Cookie Monster Problem Solving

Wednesday morning we solved the Cookie Monster problem: How Many Oreos Were Eaten?  The mathematicians worked hard to decide what information they needed to figure out how many cookies were in a Family Size package of Oreos and then how many were eaten.

A HUGE thank you to Mr. Ranek for facilitating this lesson and to Mrs. Bergman for joing us! 

Winter Party

Our Winter Party was WONDERFUL! 

Snowpeople! 

Exciting games!

Yummy snacks!

Thank you to all the parents who worked so hard to make it such fun!

Study Buddies

Preparing for the Native Americans Assessment

Novel Engineering Design Challenge

Violet the Pilot

The young engineers chose one of Violet's problems from the story 

and worked together to design and build a solution!

A Basket For Junk

Pogo Stick 30.000

The Tub Bubbler

We love our work in the Heart Studio!

Genius Hour

The second graders were hard at work on their Genius Hour Projects this afternoon!

Eating the Plates

We enjoyed sampling some of the traditional recipes from the book

Eating the Plates: A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners.

Thank you to the families who provided an ingredient, prepared a recipe, and joined us!

Authors Inspiring Authors!

Two authors from Mr. Ranek's class shared their nonfiction writing with us today!  They  taught us important points about their topics and WOW! their beginnings really hooked us as we listened!

Oh No, 99!

Playing a fun new game of adding, subtracting, and strategy!

This would be a SUPER game to play at home:)

Genius Hour

We're off to a WONDERful start!

Comparing and Contrasting Life As A Native American To Life Today

A real arrowhead collection added exta excitement to our social studies lesson this afternoon!

Peer Feedback Helps Us Grow!

The young engineers-scientists used peer feedback and additional research 

to revise their models, making them look more realistic.

A Butterbeeula Pollinating Dandilions

A Chipmunk Dispersing Acorns

A Sharktapus Dispersing Coconuts

Happy Halloween!

The Hudson Costume Parade and our Fall Party were spooktacular!
A HUGE thank you to ALL the parents!

Sharing Scary Stories...BOO!

Mr. Ranek's writers sharing their "scary" stories with us!  AMAZING craft mooooves!

Young Scientists-Engineers Hard at Work!

Developing models that mimic the function of an animal dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

A Butterbeeula Pollinating Dandilions

A Chipmunk Dispersing Acorns

A Sharktapus Dispersing Coconuts

Our peers have given us compliments and constuctive criticism about our initial models.  

We'll use their feedback to redesign our models!

Homemade Root Viewers Day 3

What effect would turning the root viewers in a different direction have on the roots?

Homemade Root Viewers Day 2

Our radish seeds sprouted overnight!  

We placed 5 seeds on a damp paper towel inside of a cd case and didn't put them in the sun.

What caused them to sprout?

Homemade Root Viewers Day 1

We assembled homemade root viewers to observe the root growth of radish seeds.

What causes the seeds to sprout?