Edo Museum - Friday, June 15th
Reading Club Science Topics - Animal Reports
Students have been practicing how to become experts on science topics by being a member of a Reading Club group and reading nonfiction books. This week students began writing a report to share the information they learned about their animal topic. Everyone will type their final published piece on the computer and add a photograph.
Response to Literature - Book Review
To end the school year, we will focus on Response to Literature. We will review Fiction vs. Nonfiction and celebrate how much we've grown was readers this year! Afterwards, each student will pick a book he/she enjoyed this year (fiction or nonfiction) and write a book review to tell about the book and explain why he/she likes it. These book reviews will be shared with K3 students to help them transition to Grade 1 next year!
Addition With and Without Regrouping
Our Math focus this week was addition using numbers 40 - 120. Students have learned how to add with and without regrouping.
Plants
Our class' current Science unit is all about plants! Each student planted their own bean seed and pea seed this week. We have been watering them every day and are excited to watch them grow in the upcoming weeks.
Big Ideas:
Plants have parts to help them meet their basic needs. There are many kinds of plants.
Essential Questions:
What Do Plants Need?
Why Do Plants Grow?
What Are Some Parts of Plants?
How Are Plants Different?
How Can We Compare Leaves?
This week our class talked about what plants need to live and grow.
- water
- sunlight
- air
- food
- A plant uses sunlight, air, and water to make its own food.
- nutrients from the soil
- space to grow
Our Past, Our Present
This week our class discussed that we can learn about history is different ways.
How can we learn about history?
* List created by class before reading the text
- Read a book
- Use the internet
- Look at photographs
- Watch a video
*Added after reading the text
- Study objects from history
- Listen to stories told by your parents and/or grandparents
Social Studies Vocabulary
Document: a piece of paper with words on it
Primary source: written or made by a person who was at an event
Secondary source: tells about people, places, and events from the past, but these sources were written or made after the event happened
Students also presented their timelines this week! The timelines are on display outside the classroom in the common space.
Have a great weekend!
- Ms. Allison