Week 3

Unit of Inquiry

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK

"Sorting Out & Going Further" in our unit "Changes in Matter" - Students continued to explore, discuss and categorize various states of matter and begin to describe how they can change from one state to another.
Water Experiment - Children experimented with water beads and various containers to find out what happens when an absorbent material comes into contact with water. What changes? How do we know?
Rubber Egg Experiment (Ms. Diana's Class): Students observed an egg in vinegar each day for 3 days. The vinegar dissolved the egg shell. As the shell dissolved in vinegar it began to bubble and the egg yolk hardened into a solid state.
Read Aloud - Muddy Boots by Katherine Rawson

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

REVIEW: Addition and Subtraction (with regrouping): Children continued to practice solving problems that involve making or breaking a group of ten ones.
Measurement (Ms. Rosalind's Class): Children were introduced to the concepts of volume and capacity by experimenting with water and a variety of containers.

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

Independent and partner reading time.
Focus words: using -ur, -ir, or -er For example: girl, fur, after
Star words: (person, birthday)
Students used a variety of classroom materials and tested each other to learn sounds/words by heart and write sentences.