Life Science
/Even though we’ve been primarily focused on exploring the states of matter and chemistry, we continue to be fascinated by the life science all around us. At our science table we’ve been watching our painted lady caterpillars emerge from eggs and grow daily. In our outdoor classroom we’ve been watching our mason bees return to their house to lay eggs in the tubes. Several of the tubes are now filled with eggs and mud! We’ve also been noticing birds in our birdhouses and cabbage white butterflies in the meadow. This morning we noticed tiny lupine seedlings in our outdoor classroom too.
This week in writer’s workshop we are working on increasing our independence in writing. Student authors are learning how to use peers as resources and how to continue writing for longer periods of time. Soon the class will be learning how to use a dictionary to look up how to spell words correctly. Students are also getting better at spelling on their own too. We have a new list of spelling words this week that focuses on the oa sound. In math we are reviewing many of the skills we’ve learned this year including measurement, adding and subtracting large numbers, multiplication, and telling time. Soon we will be starting a unit on money. This week a popular choice time activity is Snap Circuits.
