Music and building challenges!

Good afternoon! Birch room began the morning by greeting one another and making choices in the classroom. Today, the students were challenged to observe their faces in the mirror and draw a self portrait. They noticed several parts of their faces and some even drew parts of their clothes!

Other friends built spinners with plus plus blocks and created "food" out of our new floam!

During our morning choices, Ms. Katie came into our room and played us some musical tunes! The students enjoyed the music and watching them play their instruments.

We continued the morning by breaking into small groups. A few friends built in the collaboratory while others stayed in the classroom to experiment with water colors at the light table. Some students continued to create self portraits and built ramps and tracks for small balls to travel around the classroom.

Another group went into the hallway to complete a teamwork challenge. Four students had to work together to move the two blocks to the other end of the hallway, without touching their feet to the floor or "hot lava." At first, it was a little tricky listening to each other's ideas. After trying to scoot the blocks while sitting on top of them, one student had the idea for everyone to stand on one block while they moved the other block closer to the finish line.

They reached the finish line and wanted to do the challenge all over again and decided to work together on moving the blocks back to the where they started! 

During the challenge, the students decided to take a break and get drinks of water while not stepping in the "hot lava." The students worked together on moving the blocks to take a water break. 

The students congratulated one another and were very proud of their accomplishments. Way to work together, friends!