It was great to be back in class again today! The Question of the Day was: Have you ever eaten turnips? Morning work was an acorn word search. During our morning meeting we talked about what happened in school yesterday. An unplanned event was Ms. Whiting's visit to the class. She showed the students how the worms had moved from the compost we had harvested to the food side of their big bin. I learned that the class even saw a worm egg!
The super bonus word on the Unit 13 spelling test was photograph. After this we talked about the story The Gigantic Turnip which the class heard yesterday. I went over what is expected when they are asked to retell a story. I returned their retelling papers from yesterday and the students added more details, included character "names", and used sequence words. Some students felt they were finished making revisions; others felt they would like more time to do so.
The super bonus word on the Unit 13 spelling test was photograph. After this we talked about the story The Gigantic Turnip which the class heard yesterday. I went over what is expected when they are asked to retell a story. I returned their retelling papers from yesterday and the students added more details, included character "names", and used sequence words. Some students felt they were finished making revisions; others felt they would like more time to do so.
Jerah shared her Student of the Week board today. We learned that her favorite animal is the giraffe, she would like to be a police officer when she grows up, and she has three younger sisters.
Our morning recess was a bit drippy and wet, but we had fun making rain observations and playing on the equipment. After this, it was time for a new reading/social studies book. We read the book A New Coat for Anna. This story takes place in Europe after World War II. We made connections to The Goat in the Rug. as we were reading. Ask your child to retell the story to you. Here is a guide that you can use at home when asking your child to retell a story to you.
Our morning recess was a bit drippy and wet, but we had fun making rain observations and playing on the equipment. After this, it was time for a new reading/social studies book. We read the book A New Coat for Anna. This story takes place in Europe after World War II. We made connections to The Goat in the Rug. as we were reading. Ask your child to retell the story to you. Here is a guide that you can use at home when asking your child to retell a story to you.
During math, the students applied what they know about place value to find, write, and draw equivalent representations of numbers. For example, 567 is 5 hundreds, 6 tens, and 7 ones. Another way it can also be shown is 4 hundreds, 16 tens, and 7 ones. Drawing quick pictures is a great way to visualize this. We will work on this again on Monday with our base ten blocks.
The two specials classes of the day were computer and art. During computer, Ms. Newberry challenged the class to create pictures using shapes. Ask your child about this.
Following lunch recess, we investigated solids and liquids. The students had wondered earlier about putting together liquids. Will they sink or float? What about adding solids to liquids? Today, we touched on these topics with an exciting investigation. The activity involved making predictions, using knowledge from previous investigation,following directions, making observations, and sharing ideas. Teamwork was also important! These were the main steps of the process:
The two specials classes of the day were computer and art. During computer, Ms. Newberry challenged the class to create pictures using shapes. Ask your child about this.
Following lunch recess, we investigated solids and liquids. The students had wondered earlier about putting together liquids. Will they sink or float? What about adding solids to liquids? Today, we touched on these topics with an exciting investigation. The activity involved making predictions, using knowledge from previous investigation,following directions, making observations, and sharing ideas. Teamwork was also important! These were the main steps of the process:
- Pour vegetable oil in a jar until it is about 2/3 full.
- Add food coloring to water. Watch what happens. Stir it.
- Pour the colored water into the jar. Watch what happens!
- Add a piece of an Alka-Selzer tablet to jar. Watch what happens!
- Add glitter. See what happens.
- Turn off the lights, shine a flashlight on the jar, add another tablet. Watch what happens!
The students observed liquids mixing together and liquids forming layers, They observed a solid dissolving in the liquid and a solid that did not change when put in the liquid. They also observed a gas, another form of matter, in action. We will definitely circle back to all this again! In the meantime, you may enjoy your "lava lamps" over and over again at home. All you need are Alka-Seltzer tablets (or any brand with sodium bicarbonate) to get things moving once more!
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!