Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Pumpkin Week - Pumpkin Estimation


We needed to figure out how many pumpkins were in the jar.

On our pumpkin matts, we each had 10 of the candy pumpkins to help us with the look of the volume of 10 candy pumpkins.

After seeing what 20, 30, 40, 50 candy pumpkins looks like, we adjusted our estimates.  
After seeing what 100 candy pumpkins looked like, we adjusted our estimate.  

Our third estimate was our final.

Mary's estimate was 240 and there were 239 in the jar. Mary won the whole jar of pumpkin candy!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Pumpkin Week! Pumpkin Measure

For the start of Pumpkin Week we estimated how round we thought a small, medium and large pumpkin would be in centimeters using yarn.




Next, we measured our yarn estimates with a meter stick and recorded our answers in centimeters.
After that, we measured the circumference with a measuring tape and recorded our answers in centimeters.



Finally, we had to make subtraction equations using the estimate and actual numbers to find the difference between our the two numbers. What a great start to Pumpkin Week!

Friday, October 26, 2012

Book Fair

This is Mrs. Kerr. She is the Book Fair Lady. We are so thankful to her.

We love the Book Fair!

So many books, how to decide?












Thursday, October 25, 2012

Golden Sneaker Award

Our class won the Golden Sneaker Award for PE from Mr. Lofstrom, the PE Guy, because we had the most PE points for the month of September! Way to go Team Standlee!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Bat Lady Barb Visits!

Bat Lady Barb brought some bats that have died, so that we could see their differences and study them up close.




She also brought some critters to share.

She shared some food items that are byproducts from bats pollination. Cashews and gum are two examples.

Here are some examples of a bat's diets: insects, fish, frogs, and blood.


This is Bat Lady Barb. She donates her honorarium to the Bat Conservatory.



Here is a brown bat.

Here is a flying fox bat.


The largest bat vs the smallest bat.

The smallest bat is a bumblebee bat.

We also got to see some of the bats that she is nursing back to health.

Once the bats are well, she releases them back into the wild.

She lets bats hang on her shower curtain in her bathroom!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Scenes from the School

Our great big toy on the primary playground.

Our lunch choice line with Mrs. King, our lunchroom lady.

Our spider web on the primary playground.

Our four-square courts and soccer field.

Our gym.

Our rock wall that Mr. Lofstrom, the PE teacher, worked very hard to acquire for our students.