Apples & Bingo

This week we began learning all about apples.  We began on Monday by reading the non-fiction book Apples by Gail Gibbons.  Then we had an apple taste test where students each sampled a piece of a red apple, yellow apple, and green apple.  Students then picked their favorites and we graphed our results.  The most popular apple in our class was yellow.

 

 

Next students examined the different parts of an apple including: a seed, core, flesh, skin, and bottom.  They took notes in their special apple books.

 

 

On Tuesday we did several experiments with apples.  We started by predicting whether we thought an apple would sink or float.  Many students thought that the apple would sink -- but we found out that it floated!

 

Students also had a chance to use balance scales to determine if different classroom objects were heavy or lighter than an apple.

 

We ended our short week by playing Learning Bingo with our 6th grade buddies!  We had lots of fun during this all school event!

 

Odds & Ends

Early last week your child brought their dairy farm diorama project home with them.  Each diorama had to include a cow with an udder, a calf, a barn, a silo, and a pasture.   Students all worked very hard on these projects and they turned out great!

Our current dairy farm bulletin board...

Living & Non-living bulletin board...

Clifford projects students made during our Clifford book study...

On Thursday we had a visit from one of the librarians from the Roseville Public Library.

She shared a few stories with us and talked to students about getting their own library cards.  A special form will be coming home in this week's Wednesday folder with more information!

All week last week we worked on writing fiction stories with cats as the main characters.  First students created rough drafts where they brainstormed their characters, setting, and the beginning, middle, and end of their stories.  When they finished their rough drafts they had a chance to share their stories with their classmates.

On Friday, students worked hard creating their final drafts that are now on display in the hallway outside of our classroom.

Buddy Project & Cows

Yesterday we had a chance to meet with our 6th grade buddies for the second time.  We started by reading the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanton.  Then we had a group discussion about being thankful/grateful.

Next students worked together with their buddies to create a quilt square that showed something that each person was thankful/grateful for.

Here's what the quilt squares looked like when they were all done.  They turned out great!

On Monday, we learned that there are many different types of farms.  We then spent time learning specifically about dairy farms.  Yesterday we learned more about cows.  Students followed step-by-step directions to draw their own cows and then we worked together as a class to label our drawings.

Here's our whole class with our special cow hats!