Teeny Tiny Class Valentines Party

On Valentines Day, in addition to our card/treat exchange...

...we got to eat some delicious cookies...

...try to move a cookie from our foreheads to our mouths without using our hands...

...played Minute to Win It games like "pick up the conversation hearts with chopsticks"...

..."stack the conversation hearts"...

...and "catch marshmallows in your mouth"!

What a great afternoon with friends!

When is a Whole Not a Whole?

...when it's a HOLE, of course!

We started our Fractions unit in early February, and spent a day finding like fractions of various wholes.

For example, a fourth a glass of water...

...a tenth of a glass of water will look different than a tenth of a ball of playdough!

We found fractions of amounts of water, balls of playdough, lengths of rope and paper, and more!

WOW!  We discovered that as the denominator gets bigger, the equal parts get smaller!

Native American Legends and Phases of the Moon

For our California Indians unit, we read many legends around our "fire" (and completed some projects that went with the legends, like the clay pots in progress below)

We also studied phases of the moon! (and students should be completing moon journals at home)

One fun way to study moon phases is to use oreos as representations of the different phases!

...Waning gibbous, anyone?

Pen Pals!

Did you know we have pen pals?  

We have 5th grade pen pals from Miss Raski's sister's class in Davis!  How fun!

Since we've been practicing writing friendly letters in class, it would be a good idea to practice at home, as well!

Cozy Christmas

We had a delightful cozy Christmas morning on our last day of school before Christmas break...

...and took some very silly pictures :)

,,,mm, what a delicious brunch!

...our Elf themed tables...

How fun to watch Elf...

...and give our Secret Santa gifts!

Field Trip to the Wetlands!

On January 12th, we visited the Yolo Bypass Wetlands!

Thankfully, our field trip had been rescheduled from a wildly wet and windy day to a calmer, more foggy and misty day with sunshine at the end!

We listened to a brief introduction about the importance of the wetlands and the rules for the day...

...learned about what signs and scat we might find around...

...studied soils...

...scooped up various plants and animals in the water...

...examined our scoops...

...examined paw prints to determine which animals may be around...

...participated in the Great Percolation Race to understand why clay soil is so important to the wetlands...

...and then got to venture out to the wetlands themselves to see what animals we could see!

After  a long day, we were all tired out!

What a great field trip!