Transition Words & Frozen Food

This week the girls have been learning about transition words such as first, in the beginning, second, then, after that, next, finally and last.  Today the girls made melted crayon hearts and created a How-To class book using the new transition words they have learned. 

First, the girls peeled the crayons.

Next, the girls broke the crayons into smaller pieces and placed them in heart shaped (oven safe) holders.

After that, Mrs. McMahon baked the girls' creation in the oven at 230 degrees for 15 minutes.

Finally, Mrs. McMahon took the holders out and let the new heart shaped crayons cool.  The girls will each get a heart to take home with them today!

The girls worked in pairs to write about and illustrate one step in our How-To book.

To start science class today Ms. Burr read  Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming.

After that, we did an experiment on reasons why some animals hibernate in the winter.  The girls were given fresh pieces of pineapple and were given the green light to go ahead and eat them.  We talked about how the pineapple smelled, what it tasted like and how easy it was to bite into and eat it.  Then they were given pineapple that had been frozen in an ice cube.  They had to attempt to get to the pineapple and eat it--the girls discovered that this was not an easy task.  As they were gnawing their way through the ice, we talked about how difficult it was to actually get the food out and how hard it must be for animals to find food in the winter.  The girls realized, at the end of the experiment, that one reason some animals hibernate in the winter was the difficulty to find and eat food; it is not easy to smell, find or eat!