Our Hero Research Projects!

We learned so much about many great heroes!

We looked at a giant list of heroes and chose which one we liked the best!

Then, we researched about the person's life and decided ways he or she is a hero!

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Magnets!

We experimented with magnets today and found that only objects made from iron will attract to magnets!

We also learned that opposite poles attract each other, but the same poles repel each other!

Electricity!

We learned that electricity can be stored in a battery! 

When a complete circuit is made, a light bulb will light up and a small motor will run!

Check us out as we experimented with electricity!

 

 

Fraction Fun!

We designed colorful flower petals to create fraction word problems.

We had fun solving each other's fraction flower problems and doing math in the hallway!

Some problems that we created include:

What is the fraction of petals that have stars?

What is the fraction of petals that are pink?

What is the fraction of petals that have zig zags?

Airplane Assembly Line

We have been learning that "producers" provide goods or services for "consumers" to buy.

Today, we learned that goods are produced faster in factories when more people work together.

We had our own "assembly lines" to put together a number of paper airplanes quickly and efficiently.

We sure learned that helping each other really made a difference in the time it took to assemble a plane!

Our Trip to the Zoo

We had a great time during our field trip at the zoo!  We saw many different animals and had fun finding animals during our scavenger hunt!

Experimenting with Weight

We observed and recorded the distance an object travels when the amount of weight decreases.  

We had a blast using a rubber band to shoot a plastic egg with beans across the pavement!

St. Patrick's Day

We learned about the life of St. Patrick and how he used the clover to teach others about Jesus!

We made clover pinwheels to remind us of St. Patrick and to reinforce what we learned about force to make our pinwheels move.  We had a lot of fun blowing air to make them spin!

Experimenting with Force and Friction

We are observing and recording the distance an object travels when it is pushed with more or less force across different surfaces.

Field Trip to the Performing Arts Annex

We enjoyed short plays performed by the Asian Theater group.

Anthony was called on stage to participate!

Counting Coins

We practiced counting coins by counting the money we brought in for Pasta for Pennies!

We raised around $130 for people who have leukemia!

            

Happy Lunar New Year!

We read a story and learned about the cultures that celebrate the Lunar New Year!

The color red is a symbol of good luck!

 

 

City Government Skits

We learned that the citizens make suggestions for what their city needs to the city council.  Then, the city council makes a decision and checks with the mayor for approval.  We performed skits to show this process.  It was fun being part of the city government!

Vocabulary Fun

We used play dough to learn about our vocabulary words! 

It was fun to use it to show the meaning of the words!

The Rob Thorsen Quartet

The Rob Thorsen Quartet came to OLSH on Friday! 

Listening to the band play fun, jazz music was amazing!  

We had fun clapping to the beat and singing to their tunes!

It's Christmas Time!!

We strung lights and garland around our Christmas tree to get it ready for our Jesse Tree ornaments!

Each ornament has a symbol of a person or event that led to the birth of Jesus.  

We are excited to begin our Advent journey!

Thanksgiving Fun

We learned about the First Thanksgiving with pilgrims and Native Americans! 

After sequencing the story, we acted out what happened on the First Thanksgiving.

 Then, we turned heavy cream into butter by shaking it really hard, until it finally 

got thick enough to spread onto our cornbread!  Yum!

Saint Presentations

We researched the lives of saints and learned how they followed Jesus!

Then, we shared our saint with the class!

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                            St. Francis of Rome                                             St. Anthony

                           St. Bernadette Soubirous                                    St. John

                                St. Andrew                                                 St. Damasus

                          St. Margaret Mary                                              St. Luke

                                   St. Theresa                                                    St. Anthony

                                       St. David                                                  St. Valentine