Last week we began our Living Systems science unit. The first investigation involves learning what a system and sub system are. Children then went a step further and learned about the ecosystem and the food chain. We then broke into groups and began to create an ecosystem with recycled newspaper, leaves, twigs, coffee grinds, soil, and tea bags. Each group then put in 15 red worms and we covered them in a black bag. The students will check on their worms weekly and record what changes are happening in the worms ecosystem. The objective is that the students make and analyze a worm habitat as a decomposition.
In reading we focused on character traits. The children learned some new adjectives and we talked in depth about what some of the more common adjectives really mean, such a jealously and compassion. On Friday they were given an assessment to see if they had mastered the objective. Scores will be shared in October at our conferences. This week our focus is on figuring out what the theme of a story is.
In math we have worked very hard on 3 - 4 digit addition and subtraction. We have studying place value and rounding. We will assess the children on these skills on Thursday.
This week we will take the district language arts assessment. This can be a long assessment but I am confidant that the students will do a great job.
I am very happy with how our class has meshed as a "school family'. Everyday I see more acts of kindness and caring from the kids. They are wonderful kids and they make coming to work a joy!
Please remember that cough drops are not allowed at school . I have noticed that some of the kiddos are getting the "yuck" already. We make sure that we wash hands and Lysol daily to help prevent illness.
Please remember to turn in your Walk-a-Thon money. Thank you for collecting it and supporting our school. We hope to buy more Surface Pros for the students to use.
Upcoming events:
Wednesday, September 16: 1:30 Early Dismissal
Thursday, September 24: Walk-a-thon
Friday, October 2: Pride Day
Friday, October 9: Fall Pictures
