Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Motion Lab




The students went to the Science lab here at Frostwood and a parent volunteer taught the children about motion. They learned how objects rotate and spin on an axis. The children used 'force' to cause an object to rotate and spin. Who knew that Science could be so much fun?

Balance Lab




In Science the students learned all about balance. They learned how to make an object stable and used counterweights to help balance an object on a popsicle stick. They created their own objects to balance on their desks.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum

On September 27th, the class visited the Yeargin Art Museum. This is a special museum because SBISD is the only district in the United States to have their own museum. Altharetta Yeargin was an art teacher in SBISD. She liked to travel and she brought back various pieces of art from the places she visited. She donated several of these pieces to SBISD. The donated items include black pottery by Native American Maria Martinez, quilts, carved tusks, archeological treasures and a painting by Grandma Moses. The museum is located on the Westchester Campus.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Word Hunt


The students are going on a word hunt in books they can read. They look for words that have the same 'chunk' as the spelling words they are working on for the week. The students then write down the word in their spelling spiral.

Election Day!


In Social Studies we have been learning about how elections work in America. We held an election for Class Governor of room 201. In order to be eligible to vote the children had to be at least 7 years old, a member of our class, and register to vote. We had 100 % turn out on election day!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Writer's Workshop - Revising our stories!


The students worked with a partner to revise their stories. They asked each other questions to help make their stories better.