Photos from the St. George Children's Museum 

 Mrs. Glidden (Lilly's mom) is an archaeologist and she came to our classroom last week to teach us about archaeology.  We learned about the Native Americans that lived in our area and looked at various artifacts.  She also helped us make a fun craft.  Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Mrs. Glidden!

Spelling Words for the Week of February 18th

1.  nine
2.  line
3.  like
4.  bike
5   bite
6.  while
7.  funny
8.  hurry
9.  big
10. went

1.  I took a bite of funny fish.
2.  I like my new bike.

Challenge Words:
1. through
2. feel
3. talk
4. bird
5. soon

Enrichment Words:
1.  none
2.  what's
3.  television
4.  verb
5.  solve
6.  pressure
7.  report
8.  roots
9.  farmer
10. count
11. giving
12. trade
13. joined
14. chief
15. month

Last week we made Oobleck.  If you want to try it at home, just mix 3 spoonfuls of corn starch and 2 spoonfuls of water in a baggie.  Do you think it is a solid or a liquid?

Valentine Exchange

Spelling Words for the Week of February 10^th

^{1.  jelly}

^{2.  belly}

^{3.  bunny}

^{4.  funny}

^{5.  furry}

^{6.  hurry}

^{7.  take}

^{8.  came}

^{9.  will}

^{10.  was}

^{1.  The furry bunny likes to hop.}

^{2.  My belly is full of jelly.}

^{Challenge Words:}

^{1.  February}

^{2.  plain}

^{3.  girl}

^{4.  young}

5.  Sunday

Enrichment Words:

1.  rivers

2.  knowledge

3.  appear

4.  insects

5.  ate

6.  dinner

7.  hurt

8.  spend

9.  jumped

10. experiment

11. marks

12. touch

13. drop

14. chair

15. south

Congratulations to Ethan and Jazmin for receiving the Catch the Vision award last week at the assembly.

Today we conducted several experiments to learn about matter.  The favorite experiment was when we blew up a balloon by mixing baking soda and vinegar.  Some of the kids want to try it at home so here are the directions:

Fill an empty water bottle with 1 1/2 cups of vinegar.  Using a funnel put 3 tablespoons of baking soda in a large balloon.  Put the balloon over the water bottle opening with the balloon hanging over the side.  Quickly lift the balloon so baking soda empties into water bottle and watch the reaction.

Note:  The blue group has NOT done this experiment as we ran out of time.  We will do it Friday morning so please don't try this at home (if your child is in this group) until after we have done it in class.  Thank you.

 We learned that matter is anything that takes up space.  We also learned that matter can be a liquid, solid, or a gas.