On Wednesday of this week we had a different type of P.E activity. It started off with us watching a short video clip from "Toy Story." The students had to observe how the toys moved both when they were around humans and by themselves. Our game consisted of the students acting like various toys from the movie "Toy Story" and then when they were told "Andy is coming," they had to freeze and drop as if they were toys that didn't want to be caught by their human owner. We had some Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, and green aliens. The class was able to come up with so many different ideas they could use to incorporate their movement in to match those of the toys in the movie.
Slinky Dogs
Aliens
Our focus in science for the month of December is that some events on earth occur quickly, while others occur at a slower rate. An example of the differences here would be a volcano is a quickly changing event and erosion is a slower changing event. This week we talked about erosion and the students got to see erosion in action. We used a pan of dirt and gradually added water to it. As a class we discussed why the dirt was changing. While in the classroom, on the scale of a lasagna pan, erosion seemed to occur rather quickly, but we also discussed the amount of dirt, amount of water, and space. We determined as a class that normally erosion will occur much slower and will also be affected if the material eroding is dirt or rock. We had some great conversations this week about what erosion is and how it effects the planet earth. Here is a link to one version of the science experiment we did on erosion if you want to try it at home, too. http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/erosion/
We had a great first week back after vacation. Now we will be working on our Christmas songs and play for our grade-level performance. Parents, invitations for this event will be going home next week,
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