Our beginning of the year was filled with many homeroom activities which we feel are important to setting the tone for the year. The pictures include a mixture of community building activities that helped build relationships and get the year started on a positive note. You may see us building a class puzzle, working on math using cubes and other manipulatives, braiding bag tags, designing and creating shoes, getting our feet painted in order to count the number of feet, and toes in our rooms to name a few.
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PALs 1-3, 6-9 year-old Multiage Classes
The sharing of classroom supplies is an important part of our classrooms so we will be pooling many of the items on this list. Some items may need to be restocked as the year progresses. Other than the backpack, flashdrive, headphones, gym shoes, and the art smock, there is no need to label supplies. 1 package of stickers 1 package of colored pencils 1 package of 8 markers 1 box of crayons 20 pencils wood (number 2) 4 large pink erasers 1 package of cap erasers 6 glue sticks 6 pocket folders - any colors (please no binders or Trapper Keepers) 1 red two-pocket folder with middle clasps for 3-hole punched papers 3 spiral notebooks (wide-lined, 70 pages-not perforated) 2 large boxes of tissues 2 rolls of scotch tape a smock for art class (a large old shirt works fine) gym shoes for physical education (must be kept at school and should not make black marks) book bag or back pack to carry things to and from school headphones – any pair that is comfortable and fits your child - Returning students do not need new headphones unless theirs are not working or are uncomfortable. (Most kids prefer headphones and not ear buds.) 1 flashdrive – used for projects throughout the year - Returning students do not need a new flashdrive as long as there is room on the old one Pick one item: 1 bottle of hand sanitizer or 1 container of wet wipes Related Arts Supply List: 1 box of tissues or 1 box of baby wipes (Please label Related Arts and drop in designated drop-off box near the entrance to school the first week of school.) donations of gym shoes (New or clean used with non-marking soles.) brown paper grocery bags The slideshow below has various pictures from the Celebrate the Arts program yesterday. Unfortunately, some of the pictures turned out blurry, but hopefully it shares some shots from the morning in case you were unable to attend or would like to see some photos. Check out our math blogs by clicking on the button on the right side of this page called Math Blogs.
All 98s should have brought home an informational note yesterday about the Badger Exam. Our testing times are as follows:
Wednesday, April 22, 8:30-10:00 Thursday, April 23, 8:30-10:00 Tuesday, April 28, 8:30-9:30 Please make sure your child is well rested and arrives at school on time. Thank you for your support. In our math groups, we've recently finished up our measurement and data work. Our math groups focussed on measuring different objects with different units accurately (to the closest inch, half inch, etc.). Being able to collect data and then represent it on bar graphs or line plots along with interpreting the data was also explored by some groups. Students will be bringing work home once it's been assessed. As you look at your child's work, you'll be able to see other skills that were addressed within a specific skill group.
We are exploring and doing a lot of experimenting with water. Our activities have included identifying properties of water, learning more about density, mass, volume, and temperature, and finding out what happens to water when it's on a slope. Ask your child to explain why ice cubes float, why hot(red) water seems to float while cold(blue) water sinks in a cup of room temperature water. Would you rather set up a tent at the top of a hill or at the bottom of a hill if you knew it was going to thunderstorm at night? This is one of several questions we've explored during our study of water.
Future topics will include condensation, evaporation and the water cycle along with investigating what happens when water is poured through different earth materials. We will wrap up the unit with groups of students constructing water wheels and using them to lift objects. All three book groups have been working with non-fiction text. Students have been comparing fiction and non-fiction materials by doing book sorts and using graphic organizers like a Venn diagram to share similarities and differences between the two types of text. Students are also working on identifying the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where, why) in their reading. Book groups are learning about text features and how they help readers find information and better understand the information they are reading. Some of the text features we are using include: table of contents, index, glossary, bold face words, diagrams, pictures/captions, maps, and cross sections or cut aways.
As your child brings home his/her Folktale Book Group work, please review and comment on it before sending it back for portfolios. Thank you. |
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