We are learning from NON FICTION!

This week we have begun a study of Non Fiction. We sorted the books in our classroom library into Fiction and Non Fiction and have discovered that Non Fiction books are the ones that we can learn and share information from.

Our book boxes are now half full of Non Fiction and we are excited to learn a lot of new things about a variety of topics.

Click here to see us all reading Non Fiction in our classroom.

Here are some facts that we learned today from Non fiction:

Edaphosaurus has a sail on it's back to keep it hot or cold- Cal

Comets are balls of ice- Max

It rains for more than 300 days in some rainforests- Kami

A Nile crocodile is one of the deadliest creatures on earth- Otto

Fish swim near the top of the water- Gwyneth

Tennis started hundreds of years ago- Shveta

Volcanoes can be under the sea- David

There is pressure in water- Kenneth

Koalas have sharp claws for climbing trees- Amber

Some sharks have thousands of teeth- Cole

and there is more.......

Mad Scientists!

Yesterday we went to the MS Science lab. We experimented with dry ice and colored liquid. The green liquid changed to red when the dry ice was added.The carbon dioxide made the change happen. The yellow liquid exploded!!!

We had a Tea Party. Mr. Meehan poured the tea and it was clear until the third cup and it turned PINK! When he poured it back in it turned back to clear! We were amazed!

We worked with Science Buddies and did our own experiments. We made red liquid turn yellow, by adding baking soda and salt. It turned HOT to COLD. We recorded our findings on a worksheet that our Buddies had made by themselves for us.

Our visit was FUN! It was AWESOME! It was INCREDIBLE! It was so COOL!

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Written by Clark kids.

A Visitor from Australia

Today we had a package delivered from Australia!

Tell me who it is and what kind of animal she is?

Pajama Day!

Reading really makes us feel good! Especially when we are in our Pajamas!

Today we forgot to put on our uniforms and came to school in Pajamas, slippers and robes.

We brought our cuddly friends and blankets too.

We used sheets to make reading tents (cubbies) in our classroom and it was lucky we had flashlights to read with.

Pajama Day was so much fun and we were excited about reading!

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Pajama day tomorrow!

We will all be wearing our Pajamas to school tomorrow! That will be so funny:)
I hope Mrs. Clark remembers to wear hers!

I can't wait!

OH BOY!I can't wait! Till I get a hong bao full of money!OH YEAH!I LOVE IT!MONEY!MONEY!YAY!I can't wait!RAINBOW COLORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I LOVE CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!

This is the Monitor Lizard that lived under our porch where we were living in Bintan, Indonnesia over the holiday break. The Monitor Lizard was HUGE!!!! Even bigger than my little sister

I did not see any Gamalan instruments, even though my music teacher told me to look for them. I wish I could have seen one.

It was fun in Bintan and I can't wait to go back!

Regards,

Callie