Famous First Grade Scientists - Hanna and Evander

It has been a while since I last posted..... And we have had 2 scientists since then. Yay!

Hanna did an awesome experiment using ice, water, salt, and a string. She filled a cup up with ice and water. Then, she held a string over the ice and poured salt on top of it. She held the string there for about a minute. When she lifted the string out of the water the ice had stuck to the string. The kids thought this was so cool. They had Hanna do it again a second time!

Evander was chosen as our next scientist. He rolled a piece of paper up, held it to his eye, and placed his hand next the to roll. When looking through the paper he saw a circle on his hand. Very cool! The kids all wanted to try this and were amazed when it worked and they could actually see a circle on their hands.

Great Job to both of our scientists! You ROCK!

Famouse First Grade Scientist - Gianni

Gianni was our scientist last week. His experiment was great! He held an index card up to his forehead and wrote his name on the card. I can honestly say that I had never tried this....until last week. Way to go, Gianni!

Johnny Appleseed Day!

We celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day last Friday. We had fun taste testing different types of apples and apple dipping sauces. We graphed our favorite of each. We also read Dr. Suess' 10 Apples on Top and did a writing activity to go along with the book. It was a great Friday!

What is your favorite type of apple? Do you have a favorite apple dipping sauce?

And what can you do with 10 apples on top?

Famous First Grade Scientist - Piper

Piper was our scientist this week, and she did fantastic! She made a volcano out of clay and then made it erupt using baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar. I am of course taking the pictures of Piper, but this week I especially like looking everyone else's facial expressions. Way to go, Piper!

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We wrapped up colors this week by adding a really cool color book to our science journal. We also mixed colors with paint in baggies for our science journal. I am excited about how our journals are turning out this year. They are going to be a great keepsake of our first grade year!

Go Cubs!

It's my favorite time of the year....Fall! And with Fall comes Football, another one of my favorites! Earlier this week the Brenham Cub Cheerleaders came to BES for a pep rally. The kids were pumped up and full of excitement after this fun-filled pep rally!

Each year I bring my pom poms from when I was a cheerleader and a real Brenham Cub football helmet to school and take pictures of my firsties for our Brenham Cub bulletin board. Every Monday we make a bar graph using the score of the football game from the previous Friday. It is always amazing to me that the kids remember the score and the opposing team's name. We have lots of fun with this and it's a great math lesson!

Here are a few pictures from the bulletin board. The girls got to pose with the pom poms, and the boys got to try on the helmet.

And here is Tegan trying on the helmet! So super, cute!

The Cubs are off to an awesome start, 4-0! Here's to a great rest of the season!

GO CUBS!!!!

Famous First Grade Scientist - Logan

Logan was our scientist last week, and he did a super, cool experiment! He dropped Mentos into Diet Coke, which made a Diet Coke geyser. If you haven't tried this at home, you must try it(outside, of course)!

Great Job, Logan! (Still trying to get his video to upload. Having some technical difficulties.)