This Week at ALPS...

Another busy week at ALPS is about to begin...Yeah!!! The first and second graders are about to explore the wonderful world of rockets. They've already shot balloon rockets across the classroom. This week they'll start to construct a water bottle rocket and launch them outside. Launching them in the classroom would cause a small catastrophe for me and Mr. Gonzalez. The third and fourth graders will be wrapping up their hot air balloon projects. They are presenting their powerpoint presentations on hot air balloons to their classmates. The fifth and sixth graders will continue learning about compound shapes and how to find the perimeters and areas of these shapes. I've decided to make it a little interesting and as result they'll have to design a zoo that will incorportate what they have learn about compound shapes' area and perimeter. It's a real world problem that they will have to solve. Finally, the seventh and eighth graders will be introduced to the three dimensional world of geometric solids.