It has been great learning about families, especially about your families. We did a BIG family graph with the names of everyone who lives with us written above our family name. It is hanging on our bulletin board, so check it out! We also talked about family pets and graphed who had a pet at home and who did not. Part of being in a family, is using our helping hands. Each child should have brought home a set of handprints with "My hands help by..." It was great hearing how your children help out at home.
I am pretty sure the highlight of the week was our Skittles experiment. Today we placed three Skittles in a bowl and covered them with water to see what would happen. Before we started, we came up with some ideas of what might happen. (They would get yucky. They might fall apart. We wouldn't want to eat them anymore.) After careful observation, we saw that the colors came off of the Skittles and went into the water. Not only that, but the S on the Skittles floats to the surface of the water. One of the students deducted that if you hold Skittles in your hands too long the color will come off on you. Very true.
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| Observing the Skittles during our experiment |
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| Green, yellow, and orange towards the beginning of the time |
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| Red, purple, and yellow towards the end of the time. |
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| If you look carefully next to the green Skittle, you will see the floating S |
I think it would be pretty cruel to be around all this candy without getting some to eat. So, as a part of snack today, everyone got a little cup of Skittles. Hooray for food science experiments!
Here is our newsletter for the week. Can't wait to learn about Community Helpers next week. Have a great weekend!
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