Halloween in the Haunted Class was more fun that a coffin o' bats!!! On Wednesday afternoon we teamed up with Heidi and Gudny's class, divided into 3 groups, and rotated through some spooktacular stations.

1. Mad Science: Eerie experiments captivated our little ghouls. A jar of eyeballs, some dancing worms (well...they were supposed to dance...) and some flowers best suited for Morticia Addams.

2. Brains, eyeballs, teeth...all missing the bodies they belong to! Our slimy sensory and art center was messy, nasty fun. Where else can you make a bag of blood?

3. What's a Halloween party without a little fear? In front of a crackling virtual fire we heard the terrifying tales  of "In the Graveyard", "The Green Ribbon" and "In a Dark, Dark Room". Sh-sh-sh-shiver!

The grand finale was held in the parking lot with a cauldron of dry ice!

Other scenes from the week:

Mastermind:

Never played this code making and breaking game? The idea of the game is for one player (the code-breaker) to guess the secret code chosen by the other player (the code-maker). The code is a sequence of 4 colored pegs chosen from six colors available. The code-breaker makes a series of guesses. After each guess the code make responds with:

a red peg: guess is the right color and right position
a white peg: guess is right color, but incorrect position
no peg: there is no peg of that color in the code

    Check out this online version:http://www.web-games-online.com/mastermind/

It's addicting!



Geoboards:

We've been exploring shapes, patterns and symmetry on the boards for a couple of weeks now. As the kids enjoy free time making pictures on the boards, they are also discovering relationships between shapes. Some students have started making complex, overlapping designs and are learning to express their pictures in mathematical terms.
Though it doesn't compare to the tactile feel of an actual board and rubber bands, the virtual geoboard is fun to play around with. Have your child show you some discoveries they've made.
http://www.mathplayground.com/geoboard.html