Hi everyone,
We had an amazing visit from Mr. Matt Liptak and his associate Ms. Ariel last Thursday. They showed the children the difference between dry ice and regular ice. The kids sketched the differences. Then he froze a flower and a banana with liquid nitrogen! He used the frozen banana to hammer a nail into a piece of wood.It was so cool! He also showed the children how fog is made by placing dry ice into water. The kids loved it! I heard many of them say they wanted to grow up to be scientists.
We will be wrapping up our study on winter with a week of winter sports and the Olympics. We will go "ice fishing" in the house area and have a "luge" in the block area. Pam will visit from the Burnham Library on Wednesday.
Our next study will be on Fairy Tales. There are so many concepts that can be taught through fairy tales- sequencing events and first/next/last, characters, counting, comparing and contrasting different versions of the same fairy tale and different fairy tales and much more. We will start with the Three Little Pigs after February break.
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday, February 21st- Pam from Burnham Library to visit
Friday, February 23rd- Pajama Day
February 26-March 2nd- February Break
March 5th- Inservice
March 6th- Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 7th- School Reopens
I hope you have agreat week off next week. Enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures this week. I suspect our playground will be very wet. Please make sure that there are extra clothes in the backpack. Thank you!
Nancy
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