Lucky Charms Graphing

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the students completed a graphing activity that had them graph the types and amounts of marshamallows in a given serving of "Lucky Charms" cereal. After graphing the marshmallows in their bag, the students were required to answer math questions about their serving, such as "What is the fraction of balloon marshmallows in your bag?" and "Is your stars plus your horseshoes greater than, less than, or equal to your rainbows plus your hearts?"

The best part of this activity was we got to eat the cereal when we were finished graphing!

A Visit From Some Japanese Friends

Mary B. Neal Elementary was very lucky to meet some special guests from Japan! A few students from Japan who are studying to be teachers visited our school and taught a few lessons in some of the classes. Our class was lucky enough to get to meet them and learn from them. Check out the awesome things they did with us!

These students are making origami warrior hats.

This student made a pin-wheel out of origami paper.

This Japanese teacher is showing the student how to design her pinwheel.

This teacher read us a story called "Peach Boy." The illustrations were authentic anime drawings. The story was about a boy who was born from a peach and became a Japanese hero. We enjoyed rooting for Peach Boy!

Spirit Day #5- Crazy Hat Day

We all looked so funny with our crazy hats!

Our Valentine's Day Party

Our Valentine's Day party was a lot of fun. The students enjoyed eating some treats, working on some Valentine's activities and games, and watching "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown."

The students were asked to design "mailboxes" to hold their Valentine's Day cards. The students were very creative and put forth a lot of effort to make their mailboxes look extra special!

Sorting Polygons

To help us learn about polygons in math class, the students did a picture sort with the person sitting next to them in class. They sorted the pictures based on characteristics of the different shapes. After they sorted the pictures into groups, we talked about the different characteristics on polygons (all straight sides, no gaps, and no crossing lines).

Spirit Day #4- 80's Day

Our class had a lot of fun dressing up like we were from the 80's! We wore side ponytails, had popped collars, and many of the girls wore leggings. (Ms. Van Sickle even wore a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" shirt.) We looked ready to rock out!