This is part of a comment I overheard today during science. The students worked so well in their groups today constructing their boats. I was extremely impressed! The kids got into their groups this afternoon and were given two clumps of clay. Only one person could actually touch the clay (the vessel constructor) and that was determined by the highest student number in the group of 4. It was the rest of the group's job to talk to the constructor about how to make the boat so it had the greatest capacity. The goal was to construct a boat that had the capacity to hold 10 little base ten cubes. The teams who met that goal earned 5 Dolphin Dollars. Then, the competition was for the team who constructed the boat with the greatest capacity. The winning boat was constructed by N.Y.'s team and it held 52 cubes!! S.S.'s team came in second with a capacity of 20 cubes. Tomorrow, a letter will come home instructing students to create their own boat, of any material, that will be tested next week in class to hold ceramic tiles. The rules and directions will be outlined clearly in the letter. Every student is asked to construct a boat for the contest. The bottom must be no larger than 3" by 4". I tried to post some pictures here, but Blogger won't let me!! I will send them to the list serve - so ask you parents to show you! Congratulations, everyone!
Tomorrow is our fall party. Please bring your costume to put on before the party. No weapons, blood or gore, or really scary costumes should come to school.
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