November in Review
November was a fantastic month!
We started November with classroom conversations surrounding peace and what it means to our lives. What makes us feel peaceful and what makes other people feel peaceful?
In math we continued to look at coins and number lines to practice skip counting. As discussed in interviews, the emphasis has been on building strong number sense using base ten blocks, the jump strategy and algorithms.
We lucked out with the weather and enjoyed a sunny field study to Bebo Grove. We hounded for rocks, looked for examples of erosion, sketched animal tracks and saw a pileated wood pecker. Some of us were even lucky enough to have chickadees come and land on us.
We also enjoyed a very fun and interactive presentation from Hudson's dad Ian. He brought in a few friends to our learning commons and a huge collection of wonderful rock and fossil samples. We even got to look at them through microscopes! We sieved through sand to find treasures and it all ended with a finale of breaking apart a real geode!
We completed construction of our rock collection boxes and added all kinds of finishing touches with paint and markers. We reflected on our initial plans for the boxes and identified how we changed things during construction.
It came to light through our conversations about Peruvian weaving that students weren't quite certain what weaving was. It was time to learn weaving with paper - students wove paper placemats in class.
One of the best field studies so far was our day at the Arts Commons! We had a lesson on the regions of the Ukraine and learned about the different styles of clothing and tools from each part. Our host taught us a few steps in Ukrainian dancing and we all got a good work-out!
Students have been demonstrating a love of writing and a willingness to revise and improve their writing. They are seeing themselves as authors and really enjoyed getting to visit the Kindergarten students to share their rhyming books with such an adorable audience.
What a month! Stay tuned...
We started November with classroom conversations surrounding peace and what it means to our lives. What makes us feel peaceful and what makes other people feel peaceful?
In math we continued to look at coins and number lines to practice skip counting. As discussed in interviews, the emphasis has been on building strong number sense using base ten blocks, the jump strategy and algorithms.
We lucked out with the weather and enjoyed a sunny field study to Bebo Grove. We hounded for rocks, looked for examples of erosion, sketched animal tracks and saw a pileated wood pecker. Some of us were even lucky enough to have chickadees come and land on us.
We also enjoyed a very fun and interactive presentation from Hudson's dad Ian. He brought in a few friends to our learning commons and a huge collection of wonderful rock and fossil samples. We even got to look at them through microscopes! We sieved through sand to find treasures and it all ended with a finale of breaking apart a real geode!
We completed construction of our rock collection boxes and added all kinds of finishing touches with paint and markers. We reflected on our initial plans for the boxes and identified how we changed things during construction.
It came to light through our conversations about Peruvian weaving that students weren't quite certain what weaving was. It was time to learn weaving with paper - students wove paper placemats in class.
One of the best field studies so far was our day at the Arts Commons! We had a lesson on the regions of the Ukraine and learned about the different styles of clothing and tools from each part. Our host taught us a few steps in Ukrainian dancing and we all got a good work-out!
Students have been demonstrating a love of writing and a willingness to revise and improve their writing. They are seeing themselves as authors and really enjoyed getting to visit the Kindergarten students to share their rhyming books with such an adorable audience.
What a month! Stay tuned...
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