Kindergarten and 1st Grade Blast Off!

Happy New Year! Kindergarten and 1st Grade will be starting a unit on the solar system! Check out these cool sites...let the learning begin!

http://kids.nineplanets.org/portfoli.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games/jigsaw/launch.html
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/sse_flipflop.shtml
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/projects.shtml

Run, run as fast as you can...

Yesterday we had a gingerbread day in gifted! We wrote our own versions of the classic Gingerbread Man, we made gingerbread glyphs, and ate "gingerbread man" cookies(actually sugar cookies in the shape of gingerbread men. We had so much fun and learned a lot to! I promise to update the blog with the many activites we have been doing in gifted. Coming soon...our FABULOUS heritage projects!!! I was wowed by the student's knowledge and presentations! We are working on putting it all in a voicethread so that you to can learn about our heritages as well. Stay tuned...

Shanghai Circus

We are going to the Shanghai Circus on November 19! In order to secure our tickets we have to purchase them next week! Permission slips have gone home and some have already been returned. If you have not sent your child's permission slip and money in please do so ASAP! Just send it in your child's regular classroom folder addressed to me and I will get it. If you would like to chaperone please send in $9.50 for your ticket. Thank you! I realize that most of you have just paid for another field trip, I promise this is it until January. I do not want anyone to miss out on this fabulous event. Please let me know if you are unable to pay and I will take care of it.

Great Gifted Resource

Here is a fabulous website about gifted children!
www.hoagiesgifted.org

Matter!

Today we talked about matter. We reviewed the three states of matter-solid, liquid, and gas and we conducted an experiment to find out what happens when air is heated or cooled. Ask me about what I did! Check out this cool way to review the three states of matter!

To learn more check out this cool video and song!

Molacules!

2 weeks ago we tried to make molacules.It did not work becouse we did not have the right matiereals we used stiraphone cps instead of plastic cups nothing hapend.This week we are useing plastic cups instead of stieraphone cups we do not no what will hapen we are hoping that we will have rock candy!A molacule is anything!A bike is made of molacules a grain of salt is made of molacules. Everything in the world is made out of molacules.

By:Sameh

New Open House Date

Remember our new Open House date is this Tuesday, October 13th at 6:30pm in our classroom. I hope you can join us! Family Night at the Book Fair runs from 6-8 Tuesday as well, make plans to stop by the media center and check out all the great books!