Sunday, September 8, 2019

Week of September 3, 2019

Week two is officially in the books! We spent the week learning more about each other and our learning styles. Students were able to experience a true afternoon in the woods on Tuesday. Every child found their own sit spot. Here they will record their surroundings each week and make observations of the world around them.

Later in the week, students were able to create math glyphs about their learning preferences. Then, we graphed our glyphs. Here we found out some similarities and differences among our group.

During Reading, we discussed the idea of our "just right" books, is like that of our "just right" shoes. Not every shoe fits every person, and you wear shoes for different reasons. For example, a slipper is worn for comfort but not all the time. Some books will be referred to as "slipper" books. These are comfortable books that we might want to read from time to time, but as readers, they will not help us grow. Our sneakers are meant for every day. They fit us right now and they are "just right". Finding a just right (sneaker) book is important to support us as readers. These books fit us right now and will support us as we grow as readers.

We also practiced what spelling work will look like during a full week of school. Students do not know this yet, but the words they did last week, we will do again this week, with more practice. From now on, you can expect a new word list each Monday and students will be tested on these words every Friday.

In Science, we began our unit the plant life cycle and heredity. This unit develops the idea that by studying how plants reproduce and pass on their traits, we human beings have figured out how to make food plants even more useful to use. We explore the process of pollination and fruiting. Then students are introduced to the process of plant domestication. 












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