Sunday, November 18, 2012

A guest speaker, F&V Derby, and spelling words

November 9 - We enjoyed hearing from a guest speaker, David Lien. He talked to the kids about mountain climbing, setting goals and trying to achieve them, and his adventure of attempting to climb Mt. Everest. After the talk, he allowed the students to try on some of his gear.






Nov. 16 - We celebrated the end of our nutrition unit with a Fruit and Veggie Derby. The kids worked in teams to create a vehicle to "race" down a ramp. 



Team 1 - the Funky Fruits


 Team 2 - the Grapesters


Team 3 - the Bouncing Bananas


Team 4 - the Derby Girls


 Team 5 - the Banana-mobile


Team 6 - the Vicious Riders


After the first race attempts, the students went "back to the drawing board" and modified their vehicles before racing again.






The white strips mark where the vehicles ended up. The strip of the car that went the farthest is way off to the right of the photo. It really rolled!


SPELLING WORDS for Lesson 11:
1. wrinkles
2. friend
3. timer
4. shutter
5. film
6. peonies
7. farmer
8. perfect
9. teacher
10. walrus
11. dollars
12. homework
13. blackboard
14. proud
15. tickle


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