I am so happy to have your kids back in our classroom! We spent Monday and Tuesday reconnecting and diving into our new project, which was wonderful. We began by documenting what we already know about insects (and they know a lot!) and beginning to generate questions about insects. These questions will serve as the driving force behind the experiments that we end up doing in class. My hope is to have them go through the scientific process and really experience what it means to ask a question, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the data, draw conclusions from that data, and communicate the results to others. The Monday class had a chance to go on an "insect hunt" and explore the campus to find insects, and document them both through writing and drawing, but also through photography using the IPads. It was inspiring to see how focused they were, and how truly observant and thoughtful they were being about their findings. Below is a picture of one group's station where they presented their findings: The Tues/ Fri cohort will be doing this activity on Friday, and I am looking forward to it! We are beginning to study measurement/ data in math. I began on Mon/ Tues by giving a pre-assessment to find out where the students were at with their understanding of measurement and data. There was a range of skills, but one commonality that I found was that the vast majority of students are not yet able to measure the length of something. We will be working towards this goal, along with the other measurement and data standards, as a class. I am going to give you the graphic organizer that we will be using in class this week, as I feel that the activity could be repeated for practice at home. This Thurs/ Fri we will be comparing the length of objects. We will start by picking an object ( ex. the desk). We will then try to find objects in the room that are longer, shorter and about the same length. We will be using yarn as our measuring tool (cut the yarn to match the length of the first object). Here is the graphic organizer: In reading we will be focusing on sight words for the next few weeks. The students will be solving sight word puzzles, and playing sight word dominoes.
A quick reminder that each student needs to bring in a composition book by Friday for math. Thank you to all of you that brought in jars! I have already filled some of them with crickets, and I am sure we will be putting the rest to good use :) Let me know if you have any questions about anything! Robin Comments are closed.
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