The Question of the Day was: Do you like to hang upside down? Morning work was a spelling practice paper. After our morning meeting, we focused on yesterday's field trip to the Shedd Aquarium. One of the activities during the trip was a science tech trek during which the students explored the Amazon Rising exhibit. They used iPads to take photos and respond to questions about the aquatic creatures they discovered. This information was saved and sent to us.
Today, we looked at the work completed on the trek and then the students returned to their field trip groups. They helped each other write about the trip for their field trip groups. Most groups had some bumps along the way, but all made progress. Compromising can be challenging. We will continue to work on building on each other's ideas rather than being inflexible!
Inner Explorer focused on the thoughts in our chattering minds. Students were encourage to imagine their thoughts as being on clouds that floated away until they could no longer be seen. Specials classes of the day were Civics, Music, and Computer. We are almost at the final steps in our life history timeline projects.
During science, the boys and girls learned about the embryonic developments on Day 2 of the egg incubation process. Did you know that the heart began to form today? The students wrote about this in their egg-chick books. They also turned their practice eggs three times. Joey and Micah were given the responsibility of turning the real eggs in the incubator. They wore the chicken hats and were very careful. Other first graders will turn the eggs tomorrow!
Today, we looked at the work completed on the trek and then the students returned to their field trip groups. They helped each other write about the trip for their field trip groups. Most groups had some bumps along the way, but all made progress. Compromising can be challenging. We will continue to work on building on each other's ideas rather than being inflexible!
Inner Explorer focused on the thoughts in our chattering minds. Students were encourage to imagine their thoughts as being on clouds that floated away until they could no longer be seen. Specials classes of the day were Civics, Music, and Computer. We are almost at the final steps in our life history timeline projects.
During science, the boys and girls learned about the embryonic developments on Day 2 of the egg incubation process. Did you know that the heart began to form today? The students wrote about this in their egg-chick books. They also turned their practice eggs three times. Joey and Micah were given the responsibility of turning the real eggs in the incubator. They wore the chicken hats and were very careful. Other first graders will turn the eggs tomorrow!