1st and 2nd Graders Vote and the Winner is.......

After we finished our houses we let the 1st and 2nd Graders vote. For each house a number was assigned and they were to choose the number that they liked best.

And the winner goes to Jesse!!! Congratulations!!

Candy Houses- A Great Way to Celebrate the End of Reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

The 3rd/4th Graders celebrated the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a special activity -- making candy houses!!

The students started getting the foundation ready using crackers and icing. Ian used the hershey bars as tiles for his roof. So creative!!

The beginning of a work of art!

Ian and Megan are working very hard on their houses!

Angelika is using pink icing to help fit the walls together!

Tristan used his chocolate candy to make a chocolate river around his house!!

And Jesse and Cole used all of their candy to make a sugary masterpiece!!

Denis favored the chocolate icing and used it throughout the construction of his house!!

Jesse is making those final touches to his house. Time is running out!

Cole enjoyed using the tube icing, he said that it was easier to put on the crackers than using the spoon.

Operation Service Project!

Service Projects are always a wonderful thing to do. After reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the 3rd//4th Graders made chocolate pie and drop cookies for the school and church office staff.

This is the chocolate pudding pie before the whipped cream was added on top!

Tristan is helping stir the batter for the drop cookies.

Angelika is also helping to stir the batter.

The finished product!

The class is ready to go and deliver the goodies to others!!

Why is the ocean salty? 3rd Grade Science Experiment

Why is the ocean salty? The 3rd graders finished their Ocean Unit to see why the ocean was so salty. We added 4 tablespoons of salt, 1 cup of water, used a cooking pot and a stove to boil the water.

Here is the salt and the water mixed together.

At first it appears that the salt is evaporating with the water, but as the water continues to boil the salt stays at the bottom of the pot.

The students learned that the water was changing to another form of matter called steam or gas.

The result was that the salt stayed in the pan and did not evaporate.