A Week in Pics!

It's been a busy (crazy) week to say the least! Room 161 completed their Power Point for Mrs. Martindale and will be presenting to her next week...Freddie kept us busy with his Star Scientist goodies, we had STEM Night on Tuesday, and we had our Fall Foliage Festival.  Here are some pics of our week!

...Oh, and I just realized I forgot to post our weekly Team Schappelkins Video Newsletter...Here you go!

Volume 1.6

Star Scientist: Jerry Burke-Fisher

This week's Star Scientist, Jerry demonstrated what would happen when pennies are added to a full glass of water. Each student shared their hypothesis with the class...Some thought the pennies would become cleaner and most of the students said the water was going to overflow just like it does in the bathtub.


Jerry added one penny at a time...We were able to get 76 pennies in the glass before the water spilled over...Well, actually Miss Appel wanted to know what would happen if a handful of pennies were dumped in!

Jerry told us how the water has a special "skin" that keeps it from overflowing. "Now friends, the big word I will tell you is called surface tension". Hmmm...I wonder if this will happen with other liquids? 

Star Scientist: Cameran Ball

Each full week of school, Room 161 has a "Star Scientist" and gets to participate in many fun & exciting activities. On Fridays, the Star Scientist will share some type of electronic biography that they create at home. 

Click on the link below to check out Cameran Ball!
 
Cameran Ball's Biography

Thursday Hodge-Podge

We had a busy day today...Our Star Scientist, Cameran Ball placed special beads in water which changed throughout the school day. (They turned into gooey marbles). First graders wondered if the same thing would happen to regular marbles, bouncy balls, and erasers. We placed these items in cups and will see what happens when we return tomorrow morning! 

In the afternoon, after an intense "Team Schappelkins' Games" relay race, we went on our first Nature Walk! Mrs. Jenkins led the way! Although we weren't able to go to the wetlands, we managed to trudge through puddles of mud while observing the sounds and smells of our Summit Campus. We even ran into Mr. Hardy who was kind enough to supply us with some hand-sanitizer at the end of our journey. 

Star Scientist: Miss A

Each week, one student from my room will be the "Star Scientist" and will get to do a variety of special things.

Monday: Share Photo Album
Tuesday: Lunch with Team Schappelkins
Wednesday: Read Aloud to the Class
Thursday: Share Science Experiment
Friday: Lead "Brain Boost" with Miss A


At the end of the week the Star Scientist will be responsible for sharing pictures and videos that will be posted on this blog.  I have posted the Start Scientist Schedule for 2011-2012 below so that you may get started planning in advance!  If you have any questions or need some help, don't hesitate to ask me! 

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD STAR SCIENTIST SCHEDULE

Miss A in First Grade

This is me when I was in first grade.  I went to Longfellow Magnet School in Westerville, Ohio.  My teacher's name was Mrs. Fedderson and she always read us stories with really good expression.  (I'll teach you how to do that too!)  

My friends really didn't ever call me Katie.  I was always referred to as "Little Apple".  My older brother's friends started that!  I was really upset with my mom on picture day because she wouldn't let me crimp my hair and she made me wear this ugly, itchy dress!  Typically, you'd see me wearing my New Kids on the Block t-shirt, hot pink shorts, and indoor soccer shoes.


Growing up, I was very close to my brother, Mark.  We were best friends and did everything together.  Each year we would plan our Halloween costumes together.  In first grade, I was a cowgirl...Even our Cabbage Patch Kids (on our backs) had costumes!  My mom made them and unlike my dress, it wasn't itchy!  (Please notice my purple suede boots...They were pretty fantastic!)

I got my red bike when I was in first grade.  It had been passed down from my older cousins.  It took me a while to learn how to ride it without training wheels, but once I learned, I never wanted to get off of it!  Mark and I would have races in our driveway to see who was the fastest...I always won!  Mark and I also had a Dukes of Hazzard car (on the left) that we still have to this day...Problem is that I don't fit in it anymore!

This is a picture of my family at our cottage at Christmas.  I think we can all agree that I was the cutest!  

That's all for Miss Appel...I can't wait to learn about you and your families this year.  Have fun being Star Scientist and be creative with it!