Sink and Float

We did a great science experiment yesterday that held everyone's interest for well over an hour (we had some 4th grade helpers!)

First, we fashioned our own boats out of tinfoil and then, we had one tub of water, everyone got a chance to float their own boat as I added paperclips one by one to see how many they would hold. It was hysterical.

The point of the lesson was for them to learn that boats would float better with flatter bottoms and higher walls (so, the canoes went down quickly!).

It was excellent and messy, but worth it!

Some highlites of Friday:

Grant was working on his cube and couldn't put the pieces back together to make the cube so he asked for help. After, I fixed it, he said "You did a wonderful job!" Typically, I would first have to say "what do you say?" and he'd say "Thanks" but instead I got this full sentence.

Patrick played a full on game of catch and chase with Grant, Robbie, and Darius. He was the one to initiate it and everyone played. He's also been in love with setting up the trains so that there is a super train jump for them to make.

Darius has been using excellent words to express his feelings. In fact, he's now a pro at shrugging off the bad stuff, including when Ms. Stern says it is time for math! In addition, we had a long talk about how monsters are pretend and make-believe and he shared this information with many others.

We read the story "The monster at the end of this book" which stars Grover from Sesame Street and all the boys loved it since it asks for big voices, little voices, and all the ones in between. It is still one of my all-time favorite books ever.

We're not sure yet as there seems to have been some mix-up between when the field trip form left our school and getting to transportation because the swimming field trip is the only one that transportation seemed to know nothing about. Good thing that I had to call them to change the times. As a result, I'm not 100% sure at this time that we are indeed going but unless I hear back negatively, we are. I'll be sure to let you know when I do.

Other than that, have a great weekend and I hope you enjoyed the report cards, international night, and all the rest!