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Wow! Winter came to an end and spring began–and not a moment too soon! The warmer weather is just what we needed, allowing us to spend more time outside, and to look for signs of spring. Scroll through for some highlights of the month of March! Click on the links to see our Art Projects and how we celebrated Purim!
Leadership
Leadership
The students understand the routine and flow of the classroom. They are able to assume leadership positions and run activities in Morning Meeting!
Addition practice with giant dice.
Rhyming and learning to read an analog clock with "Hickory Dickory Dock."
Calendar update and number-of-the-day.
Daily sign-in.
Answering questions and sharing ideas; listening and learning about each other.
Literacy
Literacy
Writing: Our daily journal writing prompts now require more details and sharing of ideas. Whether it is creative writing, or composing introspective answers to questions, the children use their phonetic skills to write detailed, fun, silly and interesting responses.
Reading: The children are reading with greater fluency and comprehension as each one is progressing at his/her own rate. The most important part is that they LOVE it! They feel proud of their abilities and excited about their reading choices.
Mathematical and Scientific Thinking
Mathematical and Scientific Thinking
The joys of S.T.E.A.M.
Ramps and gravity - We designed and built marble runs and tried out different ways to make ramps. We made cars with wheels and axels, and made wider ramps for the cars. Finally, we added domino runs to the end of our marble runs and watched how energy was passed from the car to the marble to the dominoes. Lots of patience and perseverance were necessary, but when it worked, we cheered!
Computation and Number Fact Families
Number sentences - addition and subtraction
Counting with manipulatives
Coins and counting
So much number fun!
Quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies!
COINS!
SAIL CARS - We learned about the wind and then we adapted our cars to use the wind's energy to go. We made sails. and attached them to the cars.
Engineers ALWAYS make changes to their designs! After analyzing what happened in the first experiment, we discussed and then made changes.
Some children added extra sails. Some raised or lowered their sails. Some moved their sails to different parts of their cars. Others reinforced their sails with tape.
The cars moved better in the second experiment. The wind provided the energy our cars needed to sail across the patio, pushing against the sails and propelling the cars forward!
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