Group Meeting:  During this week, we will be reviewing the simple machines that we have learned.  On March 6th, we will be taking a field trip to the Bettendorf fire station to see how they use simple machines in their daily work.  A note about this field trip will be sent home tomorrow.

Story:  Our story for today was The Fort on Fourth Street: A Story About the Six Simple Machines by Lois Spangler.  Kathleen and her Grandpa are building a fort.  They use wheels, levers, pulleys, wedges, screws and inclined planes as they are building. 

Small Groups:  The activities for this week and schedule for today are listed below.
Activity #1  (Red Group) The children drew simple machines in their journals as we reviewed them.
Activity #2  (Yellow Group)  The children used cylinders, plastic spoons, and rubber bands to make levers.  They put puff balls on the spoons and launched the puffs into the air.
Activity #3  (Green Group)  The children played a game in which the goal was to empty their cup of squares by rolling a dice and removing that number of squares from the cup.  The winner was the first one to empty their cup.

Large Group:  The children went outside and participated in an obstacle course.  They also played with all of the toys in the area.

Snacks:  The morning class had rolls, butter, jelly, and juice brought by Kolsyn.  The afternoon class had rolls, cheese sticks, and juice brought by Paxton.  Thank you!