Learning About Famous People!

This week in math we have been learning about the census. We learned that it is a way of counting how many people are in the United States. We have also been learning to do surveys, we found out that more people like math than writing or reading. We also learned that more people in our class have pets than do not.

This week we also learned about some famous African Americans; Barack Obama (the first African American president from Illinois), Martin Luther King Jr. (who had a dream that we should all be nice to each other), Garrett Morgan (invented the stoplight).We discovered that Abe Lincoln was from Illinois and he was the president who helped to free the slaves, he is also on the penny.

Last Saturday we had our school carnival, it was so much fun. Our class decided that everything was really fun and we won lots of prizes.

Working with our Uni High Buddies

This week we worked with high school students from University High School. They helped us learn about sand and water. On Tuesday we learned if things could sink or float. On Wednesday we made boats and tested them to see if they would float. On Thursday we looked at how many drops of water can fit on a penny, one group fit 40 drops on their penny. Finally on Friday we looked at how sand and salt are alike and different. We put sand in water and it sank then we put salt in water and it disappeared. We want to say thank you to the high school students who helped us have fun and learn.

Happy Mardi Gras

Today was Mardi Gras. We made masks and crowns, then we had a parade! We listened to stories about this holiday and what it is all about. During our parade we gave our 5th grade buddies a set of beads for good luck.We hope that everyone has a fun Mardi Gras!

Welcome to our classroom blog!

Hi everyone this is our new classroom blog. We will work together as a class and try to post something new and exciting every week. Check back often to see what we are up to.