After completing their Animal Research Reports, students wanted to share their knowledge with their peers by creating posters and presenting them to the class. It was a wild and wonderful way to end our animal research!

During this lesson, each student was given a piece of the multiplication table. Students had to work together as a class to identify patterns within the multiplication chart to make it whole again! In the next lesson, students practiced adding with 4 addends with another puzzle (productive practice context)!

During our Weather Unit, we also learned about wind! Scientists use an anemometer to measure its speed and a wind vane to determine its direction. We even made our own wind vanes and tested them! 

The wind was blowing to the east!

During our Weather Unit in science, our class went outside every day to make observations and predictions about the weather. In addition, we set up rain gauges to measure the amount of precipitation for one week!

During this math lesson, students were tasked with accurately measuring and cutting strips based on measurements on a line plot. Ultimately, students utilized the colored strips to design their group project.

For our Life In Ecosystems Unit, our class planted Wisconsin Fast Plants, and have been observing their growth over the last few weeks!

For our Life In Ecosystems Unit, our class learned about the butterfly life cycle. For about 2-3 weeks, we were able to observe the life cycle firsthand starting from larvae to butterflies. We recently released our butterflies into the wild and wanted to share this special moment with you!

For our Life In Ecosystems Unit, our class learned about different ecosystems including the Artic tundra, desert, rainforest, grasslands, and woodlands. We did some research and created group posters, which we presented to the class.

During the Lenape Unit, students learned about the indigenous people of New Jersey. Different Lenape tribes lived all over New Jersey including the Munsee (north), Unalachtigo (central), and Unami (south). Students made their own headdresses, which were worn during celebrations and ceremonies (powwows).