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I hope everyone is having a productive and inspiring week! This last week has been a busy one in Core Two. During our time with Jim in the Innovation Station (Thursday/ Friday) we built an aqueduct that moved water from a huge rain barrel to a bucket using tubes and PVC pipe. The students learned about gravity, water pressure, pushes and pulls. One class (T/F) has already started to come up with exactly how our city is going to get water. It has been really interesting to look into the different options with them, and to have conversations about the pros and cons of these different options. These are abstract ideas, and ones that I think would be great to study at home as well. One area of inquiry that would be interesting to study further at home is the idea of desalination. Many students are wondering if we could use ocean water as our main water source, which led to an interesting conversation about desalination. Interesting short video on desalination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aysj7696b0A The students read the book “The Little House” with their reading partners, which is the story of a little house out in the country that experiences the city growing closer and closer. The students have become very adept at creating a plan of how to read their partner reading books together and are doing a fantastic job supporting each other while they read these texts. In writing, they have been exploring and writing about the basic principles of physics. If you are looking for a way to explore physics at home, there are several 2nd grade physics units that you can find online. Here is one, if you are interested in trying some physics experiments/ activities at home: http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/as/pdf/as2p.pdf In math, we have been doing a variety of word problems, mental math, Georgia lessons, and games. One fun game that we have been playing is a hundreds chart game called “Hippety Hop.” Students should be able to teach you the game at this point, which would allow you to play the game at home with them! All you need is a hundreds chart: http://www.math-aids.com/images/Hundreds-Chart.png Announcements: Pizza and Spirit Day this Thursday and Friday Families, this Thursday and Friday will be our first Pizza/Spirit Day for 2nd semester. We are calling it" PaJamuary" and are encouraging students to wear their coziest school-appropriate pajamas to school. This day is never a "sleeper" (get it?? ☺) and the kids really enjoy dressing up! So send your kids to school with a few bucks for pizza and a pair of cozy PJs to help share in some school spirit! Work Journal #3 Due no later than 4:15 pm Friday, February 6. Please make sure these are turned in on time and complete! Keep in mind any feedback I gave you about Work Journal #2 and make the necessary changes. Thank you!! Work Journal #4 Meeting: There will be two options for Work Journal #4 meeting 1. Work Journal Meeting offered at PEC #3 ( February 11th) 2. Make up Work Journal meeting Wednesday Feb 18th from 2:30-3:30 Please remember that Work Journal Meetings are mandatory, so plan to come to one of these options. Thanks! Comments are closed.
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