This week we enjoyed another Maker Time session with volunteers Vicki, Shane and Aili. We learned about capillary action, or the movement of water. We watched demonstrations of key vocabulary, we tinkered with colored water and various tools, and we created a make-n-take based on our new knowledge. Thank you for this enriching experience!
This week we learned a lot of skills as Phonics Professors to help us as readers, writers and spellers. We took inspiration from mountain goats (persevering), Darwin's bark spiders (working methodically beginning to end), leaf cutter ants (cutting words into parts), chickadees (looking for signals) and squirrels (removing endings) to teach us how to tackle challenging, multi-syllabic words. Here are some sample words we used: abdomen, blossoming, dinner/diner, and tentacle. We also edited our work for accurate spelling, use of capitals, punctuation and sentence completion.
Students will receive mail next week. We read Flat Stanley to start our unit about United States Geography. In the book, Flat Stanley travels by mail to visit his friend. Since we will be mailing a Flat Stanley to a family member or friend out of state, we practiced writing both letters and envelopes by mailing a Flat Stanley to ourselves. I hope they enjoy getting "snail mail". Please note that there is a notice about this Flat Stanley project in this week's Home/School folder. Thank you for your help in this endeavor!
Other things to ask your child about this week:
- Welcoming our 2 new students: Fatuma and Faiza
- Reading non-fiction book sets
- Our first lesson on personal safety with Ms. Amblo and Ms. Kirsty.
- "Kindness" picture books: The Kindness Book by Ellie & Bella, The Monster Who Lost His Mean, Do Unto Otters, Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler and The Good Egg
- Energizers during mindfulness
- Beginning subtraction using the open number line
Enjoy the weekend!
Mrs. Hock
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