Hello! I loved getting to spend the morning at the Madrona Marsh with so many of you! I tried to spend some time with each group and I think I got to 3 out of 4 docent groups. I was so impressed with how many different plants, animals and insects we saw! It is always so fun to get to spend time out in the world with you and your kiddos! We have been hard at work the last two weeks! We did half of our MAP testing on Monday/ Tuesday and we will be finishing up on Thurs/ Fri. It has gone smoothly so far, and I have high hopes for Thursday/ Friday. In math we have been studying different types of graphs (pictographs, bar graphs, tally mark chart) and also symmetry. These are math ideas that have come up naturally in the process of pursuing our interests around insects. We have been graphing our scientific experiment data in order to visually show the information we gathered. Graphs are a great way to bring math into other subject areas. Easy ways to use/ build graphs at home:
We have been studying symmetry because insects are symmetrical. We have been creating symmetrical insects using tracing paper. If you are ever wondering an easy way to get a non-drawing kid excited about art- try tracing paper! We have been talking a lot about insect adaptations lately. This would be a great topic to chat with your kiddo about at home! The basic definition for adaptaion that we have been working with is “a physical feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.” Most students understand camouflage, which is an adaptation, but we have been branching out to talk about other physical features like stingers, along with behaviors such as migration. It would be a great thing to study further at home, as there are so many cool examples all around you! On the Madrona Marsh field trip we saw countless examples of plants/ animals/ and insects using adaptations to help them survive. The students are hard at work on their insect storybook. At this point they will be working on it both in writing with Patrick and also with me. I have been giving them editing feedback using an editing checklist. I know I have talked about this in the past, but I wanted to mention it again, as it is extremely useful! The basic idea is that you give (or create with your child) a checklist of things that they need to check when they are finished with a writing piece. You can make it specific to them, or just modify the one I have attached below. I have actually been creating specific ones for each kid on a post it, in order to meet their diverse needs, but you could create one and have the child use it after any writing assignment that needs editing. We have also been working on singing the song “All you need is love” by the Beatles, so they may be asking to hear that at home J
Announcements: Pizza Day New Dates!!! Mon, Oct 26 & Tues, Oct 27 Pizza Day has been changed to Monday, 10/26 & Tuesday, 10/27 to avoid the long pizza lines at Costco for Halloween. Spirit Day--"Creative Costume" Day Thurs, Oct 29 & Fri, Oct 30 Our next Spirit Day is coming up in a few weeks. We invite students to wear their school appropriate Halloween costumes on October 29th/30th. Make up PEC 2 meeting: If you missed PEC 2, the make up meeting is this Thursday and Friday at 3:15 in my room. It is mandatory for those of you that missed PEC 2. If anyone is needing guidance in math and has not made it to any math workshops this year, you are welcome to come as well. Comments are closed.
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