What's been going on this week?

Hello Everyone! I am so sorry that I haven't posted lately, I have been super busy.  From being a newlywed, teacher, coach's wife, friend, etc I have been pull in all directions. So... What have everyone been up to this week. What lesson have you been teaching? Here are some pictures on some things that I captured in the classroom this week. :)

In science, we have been talking about weather. One day we discussed clouds and how raindrops fall.  We discuss that clouds get full of water and become heavy which cause it to rain. Here is the experiment that we did.

Fill a container full of water. Put shaving cream on top to represent the clouds. Take blue food coloring and squirt some in one place (a couple drops). It will become heavy and it will start to RAIN.

Last week, we discussed how paper can change in water. We discussed the different types of paper (construction paper and copy paper) We predicted which paper we thought would absorb water the fastest by using people poppers.  The people popper are folded up like a boat and when it absorbs water it unfolds and they lay flat.  The kids loved seeing the construction paper unfold immediately and the copy paper stayed folded like a boat longer. The students discovered that construction paper absorbs water faster and talked about why that happened.

We have two new math centers this week. One center is called "Pots of Gold." Students put the pots in order from 1-30. After they have put them in order,  place gold on top to match the number.  The other center is our "Describe Me" center.  Students have objects they have to weight on a balancing scale. We use cubes to determine the weight. Then, they tell how long the object is by measuring with cubes.  After they have completed two objects, they compare and see which object weighted more and which one was longer.

I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL weekend!!!

Math Centers This Week

 I hope everyone is having a blessed week so far at school! I know that I am finally getting into more teaching. Which I LOVE!!  First off I want to show you what I won at our PTO Meeting!!

Isn't that so amazing? Parents paid money to put their child's teacher into a drawing for this supply cake.  I was so honored to win it.  There is so much wonderful things inside.  I think it is so pretty that I don't want to take it apart to use the supply. ;) My kids loved having it delivered to the classroom today. (I think they were more excited because they also get a special snack from the PTO)

Now that I got all my excitement out, I wanted to share with you some of the math centers that my class are working on this week!

K.CC.1 and K.CC.4 Pencils/Erasers: 

Students have to count the dots on the pencils and then place the correct number eraser on top!

K.CC.1 and K.CC.4  Pigs/Corn:

Students have to put the pigs in order from 1-10.  Then they draw a corn cob and count the dots and place the corn on the correct numbered pig.

K.CC.1, K.CC.3 and K.CC.4 Counting Sets:

Students draw a card with pictures on it.  They have to count how many are there and use their wipe off boards and write that number.  They are practicing counting one-to-one and writing numbers. 

 This center is to help in Common Core Standard K.CC 4.b and K.CC.1

The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they are counted.  The students place the number cards in order and place the picture cards under the correct number. 

K.CC.1 and K.CC.4 Counting to tell the number of objects

students have to put number cards in order and then place that many bears on the card.  

I hope that you enjoyed some of the math centers that I am using this week and maybe you can use some in your classroom!!