SOARING SKYWARD DAY!

It’s October, y’all! Mrs. Skalaban and I have twinning Frankenstein doors to welcome October. This is going to be a fun-filled month. We will have our first class party at the end of the month for Halloween. In front of our doors are Halloween sign-ups for different Halloween treats we will need for our party. Please stop by and sign up for something J

We had such a great Soaring Skyward. I can honestly say that it was one of the funnest days we’ve had this year by far. The kids were so well behaved taking in consideration of the change in our daily routines. Even though we weren’t learning inside of the classroom, we learned so much about flight from so many different stations and so many different presenters that came. Soaring Skyward only happens every other year so next time these children will get to do Soaring Skyward will be when they are in 3^rd grade.

Remote Control Helicopters: We started our day in the gym watching remote control helicopters and drones in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The men taught us about the different parts these machines have and how it works.

Birds of Prey: Pre-k -2^nd grade class got to learn about different birds. We had to be very quiet or else it would have scared the birds. This station was really cool because the birds would fly over our heads. We even saw a kookaburra! 

Hot Air Balloon Tissues: During this station, we got to make a hot air balloon out of tissue paper as a class. We learned what cool air and hot air does to a hot air balloon. We even got to see our class made hot air balloon land on Mrs. Richey’s head! Thank you Mrs. Richey for joining us and helping us in creating our hot air balloon!

STARFlight Helicopter: At 1:00 on Friday, we went outside by the track to watch the helicopter land on Summitt’s track. This was a very exciting part of our day. We got to meet the pilots, take a picture in front of the helpicopter and see a real live helicopter! 

Hang Glider: We then stopped by the hang glider. The kids learned new vocabulary like FLIGHT, ROLL, and YAW. These words are words that describe the movement of the hang gliders.

 Bubbles Dance Party: Last but not least, we ended the day with our new 5^th grade science buddies in a big ol’ dance party! I had so much fun “whipping” with the kids and doing the thriller. It was so good to see kids just being kids dancing their little hearts away. Some of the kids have made such great connections with their science buddies they had just met 3 days ago. We will have science buddies every last Wednesday of each month.