We had our first read a thon of the school year! We read independently, with partners, had a guest reader, and performed a reader’s theater. We had a lot of fun!

As a wrap up to our Rocks and Minerals Unit, we made teaching posters on a topic related to rocks and minerals. Each partner or partners was given a topic and they needed to “teach” their classmates all about it. Here are the posters:

As a wrap up to our study of character traits, Susan Boss helped us make personal silhouettes. We then put our character traits on them and displayed them in the hall. Here they are in case you can’t stop by the school to see them.

Here it is as promised, the video of the eruption of our volcanoes. To do this at home, just put baking soda in the vent of the volcano and add white vinegar. Enjoy! Volcanoes! from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.

Last week we erupted our paper mache volcanoes. First, we made newspaper balls to form the shape of a cindercone volcano. Next, we put paper mache strips onto our frame. Then we painted a base color and finally added trim to finish up the volcano. We then made the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and erupted […]