"Snow Much Fun"

This week was "Snow" much fun!  We had hoped the weather would have been a little nicer so we could go outside for some snow exploration, but the weather just didn't cooperate.  So we had to bring most of the learning inside.  Here is a peek at what we did all week.

On Monday we turned our water table into a SNOW table!  Everyone was so excited!  We added some paints to see what would happen and then we added some digging tools. We noticed that the snow was easier to paint and to dig into once it melted a little.   By the afternoon, the snow was really wet and was super easy to sculpt and build with.  

We made a little snowman out of real snow in our classroom.

We even made a snow cake with candle and sprinkles.

On Tuesday we asked the question, How can you melt an ice cube?  We did a class brainstorm on the SmartBoard and came up with some really clever ideas.

 After our brainstorm, we played the Melt and Ice Cub game.  The students practised recognizing the dots on a dice and raced to see who could melt their ice cube the fastest.  There was a lot screaming and cold hands that day!

If you rolled a 1 you had to hold the ice in your hand for 10 secs.

If you rolled a 2 you had to drop it down your shirt.

If you rolled a 3 you had to blow on it for 10 secs.

If you rolled a 4 you had to drop it on the floor.

If you rolled a 5 you had to put 10 shakes of salt on it

If you rolled a 6 you had to drop it in water for 10 secs.

After playing the game and doing some of our own exploration in the classroom, this is what we learned about ice.

afternoon class

On Wednesday we got to play and explore with the ice we made the day before.

On Thursday we did some snowy writing about making snowmen, throwing snowballs, skating, playing hockey and making snow angels.  

On Friday we did some snowy math centres and then got to make a snowman snack to eat.

We tossed a beanbag onto a snowman and then had to make the number on a 10 frame.

We worked with a buddy to put mittens with the numbers 1-10 in order and then we had to put the correct number of snowflakes or snowballs onto them.

We rolled a dice to build a snowman with different materials.  Some of us rolled so many times that the snowman's body was too big to fit on the table.

 At the end of the day we all got to make two snowmen that we could eat.  We had to cut a banana into six pieces.  This was a little tricky for some kids.  After we had our 6 pieces of banana, we added chocolate chips for the buttons and eyes, pretzel sticks for the arms, a candy for the hat and sprinkles for the nose and mouth.  Everything is always better with sprinkles!