Frogstronauts!

Today, the Frogs got to explore space as if they were astronauts! After playing in centers, greeting our friends, and introducing ourselves, we settled in to listen to Miss Aris read. The book of the day was Mousetronaut and it was written by Mark Kelly, who is a real astronaut with NASA!

Miss Aris holds the book of the day.

The Frogs listened to the story to find out what would happen.

Listen to the story again here:

Next, Mrs. Holly came to class to demonstrate how to write a four-star sentence that has punctuation, spacing, a capital letter at the beginning, and makes sense. After she modeled for us, we practiced writing our own four-star sentences using vocabulary words about space.

Miss Aris and Mrs. Holly demonstrate a four-star sentence.

Austin and William making sure their sentences will get four stars.

Aashu wrote a sentence about the moon.

After we finished language circle, we enjoyed our snacks and talked about the things astronauts do in space. Immediately after, we blasted off to the playground for some outside fun!

Dylan, Austin, and another camper experiment with gravity by pouring sand on the roof.

Caleb whizzes down the slide.

William flying on the back of the bumblebee.

Aashu and Olivia sit on the beehive and take a break.

Nikhil, Aarav, Chander, and Austin collect sand.

During art, we transformed ourselves into astronauts 

floating in outer space!

Chander, Dylan, Grayson, and Garrison add finishing touches to their galaxies.

After art, Miss Aris introduced us to the concept of gravity during science. We watched some videos that showed how gravity affects astronauts in space.

Next, each Frog made a hypothesis to answer our question of the day. The science question of the day was "What will hit the ground first: a cotton ball, marble, or both at the same time?"

The Frogs have gotten very good at making a hypothesis!

Then, it was time to complete our experiment.  We dropped cotton balls and marbles dipped in paint on paper to see how fast they would fall. We then observed that gravity pulled the marble to the floor faster because it was heavier.

Miss Hayley and Miss Aris help Dylan and Nikhil test gravity.

After science, we spent some time in centers, then Miss Lenna quizzed us on the order of the planets! We ate lunch and sang our favorite songs before ending the day with an exciting game of hot potato with Mrs. Holly! We'll practice our fast passing skills some more tomorrow :). We're excited to head to the moon tomorrow with Miss Lenna for our final day of camp!

We'll see everyone tomorrow in their BLUE camp T-shirts!