Category Archives: Alphabet Countdown

 ~ JUMPY Poppin Rockets! Science with baking soda & vinegar!
We created a chemical reaction in a film canister! The vinegar reacts with the baking soda and produces carbon dioxide gas. Pressure builds up until the small canister can no longer contain the gas. The lid pops off, the canister shoots up into the air, the gas escapes, and the pressure is released.
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~ We took the opportunity today to shade ourselves from the sun, break school rules & wear our favourite HATS all day long!
~ ICKY messy fun with Oobleck! Science with cornstarch & water!
Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid. That is, it acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. You can grab it and then it will ooze out of your hands.
Oobleck gets its name from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck where a gooey green substance, Oobleck, fell from the sky and wreaked havoc in the kingdom.
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~ GAMES! We celebrated with playing games all morning and then cheering on the intermediates as they competed in the Tug of War preliminaries in the afternoon.  

F ~ We took advantage of the hot, sunny weather & headed outside today for some FREE TIME and cooled down with some refreshing FREEZIES!
We enjoyed blue raspberry, cherry, grape & cream soda!

E ~ Jujubes, Runts, Sweetarts, Jelly Beans… Count the Candies!!
We spent the morning using referents & good ‘ol fashioned thoughtful guesses to ESTIMATE how many candies were in the jars.
After all the Guessing Jar estimates had been counted, the winners were announced today. Drumroll please………
Alexandra, Shimer, Kaitlyn and Tamara from division 7!
Well done to all Division 8 students for their excellent estimates! Can’t wait to enjoy the candies at another Alphabet Countdown day very soon…

C ~ pink, orange, blue, green, white…sidewalk CHALK!
We met up with our Little Buddies in Division 15 and got our creative juices flowing as we decorated Nelson’s cement surfaces with our chalk pictures & writing.
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~ bubbles, Bubbles, & MORE BUBBLES! Using hand made pipe cleaners and with the wind in our favour, we created hundreds of beautiful bubbles!! 
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Looking forward to celebrating with halk on Monday!

My favourite (soon to be yours too!) time of the school year has arrived!The ALPHABET COUNTDOWN has begun!

For the rest of the school year we’ll be celebrating each day with a letter, or two. We’ll be participating in activities &/or dressing in something special to make our last month together memorable & lots of fun!
Tomorrow we begin with our stuffed nimals!

X ~ Who doesn’t love eXPLOSIONS!?
We learned more about volcanic eXPLOSIONS  in the morning & then eXPERIMENTED with our own mini volcanoes in the afternoon!
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