We played what I was afraid might be a difficult game. In this new version of BANG!, students pulled a stick with a letter written on it. They had to think of a word that started with that letter but also had our letter of the week (n) in the word. For example, if they pulled a stick with the letter H, they might say the word hand or Hunter. They did incredibly well at this!! I told them they are little genuises.

In science, we interactively wrote words for the way things taste, such as bitter, sweet, sour, salty. Next, students drew a picture of a tongue, tasted a variety of foods, and drew where on the tongue they felt those tastes. You should have seen them run for the water fountain after tasting the unsweetened baker's chocolate!

Thankfully, students were able to go outdoors for lunch recess. In math, we learned about estimation and comparing the sizes of containers to determine which ones would hold the most. Students estimated how many plastic counting bears would fit into three different sizes of containers. On one try, I made it interesting offering a sucker to the person whose guess was closest to the actual number. I had them write their estimation in ink so they couldn't change it. Then, I filled the container one bear at a time as students counted. Hunter and Ian had the EXACT number! (I had to find another sucker!) Way to go, guys!

Information will be coming home on Monday about our field trip to Alberta Bair theater. We don't go until January 28th, but we need money turned in before Christmas break (Dec. 22) in order to hold our reservation. The cost per student is $5 (cash). We will be watching Stellaluna.