February Fun!

Sixth Graders paraded through CCS with their handmade Mardi Gras Masks

Four Winds-Winter Habitats

Open House-it was a busy morning, I apologize if I did not get your family photo!!

Matter Science-Marker Mixtures

Is a black marker made of a mixture of colors?  

We tested other colors as well.

Matter Science-is the mixture Oobleck a solid or a liquid?

Making Oobleck with this many kids was quite an adventure!!

Oobleck has properties of both a solid and a liquid.  A student named it a "sliquid".

Always ready to lend a helping hand-thank you Mrs. Beal!

We met our Grand Isle Red Clover Blogging Buddies with a Google Hangout arranged by both school's librarians-Thank you Mrs. Huestis!

Pen Pals-We opened our Pen Pal Letters from a second grade class in Auburn, Alabama and wrote back.

This week was a very exciting end to February!

Have a wonderful break!

Remember school reopens on Tuesday, March 3.

I will post a letter before school reopens and email you when it is ready.

Wrapping up Units of Study

This week in science we learned about mixtures.  When materials are mixed together, the mixture might have new properties.  Some mixtures can be reversed, others cannot.  Similarly cooling or heating a material creates new properties.  The material can sometimes be changed back (water) and other times cannot (pizza dough)

Taking notes on properties of materials.

Choosing two materials to mix.

New mxitures!

Working with larger numbers in math-we are adding numbers in the hundreds.  We will use the same strategy we use for two digit numbers.  First we will add the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones and then add them all back together.  While this seems like extra work to us,  it builds solid number sense and an understanding of the algorithms they learn later.

Valentine's Day Fun

Thank you for the donations of sweet treats and help in the classroom!