Ladybug Mentors

The Thunderbolts enjoyed our first time with our PreK and Kindergarten mentors. They had a fabulous time measuring apple peels, discovering all the parts of the apple and getting to know their "little" friends!

Check out the PreK blog for more pictures: https://seaburyprek.blogspot.com/ 

Using a measuring tape to measure an apple peel.

"Hmm...I wonder how long the apple peel is?"

"Ours is longer than the measuring tape!"

"I think it is..."

Using precise measurement skills. 

"We need to get our measuring tape straight!"

We lined up all of our apple peels!

After measuring the apple peels Mrs. West did a debrief of what went well and what was the hardest part of measuring apple peels.

Science Fair

At Seabury School science fair is the place to be! 

We love it!

It's an amazing opportunity for our students to show off all of their amazing learning, presentation skills, and vibrant personalities. We get to see them at their very best.

Each year, students prepare for the science fair by making a plan to have have a project with an experiment that provides results.

Students have learned how important it is to start with a question and to make a prediction or hypothesis and a PLAN before starting work on their experiment.

Catherine found out which food coloring looks the most vibrant in different liquids!

Enzo did a simulation about Stardust

The 5 second rule! Gross!

Will objects float or sink?

Ryver discovered how to grow crystals!

Trevin figured out which type of sugar people like better.

What do our lungs look like if we have been a smoker?

Triangle Art

This presentation was created for gathering to tell about our recent art math integration. 

Students said they really enjoyed this project!

*There are transitions on the slides, so you might have to click more than once to see the pictures.*

Friday Visitors

Every year our school has a Snowflake Breakfast which consists of pancakes, bacon, fruit, and hot cocoa. It takes volunteers about an hour to set up for our students, so our class invited the Pre-K to join us while their classroom was transformed into "The Seabury Cafe"!

Students read a short story about hedgehogs and how they hibernate. Then drew pictures of hedgehogs followed by a winter short film. 

Peer mentoring is an important part of our week! 

Engineering Ramps

Young students benefit from learning engineering skills because it allows students to critically think about the process to build something. The question posed was "Can you build a ramp to move objects from the top to the bottom?" Students used the design process of building, improving, and revising.  

A very intricate designed ramp.

Simple ramp

Tall ramp 

"What if I put my hand in front of the object?"

It is amazing how many different ramp designs can get the same result!

Thanksgiving Feast

Our class enjoyed creating our "fruit turkey" for the Thanksgiving Feast! The whole school comes together to express their gratitude. Each class brings a treat to share and we say what we are thankful for with a potluck style feast at the end. 

Making the "fruit turkey".

"These raspberries are too squishy!"

"This was so much fun! Can we do it again?"

The end result!

The school saying something they are thankful for.
This is some of what our class treasures:  friends & family; chickens; food; trees; paper; WiFi; oxygen; and books. Again and again, we also heard that they are thankful for Seabury School, their education, and their teachers. I am thankful for my incredible students and a community that supports our school in countless ways.

Do pumpkins sink or float?

Mentoring was hard work this week! Our class helped their buddies make estimates and measure the circumference and height of a pumpkin using string and unifix cubes. 

After measuring, students were asked to make a prediction: Do pumpkins float or sink?

Most students thought that pumpkins would sink. 

What do you think?

The results are in...pumpkins float!! 

"What? No, they are supposed to sink."

Well pumpkins are like ships, they are heavy but buoyant in water, so they float.

We also enjoyed a fall scavenger hunt with our buddies this week!

Artifact Museum Walk

After creating artifacts, students set up their desks as museum displays and we did a gallery walk! 

"The Johny that was to light, he flew off with a balloon."

Pig Wand

"It turns things into pigs for food!"

The Time Teller

The 

Recess 

Decider

Sapphire Circlet

"Wow, it has a LED light in it!"

Orblib

Johny Boomerang

Chicken Protector

The Orb