Door Decoration

As a part of "I Love to Read" month each classroom is decorating their door to show a favorite book. While we have many favorites, this is our favorite from what we have read lately.

The Day the Crayons Came Home is a sequel to The Day the Crayons Quit.  In The Day the Crayons Came Home they crayons have been left all over the house and outside the house and want to get back home to the boy who owns them.  They each write postcards to him telling him where they are and what they would like in order to get back home.

In the spirit of the crayons in the book, each student wrote a postcard from the perspective of a crayon.  They included where they are, how they got there and what they need to get back to the little boy.  Many students added funny comments to their postcard in order to sound more like the crayon. Students also created a picture for their postcard that clearly showed where they are and showed perspective, i.e. at the bottom of the pool you would see legs and feet above you.

This was lots of fun for the students!  They were very creative in their postcard and picture.   

Blue Crayon - in the freezer

Red Crayon - under the bed

Blue Crayon - at the Science Museum

Minnesota Percussion Trio

Today we had the opportunity to have a visit from The Minnesota Percussion Trio.  They performed for us this morning and we were very impressed.  We thought they would  be playing traditional percussion instruments like various drums, cymbals made even and xylophone.  We were surprised to find out that they play very non traditional percussion instruments such as cheese graters, five gallon buckets and even springs on a skateboard.  They played an assortment of songs that used a variety of instruments.  The last song was played on tin cans of various sizes using spoons and teaspoons.  It was a avery fun assembly!  We are all very inspired to find instruments that can be made out of ordinary objects.

Ask your child about his/her favorite part!  

Sneak Peek

Febraury is "I Love to Read" month and at Brimhall we do love to read!  We will be doing some special things to celebrate reading.

This week we are getting our door decoration ready.  Each class is selecting their favorite book and decorating their door to represent their choice.  Here is a sneak peak at our favorite.  We have worked hard these past few days to get it ready!  Ask your child about this special project.

We have been spending time each day silently reading and really getting into our books.  

We love to read! 

Science Switching

Today students went and learned about rolling spheres with Ms. Kath.  Ask your child what he/she learned about force, slope and how both of those things can impact motion and speed.

Science Fun!

Yesterday and today we switched teachers for science again! 

Monday, students visited Mr. Nelson to learn about axles and wheels.  Ask your child what he/she made with these items. 

Mr. Nelson

Today students visited Miss Olson's room and worked with Mrs. Rolnitzky to learn about rolling cups.  Ask your child what he/she made with these materials and what he/she learned.

Miss Olson

Tops and Spinners

Today we learned about tops and colored spinners.  We use the tools below to build a stable, fast spinning top.  Then we experimented with the colored discs to see what happened when we added each disc to our top and started it spinning.  Ask your child to explain to you what happened when we spun each colored disc.

Enjoy the Weekend!

Today

We were busy again today!  Here are the top three things we did:


1.  Mrs. Biros made us a really fun game!  We had to sort words that had either hard c or soft c sounds.  We did a great job and own the game!

2.  We did research on Mount Rushmore with Ms. Zbacnik in the library.  She told us we did a wonderful job!  Ask your child about what they learned.

3.  This afternoon we did science with Ms. Kath.  She said we were great scientists.  Ask your child about what they did with these tools.