Walking Water

6/5/16

This morning, Room 8 took part in an experiment called Walking Water. Before starting, we had to discuss what we thought might happen after completing the experiment. We had to write predictions.

Here are some of our predictions:

"I think the liquid will soak up through the paper towels into the cup. I think that because paper towels are like toilet paper and they soak up water."
- Deacon

I think the blue water will rise up one of the paper towels and the yellow water will be soaked up by the other one. I think this because paper towels are like towels and soak up moisture.
- Taejin

When Mrs Johnstone came in to help us, she had a great wondering: she asked what would happen if we used tissues (she thought they would be too thin and break). Guess what? The tissues were much more absorbent than the cheap paper towels. Miss Osborn wonders if thick paper towels would soak up the water quicker, what do you think?

Reading Rotations

This week we are focusing on learning what is expected of us during Reading time.

Today, we discussed ways to help us find a book that we will enjoy reading. We know that we can read the blurb at the back to find out some information about what is inside a book.

We also learnt the acronym EEKK that we will use when we are buddy reading from our group browsing boxes.

Check out some of our fantastic readers practising the correct behaviours when completing activities at these stations:

WALT make 10

For homework this week, we are learning to make 10 in as many ways as possible. Today we learnt how to play the game Make 10. So far, three cards is the largest number of cards used to make 10. I wonder who will beat the record by the end of the week?

Check out some of our mathematicians learning to play this fun and competitive number knowledge game: