Can of Worms?

Happy cloudy Tuesday Firstie Nation!
I think I may have open a can of delicious worms!  The last couple years the Nation has been working hard to create young scientists.  Now, normally President Varpness searches the recesses of her magnificent brain for scientific explorations.

I think she may have been replaced by a brighter star!  One of my senate members came to school one day ready to take over.  (mutiny?  maybe.)

Here's the scoop....
Miss Nething (Firstie Senate Member) came to school with 17 apples and an experiment in her magnificent brain!

Firstie: "Mrs. Varpness I brought 17 apples.  I want to experiment on them.  I want you to make slices in the apples and I want to see if we can squeeze them hard enough to get apple juice."  (enter human apple press)

President Varpness:  "O.K. but, you will have to introduce it to your students.  What will be your question?"

Firstie:  "What will happen when we squeeze apples with slices in them?"

President Varpness: " Got it!  Then what?"

Firstie:  "We will test it.  We will squeeze so hard that juice will come out."

President Varpness:  "What is your hypothesis?

Firstie:  "I think we will get juice!!!!!!"

President Varpness:  "O.K.  You will need to have a record sheet to record your conclusions."

Firstie:  "I already know what I want you to type."

President Varpness:  I am teary already!!!!  LOVE.HER!  LOVE.THIS.LIFE!

subjects

SQUEEZE!!!!

Conclusion?  Ask a senate member!!!

The senate members were so excited!!!!!  Oh.My.Word!!!!

Anyway...back to the worms.  My senate members were so thrilled for little miss!  Many a senate member, was already plotting their science experiment.  I welcome it...as long as they are planned out like my replacement.  (I'll giver her a few years.)

Have a terrific night in the Nation!

Hugs and High Heels!

President Varpness and the Senate 

A Good Day to...

CATCH UP!

#veryfarbehind
#iworeoutapairofheels

This time of year is crazy busy fun in the Nation of First!  We are busy becoming BIG, experiencing life as a Big kid and learning that the president of the Firstie Nation has BIG plans for us everyday! Sometimes they are BIG TIME tiring.  AMEN!!!

SCI FRI FUN

 What do you get when you combine jello, baking soda, water and glitter?

Answer:  Crazy First Grade Fun!

 I froze the firstie crazy fun potion in ice trays....

The senate then got to spray a vinegar, dish soap combo on their cute little ice cube!

You know I had to pink it up for the ladies and blue it up for the fellas!

I wish you could have heard the giggles, oohs and ahhhs!!!  #lovethem

(For more details on this experiment my good people of the Firstie Nation....Grab a firstie and ask away!)

(Found at the kindergartensmorgasboard/Fun A Day)

Rain Clouds

In honor of our yucky rainy week and freezing cold (o.k. maybe not freezing cold...but I am the president so get used to my bad relationship with cold weather...specifically....that awful word...WINTER!)  We decided to make our own rain clouds in the classroom...with a dash of GLITZ!

We read a little story named "Rain."  We learned about how clouds are made and why they rain.

Pretty cool!  

As a wrap up, I always ask what was AWESOME about what we did?

I had many different comments about colors and the food coloring.

One senate member said that he learned....not to mix 2 dark colors...turned dark too quick!  

He thought that was Not AWESOME!!!!  

That guy was paying attention!!!!  WIN!

THEN THIS!!!!!

#mrs.magnuson.got.a.hold.of.the.shavingcream

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lakeview Elementary Wing!!!!!!

(Firstie Nation will have a new home next year.)

(#losingmyview)

The senate is full of AWE.SOME.NESS!!! 

Can't wait to see what next week brings!

HOMECOMING!!!!!

Have a terrific week in the Nation!

Hugs and High Heels

President Varpness and the Senate

Sci Fri Fun

Hey there Firstie Nation!!!!  I hope everyone is having a crazy good time in the Nation!  We had some crazy good fun this week.

Writer's Workshop

Label the Teacher

#giggle.mrs.varpness.is.silly

Walking Rainbow

(color unit)

The 411 of Firstie Nation

 Firstie Nation Fan Wear

Our first science experiment of the year!  Woot!  Woot!

This week the senate learned their color words and what happens when you mix certain colors.

We began our scientist journey...

Question:  What will happen when you add dish soap to four different colors of food coloring and 1/2 cup of whole milk.

Hypothesis:  It will bubl. (It will bubble.)

It will explod.  (It will explode,)

It will mix.

Test:  Students were given a bowl of milk with four different colors of food coloring.  Then a drop of dish soap was added by q-tip to the center of the food coloring drops.

Conclusion:  Ah!  You'll need to ask your firstie for that info!

COLOR MANIA
(Not my original idea...thank you to internet inventor...sorry, not sure where I found this.)