Subject Verb Agreement

Here is a video we watched about subject verb agreement, on brainpopjr. Students should know the login and password.  

http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/sentence/subjectandverbagreement/grownups.weml

Matter Review

Matter has 3 states:

Solids,Liquids and Gases

A solid is a substance that has it's own shape. Some solids can be changed by adding heat to it....but not all of them!  

A liquid is a substance that does not have its own shape, but it takes on the shape of the container it is in. Most liquids can be poured. 

A gas usually can not be seen. It fills the space it is held in. Oxygen is an example of a gas.

Can your child name examples of all 3 stated of matter?  

Pennies and Dimes

This week we are working on the value of a penny and a dime. In first grade they should have touched on identifying these coins, but now we have to know their worth and be able to count money. I used Thea poems in class to remember the coins value. 

Penny:

Penny, penny

Easily spent,

Copper, brown 

And worth one cent. 

Dime:

Dime dime

Little and thin,

I remember,

You're worth 10!

In addition to knowing their worth, we have to know the different ways to show the value of these coins. We never mix the cent sign with a doll or sign or a decimal. 

This is how we count money. 

We talk about how money has invisible hairs coming off of it. Each hair is worth 5. A dime had two invisible hairs. A penny doesn't have any! It's only worth 1 cent. So i remember to count a penny by making an invisible little dot.  This helps us count up our money!  See the picture below for an example. 

If your child can count money ( just the dime and penny for now) using hairs (or without) they are doig a-ok!

Skills Check!

Mid way through te week I'm going to post a review. That way, if there is a skill your child is struggling with thus far in the week, you can catch it and have a small at home review. So, it will be very helpful for you to check the blog on Wednesday nights (or early on Thursdays) to keep track of the skills we are learning for the week. 

Dry Ice Experiment

Today we did an experiment with dry ice. The kids have anxiously anticipated this experiment. What we did was take a small piece of dry ice and place it in a bowl. Next we added hot water so that the ice would begin to change states. (Did you know that dry ice goes from a solid right to a gas?) We covered the top of the bowl with a layer of bubbles. This trapped the gas in the bowl. The gas filled up all the space under the bubble, and continued to grow until. It could stretch no more. Then.....POP! All the gas comes out!  Very. Cool.