Weather & Seasons

Last week in science we focused on how clouds are formed and the water cycle. 

First we read "Spilt Milk." Then the students created their own cloud pictures.

The next day we discussed different types of clouds (Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus and Cumulonimbus).

Then we made a cloud with hot water and ice! 

After that we discussed the water cycle and different types of precipitation. 

First we did an experiment. The students had to make a hypothesis on what would happen to the food colouring...would it stay above the cloud? Sink to the bottom? Or would it disappear. The students quickly figured out that the food colouring represented rain and would sink. Eventually the clouds (shaving cream) became heavy with food colouring and it "rained." This experiment showed that when clouds fill with moisture it rains, snows, or hails depending on the temperature. 

We then learned a song that helped the students remember the water cycle (run off, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation). 

Water Cycle Song:

(To the tune of "She will be coming around the mountain."

Water travels in a cycle, yes it does

Water travels in a cycle yes it does.

It goes up as evaporation.

Forms clouds as condensation.

Then comes down as precipitation, yes it does! 

                                                 
After that ROY. G. BIV helped us remember the colours of the rainbow! 

Weather & Seasons

This week the students learned about what meteorologists are. What are they, what can  they do, and what do they study? 

Every morning the leader of the day will also be our meteorologist for the day. Their job is to tell us what the weather is outside, what type of clouds are outside, what the temperature is and they also decide what weather bear should wear for the day. The students then have to complete their daily weather journal. 

After learning about meteorologists we discussed different weather instruments/tools. 

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Star Student April 29-May 9.

Communities

In Social Studies this week we started our unit on communities. Today we went for a walk around Kennedy to see what type of land/water forms our community has. We mainly saw ponds and prairies! No mountains or oceans around here! The next day we wrote about all the different things we saw and what someone would expect to see if they came to visit Kennedy. 

Weather & Seasons

This week we started our unit on weather & seasons. Throughout this unit the students will be learning about meteorologists, weather tools, different types of weather, extreme weather, the four seasons, and the months of the year. 

Easter

We had a fun Easter filled day before the break! 

First we made Easter Bunny applications. 

Then we had Easter themed math centers. 

At the first station the students had to group their jelly beans by color, then use ten frames to record their data. 

 At the second station the students had to measure each Easter picture with jelly beans! They then compared which picture was the tallest and which one was the shortest. 

At the third station the students had to shake their eggs and estimate how many jelly beans were inside. They then counted the jelly beans to see if their estimate was correct.

Of course after we were done we ate all the jelly beans! 

In the after noon three stations were set up and the students decorated & dyed Easter eggs. 

At the first station the students used food coloring to dye their eggs.

At the second station we used glue and glitter. (Yes it was as messy as it looked!)

At the third station we used shaving cream and food coloring to create a marbled look! 

End results! 

We then made Easter bags for our Easter egg hunt! 

We ended the day with an Easter egg scavenger hunt! 

Some eggs were filled with sight words and some were filled with chocolate/candy.

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April 7- April 18