Holiday Party Fun

Holiday Yard Building Challenge

For the last couple of weeks in math the students were working on a math extension activity that required some challenging math.  Then they got to practice some engineering skills by making their plan a real model.

Mrs. Hall's Holiday Challenges

Mrs. Hall's class has had a great time this week with some fun engineering and writing challenges. Take a look at some of our work:

We worked with a team to see who could build the tallest decorated tree using 30 cups.

Mrs. Vorachard helped us use Lego WeDo Robotics to create a scene where Santa and his reindeer traveled around and around.

We wrote procedural text about how to decorate a Christmas tree and gave our writing to a buddy who followed our written instructions.  We learned that using precise language is important!

We engineered a parachute with a basket that would hold Santa and get him safely to the ground after his sleigh broke down.  Our new school is a great location to really test out our parachutes!

We will finish out the week with a read aloud from Mrs. Blizzard on Thursday and our annual holiday sing-along and party on Friday.  It has been a fun week!

Holiday Circuit Challenge

Today we completed a challenge that used play dough as a conductor and modeling clay as an insulator to create a holiday themed object that would light up.

Tallest Cup Tree Challenge

Today we learned a lot about the improve stage of the engineering design process with our tallest cup tree challenge. 

WeDo 2.0

We complete an building challenge today to create a spinning holiday decoration using the WeDo 2.0.

Procedural Text Hot Chocolate

Today we made hot chocolate and then wrote a procedural text on the steps we completed.

Week of 12-17

12-21 Early Release 11:45

12-21  Holiday Party 10:50-11:45
Please make sure your student brings their Secret Santa gifts for their classmates.

12-22/1-7 Holiday Break

Final Shoe Models

We used our testing to make good choices about the materials we used to create a model of a shoe sole.  We were all successful and some even used materials that would soak up the sweat from our foot!  Good thinking, Cubs!

Procedural Text

Today we followed a procedural text to make Reindeer Food.

Shoe Sole Engineering

Today we tested which one of our possible materials for the shoe sole will not slip on both concrete and carpet. 

Soles for Souls Engineering Challenge

In connection with our Soles for Souls shoe drive, second graders are engineering a model of the sole of a shoe. We have decided the sole of a shoe serves several purposes - to keep our feet dry and to help us from slipping on the floor.  Today we tested all of our materials to see which ones absorb water so we can make better decisions on which materials to use.

Week of 12-10

12-12/12-14   Santa Shop Open for Shopping
 12-12   Progress Reports
12-21    Student Holiday Parties 11:00-11:45
12-21 Early Release 11:45

Playdough

Today we were able to have a final video call with Mrs. Walton. She showed us pictures of how the kids she works with used the playdough that we made.  One of her kids had a broken arm and was using the playdough to help strengthen her non-dominant hand.  We are so proud to have helped out with a real world problem!

Hour of Code with GMS

Today we got to celebrate Hour of Code with visitors from GMS.  They came to teach us about algorithms. 

Hour of Code using Scratch

Hour of Code Week

Today we started our Hour of Code Week using Code.org lessons.  They had fun coding with Angry Birds.

Week of 12-3

Cannon Community Service Project starts this week.  We will be collecting shoes for Soles 4 Souls.

See the following video for information.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwhjFmquyS0 

We will collect shoes between 11/28 and 12/19.

 

12-4  Cubs Night Out at Chick-fil-A

12-6  Grapevine Parade of Lights

Parent Technology Academy

GCISD Parent Technology Academy is BACK! Sessions are scheduled monthly

 with more to come! Come and learn along with others about the ever-changing

 world of technology in which your children are living!

Sessions can be found on the Parent Technology Academy Webpage

Have a question about GCISD Parent Tech Academy or like to request a

 presentation? Let us know just email kyle.berger@gcisd.net