We have teamwork in everything that we do with our friends and even family members. This week, we learned that we have roles and responsibilities in our team– leader, helper, listener, and reporter. One of the teams decided that everyone can be everything, so every day, they have different roles in their team.

To apply what we’ve learned, we were challenged to build the tallest and strongest tower in the class with limited materials such as 1 milk carton, 1 tissue paper roll core, and a magazine for only 15 minutes. The first team taped the core of the tissue paper on top of the milk carton, then rolled the pages of the magazine and taped them on top of the other until the time was over. The other team cut the tissue paper roll core in half and taped it on each side of the milk carton to prevent it from falling over. Then they found some cute pictures of toys in the magazine, cut them, and then taped them on the milk carton. The third team crumpled one page of the magazine and tried to insert it inside the milk carton. The leader was mostly doing it at first until some members helped. When the time was up, we placed all the towers on one table, decided which one was the tallest, and then did the durability test, such as wind and earthquake tests. In the end, the Goggles team won with 20 points, followed by the SkiBas team with 15 points, and the Dive team with 10 points. We reflected that we have to keep our eyes on the goal and not be distracted. We have to help each other and think very carefully.

The next day, we had another challenge, which was making the longest paper chain with only one construction paper. We were given 20 minutes to complete the task. The Goggles team cut the paper right away, then glued the strips of paper until they finished at the 8th minute of the timer. The Dive team was not working together at first, leaving two members to do everything. Until they realized that they had to work together. They cut the paper into thin strips and then glued them together. The SkiBas team, on the other hand, cut short strips of paper and then glued them together. Some strips of paper were crumpled because they thought they had cut them wrong. With a limited time, they were not able to finish the task on time and left some more paper uncut. In the end, we lined up the paper chains on the floor and measured which one was the longest. We used our feet to measure each chain. Dive team won with 20 points, Goggles Team with 15 points, and SkiBas with 10 points.

Music Lesson

In music, we practiced clapping and walking in rhythm so we could play the musical piece in the right rhythm. We also practiced playing the melodion.

Outside Play

We ran around the school playground, dug in the sandpit, and played pretend dinosaurs.