This week we did an experiment with pom-poms (cotton ball) and water to see how many drops of water a pom-pom (cotton ball) can hold! Some of our predictions were 10-15 drops but actually the pom-pom held HUNDREDS of drops! Two groups put 400 drops of water.
We celebrated CINCO DE MAYO!!! Cinco De Mayo (May 5th) was the day that France and Mexico had a war and Mexico won because they tricked the French by letting out the cows!! Mexico was fighting because they wanted an independent country. During Cinco De Mayo, kids form into a circle and then there is eggs in the middle filled with confetti and they can smash it onto each other. There are also parades, pinatas, food (kids eat first and adults eat last), special performances (they act out what happened with the war) and lots of mariachi bands!!
We ate taco chips and two different types of salsa. A lot of the kids loved the green salsa (salsa verde) and a lot really liked the red salsa (mild salsa)! There were three kinds of chips - corn chips, flour tortilla chips and red taco chips!! Can you believe 8 people in our class have NEVER TRIED SALSA BEFORE!!! And most of them LIKED IT!
In math we are doing ESTIMATION!!! We've counted the gum balls and there were 176 gum balls!! Ella's mom was the closest with 168. Way to go!! We've been doing estimation games on the smart board where Ms. Moffatt puts up a certain amount of 'stuff' like dice and we have to try and look at them and see how many there are. Then Ms. Moffatt tells us the real number. Our goal is to be within 5 on each side (grade ones needs to be within 10 on each side).
We are now done Mexico - Adios Mexico!
We are heading to the Philippines - Kumusta Philippines!
Love,
Room 40
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