Soundwaters Field Trip

It was chilly and quite windy at the beach today, but that didn't stop us. We had so much fun investigating and learning all about life in the Long Island Sound. We rotated through 3 stations. First, we collected shells and sorted them by type. We found the most oyster shells. Then, we used nets to scoop plankton out of the Sound. We viewed them under microscopes and were amazed to see what those teeny specs looked like up close.  Last, we learned about animals and got to explore the touch ranks of flounder, sea stars, crabs and more. Here's just a glimpse of some of our fun. 

Pencil Magic

No, it's not really magic...it's science!  We got pencils to balance on their point. Ask your child about the trick to making something balance. 

St. Patrick's Day Writing

After hearing tales of leprechauns and pots of gold at the end of rainbows, students thought about what they would do if they found a pot of gold. We got many wonderful and thoughtful answers such as....

-buy a phone

-buy a lot of dogs that I would hug and walk every day

-buy a car for when I'm 16

-buy food for poor people

-give it to people that don't have money

And one of my favorites...

-buy Springdale School 

(I think someone wants to be my boss one day) :)

Look at our beatiful display.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Week of March 14th

Monday- Red day - PE

Tuesday - Orange day -PE

Wednesday - Yellow day -early release

Thursday - Green day - PE - early release

Friday- Blue day - media center- early release

Week of March 7

Monday-Orange day 

Tuesday - Yellow day

Wednesday - Green Day- gym 

Thursday - Blue day - media center book

Friday -Purple day 

Dr. Seuss Fun

City Rep Steven Kolenberg stopped by our classroom this morning to read a Dr. Seuss favorite, The Cat in The Hat. He also talked to the kids about the importance of reading. 

Later on in the afternoon, things got a little wacky in room 8. When the class came back from Art, they found many surprises such as new "pet fish" (a tank full of water and goldfish crackers) upside down chairs, stuffed animals in their seats and more. They thought their teacher had gone nuts, but it was just Wacky Wednesday. 

Then we had fun making our own wacky pictures.