tests to see how big they could make their ice cream sundae - this was serious business and their favorite minute of the day! We also did some Easter reading and Jelly Bean Math before we left for Spring Break - take a look!! (pics are in backwards order :) )

                               Jelly Bean Math

                                count...sort...graph...solve AND eat

                      Reading together...

The blank board ready for names...

 ....nine days later!

                    Every one was able to have ice cream and they LOVED it!

                           Great way to end 3rd Quarter!!!

What's the 'Matter'?

We spent quite a bit of time studying about Matter this quarter. We learned about the different states of matter and how to change the states of certain things. To do this we did some reading, watched some videos but most importantly did quite a few experiments. Take a look at what all we did and learned!

             Making Butter - liquid to solid

          shake...

 ...tadah...Butter!

 sorting pictures by the state of they matter that they are

 Melting ice - with our body heat...solid to liquid

 melting chocolate with heat - solid to liquid

 observing the changes

 YUMMY!!

 It is makes science extra fun when it turns into a snack!!!

 Finding examples of the different states of matter in magazines.

 Making popsicles - freezing juice....liquid to solid

 making predictions

 putting the liquid into the freezer

 done! time to eat :)

 human matter molecules

 gas

 liquid

 solid

 making representations of molecules in the different states of matter

Science Reader's Theatre

 Hallway pretties....