October 17 - 21, 2011 by Gracie and Terrin

We went to a play called "Junie B Jones in Jingle Bells Batman Smells (P.S. So Does May)". This week we learned a new math segment called base ten pieces. We also had a new book that we are reading called On the Wings of a Hero. So far it is good.We just started science. It is really fun. We've been studying land and water. We've been doing calendar. We have a pattern. Every four days we have a new animal on our calendar. On our Great Wall of Base Ten we have a mat-mat, strip-mat, a mat, a strip, and a unit. A mat-mat is 10,000 square centimeters. The dimensions are 100 centimeters x 100 centimeters. The strip-mat is 1,000 square centimeters. The dimensions are 10 centimeters x 100 centimeters. The strip is 10 square centimeters. The dimensions are 1 cm x10 cm. The mat is 100 square cm. The dimensions are 10 cm x 10 cm. The unit is 1 cm. The dimensions are 1 cm x 1 cm.

October 3 - 7, 2011 by Rory

In October we started a new science unit called Land and Water. On Thursday we did a science experiment, Modeling the Water Cycle. First we mixed up the land (dirt,clay and rocks). Our group pretended we were baking. After that we poured the water in the container. Then we put a plastic thing on top of the container and we used a rubber band to hold the plastic thingy down. Then we put an ice pack on top of the plastic thing and observed. After that we took the ice pack off and tapped the plastic and observed.It was SO FUN!!!