Science ~
Last week was filled with learning adventures. On Monday, we administered a fair test during Science to determine what kind of food our land snails liked to eat. After that, we explored water snails and compared their body parts and behavior to the body parts and behavior of our land snails. We ended the week with another fair test, this time to determine what type of surface a land snail preferred to crawl on - smooth or rough. As we observed our land snails, we were surprised to learn that land snails do not move as slowly as we thought. In fact many of our snails surprised us by moving quite rapidly when they wanted to ~ especially one that the green table named Turbo.
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All About Animals PBL ~
Throughout the week we continued to learn about African Animals, using our KWL charts to reflect on what we think we know, generate questions we wonder about and record what we learn from reading our non-fiction animal books. This week, we will decide as a class what animals our five African Animals expert groups will focus on.
On Wednesday, the Book It Theater came and performed a fabulous show about the Phantom Tollbooth. This was one of my favorite childhood reads and worth checking out if you are not familiar with it. The kids loved the show and did an amazing job of being engaged listeners during the hour long perfomance1 | On Thursday, Mr. Jeffrey showed us how to log on to our Biblionasium accounts. The students' logins are their first name, the first letter of their last name and qae. For example, my account login would be katiecqae. |
We finished using our collaborative skills to play strategy games with our 2nd grade reading buddies. Playing games is a great way to practice taking turns, listening to each other and solving small problems that come up.
On Friday afternoon I sent home Spring Progress Reports. Please keep the paper document but sign and return the envelope that the paper document came in.
Enjoy the week!
Katie
Enjoy the week!
Katie