Evaporation Experiments

Today we started to discuss water and and did some water experiments. We started by painting a picture with water. As the kids painted they started to notice that the water was disappearing. They then brainstormed where it could be going and came up with a few ideas. After some discussion the kids determined that it was disappearing and going into the sky. I then introduced them to the term evaporation. We discussed that evaporation is liquid water changing into a gas called water vapor. To follow up the kids observed a humidifier changing the water into vapor. They enjoyed doing both experiments and can't wait to see how much water is left on this papers and in the humidifier in the morning. Thursday we will be moving on to what happens to water next!

Sequence of Events and Retelling

Today the kids practiced retelling stories focusing on the sequence of events. To do this we made pizzas and put them together in different sequences. They soon discovered that there was only one way that worked. We then related this to the stories we read and how it is important that we can retell story events in the order that they happened or the sequence of events. We also learned a new beanie baby comprehension strategy to help us remember to retell the stories we read. His name is Jabber the Reteller. He is a parrot so he likes to repeat/retell what he reads. We then practiced using our new strategy after hearing the story Pete's a Pizza. Please have your child practice retelling the stories you are reading at home! :)

Happy Reading!

Owen and Jabber

First Week of School!