The Best Way to Learn!!

Last week students learned about 3d shapes and how they are different from 2d shapes. Students studied vertices, edges, and faces.

As a hands on activity, we used gumdrops and toothpicks to represent vertices and edges. The students did a fantastic job and are now masters of 3d shapes!

Welcome Back and Happy New Year!!

I am glad to be back and ready to start off this great year with such a wonderful group of students. Thank you for all the congratulations this past week :-) I will be setting up parent conferences in the next week so please look out for those announcements.

Science, spelling, and vocabulary lists are posted so please remember to check regularly.

Please email me (kali@houstonisd.org) if you have any questions.

~Ms. Ali :)

Money!!

How many ways can you create a value using different combinations of coins? Students explored combinations of money by using various coin values to create the same value. Try this activity at home!

Congratulations to Eugenio Guajardo and Jacey Chumley for winning our classroom spelling bee!!!

The schoolwide spelling bee will take place on Tuesday, November 23rd at 12:00. GOOD LUCK!!

PICTURE DAY!!!

NOVEMBER 17TH: Please send in all order forms to school by Wednesday.

Oil Spill Experiment

Students explored the effects of oil spills on birds using vegetable oil, black food coloring and water. First, by mixing water and black oil together students observed how oil rises to the top of water because it is lighter than water. The oil mixed with water also caused clumps a

nd globs toform making a realistic oil spill difficult to clean. Students dipped clean bird feathers into the oil simulationto observe what happens to real bird feathers in an oil spill.

Gardening!

Ali's Owls did an AMAZING job planting spinach, lettuce and bell peppers on Thursday. Students pulled out weeds, made rows for seeds, planted, and watered the garden beds. Look how hard they worked!