Balloon Countdown

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To celebrate 5 days left students played a game called "Who's Missing?" Students took turns being either a detective or a missing student. One student would go missing, while the detective had to race to determine who was hiding out in the hallway. Students had a blast!

To celebrate 6 days left students used math to equally divide Bubble Tape. We then held a little bubble gum bubble blowing contest. 

To celebrate 7 days left students chose their own seating arrangement!

To celebrate 8 days left we learned a little science by doing some explosions!

To celebrate 9 days left students received homework passes!

To celebrate 10 days left students dropped everything and danced any time the music began playing!

To celebrate 11 days left the class played a game called "Good Morning Teacher!"

To celebrate 12 days left students chose their own names for the day! There sure were some creative choices!

To celebrate 13 days left students created fortune tellers to see what summer had in store!

To celebrate 14 days left and to fit with our Beach Day theme students competed in a limbo contest!

To celebrate 15 days left we played a game of Name That Tune! Songs ranged from movie theme songs and popular songs on the radio, to video game themes and even our Dryden School song!

To celebrate 16 days left we made and flew paper airplanes! Students worked as a team to create paper airplanes that would be thrown in three separate contests: Distance, Accuracy, and Style

Distance:

Winner: Lauren!

Accuracy:

Winners: Quinn & Alex!

Style:

Winners: Joana, Hugo (Curtis), & Luke (Yola)!

To celebrate 17 days left students were encouraged to sit comfortably. Some chose to lounge on pillows, while others opted for reclining with their feet up!

To celebrate 18 days left of school students put down their pencils and used colorful pens for the day.

To celebrate 19 days left we created a batch of slime! 

We watched science in action and learned all about polymerization. 

Take a look at the steps we followed to create our gooey concoction! 

(This will make a double batch!)

1.     Measure one cup of water and pour it into the small mixing bowl.

2.   Dump one bottle of glue into the water.

3.   Measure ½ cup of water and using the funnel, pour it into the empty glue bottle.

4.   Shake the bottle and empty it into the bowl.

5.   Dump another bottle of glue into the water.

6.   Measure ½ cup of water and using the funnel, pour it into the empty glue bottle.

7.    Shake the bottle and empty it into the bowl.

8.   Carefully stir the glue and water mixture until it is almost completely smooth.

9.   Add four drops of food color to the bowl.

10.    Add four more drops of food color to the bowl.

11.       Mix the glue, water, and food color mixture until the color is consistent. 

12.     Measure one cup of hot water and pour it into the large mixing bowl.

13.     Measure one more cup of hot water and pour it into the large mixing bowl.

14.     Measure one teaspoon of Borax and pour it into the large mixing bowl.

15.     Measure one more teaspoon of Borax and pour it into the large mixing bowl.

16.     Stir the water and Borax mixture until the Borax has completely dissolved.

17.      Slowly and carefully pour the glue and water mixture into the Borax and water mixture. 

18.     Scrape out the glue bowl with the spatula.

19.     Slowly and carefully begin stirring the glue, Borax, water mixture. Lift up the spatula every few stirs to show the class what is happening.

20.  Reach into the mixture with your hands! Try pulling it all out and putting it into an empty bowl.

To celebrate 20 days left students enjoyed a bonus recess!

To celebrate 21 days left students played a few rounds of one of our favorite indoor games: Silent Ball!

To celebrate 22 days left we all made, decorated, and wore silly paper hats!

It is hard to believe that there are so few days left in the school year. To help celebrate our final days in third grade, the students are popping balloons to find out what fun activity we will be doing in class each day!