Science Buddies, Natural vs. Man-made Resources, and Making 10 and Adding On!

We had science buddies on Wednesday. The 5^th grade teachers did an actual experiment with the kids this time using scientific terms such as “hypothesis, result, conclusion, question, experiment, and research.” During the experiment, Bounty, Generic, and AISD paper towels were used to see which paper towel would absorb the most water the quickest. The winner was the Bounty paper towel. The paper-picker-upper!

 I introduced this new math center to some of the students. These puzzles have me even thinking but some students are very quick at it. The objective of the activity is to put together the puzzle by having the corner/edges adding up to a specific sum.

 We received our new class pet last Wednesday. Our little box turtle is very shy. He is always hidden but one day, he finally popped his head out and I got to take a snapshot. He goes back this Wednesday.

In science, we are starting our rock unit. This activity says “If I had a lot of rocks, I would build a…”

Lots of students said they would build a house. Some students said they would build a castle. And some said they would make some jewelry. The kids really enjoyed doing this activity. I told them their mission this weekend was to find some rocks and bring it into class. We will be putting it in their bag on our bulletin board and we will be observing the texture, color, and sizes.

In math, we worked on adding 3 addends by looking for 2 numbers making 10 and then counting on. We also worked on skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s with bigger numbers. Some students are ready and want to take on the challenge by skip counting with 3 digit numbers! Way to go!

We were supposed to do this activity last week but it was SOOO cold, we were cooped up inside in the classroom. I’m so glad the weather finally warmed up for them to go out to recess. They needed it and I needed it also!

We went on a nature walk around the school to look for natural resources and man-made resources. The kids had a fun time doing this.

tài nguyên- natural resource

nhân tạo- man-made resource

Hope everyone enjoys their 3 day weekend!!!