Blueprints and Marshmallow Towers

We are busy, busy, BUSY!

First and foremost--CONGRATS on finishing your business plans. I can't WAIT to look at them all in detail. I am so proud of you for all of your work. They have exceeded my expectations and look SO professional.

We are busy preparing for the all-school assembly. We will be doing a few run throughs tomorrow. We will be leading the entire assembly which should last from 9:10-9:35 on Thursday morning! Families are welcome to attend.

Today I gave the kids a task. They had to work in teams of two using a bag of marshmallows and 250 toothpicks to create a free standing structure with the largest volume. It was fun to see all of the different rectangular arrangements. Plus, it was fun to munch on a few marshmallows as we went along. The largest volume we had was 48 cubic units--way to go Haven and Olivia H.!

We also started turning blueprints into models today. The kids did a fabulous job creating their dream houses. Since we are just getting our feet wet with this whole architecture thing, the kids are working in groups to create smaller models from actual house blueprints that we found on the Internet.

I posted photos from our blueprint time, and building marshmallow models. You can see them here.

Remember that conferences are on Friday. NO SCHOOL for students. I set up a bunch of student work in the hallway. As you pick up your student during the week, and while you are waiting for conferences, I hope you enjoy spending time viewing the work that we are so proud of.

If you didn't bring materials to work on putting together your business product, bring them tomorrow! We will be working on them again. We are aiming to open our businesses the week after Spring Break.

Have a great night!!

Homework: math, 30 minutes of reading