We have only one more week before our holiday break and we are very busy wrapping up units of study and creating holiday crafts! This is such a fun time of the year.
Friday, December 21st, will be PAJAMA DAY on Harmony. Traditionally, we watch the movie "Polar Express" and spend the entire day in our PJs. Please make sure that your child does not bring any stuffed animals, pillow or slippers to school on Friday. The students will have a regular day, with PE and recess, so they must be able to still wear their sneakers. Thank you. We will also have special holiday crafts for the children on Harmony that day.
Technology:
Some students continue to code in the morning. As they progress with their skills, the tasks get more challenging, but they are so determined to continue. It is great to see their increased confidence and growth mindset. Ms. Wilson and Mrs. Pius joined our class for a special reflection activity using flipgrid. The students recorded their voices and shared their thoughts about coding. I posted a link to this compilation on seesaw, if you would like to see it. We are so proud of these amazing first nad second graders.
Mystery Science:
Last week, we also had a chance to learn more about how money is made on mystery science. I have collected money from around the world, so we also had the opportunity to look at money from Sweden, England, Canada, Turkey and Zimbabwe, just to name a few. We learned that different countries have different colors and pictures on their money. We also learned that most paper money is shaped like a rectangle, but coins can have all different kinds of shapes and sizes. In science, we're always learning to stay curious. We practiced this by submitting several questions for future possible investigations. The students asked very thoughtful questions. We hope they will pick one of ours.
Math:
First grade mathematicians continued exploring 3D shapes last week. Among other things, they used play-dough to create these shapes. Here are some of the shapes we're discussing now:
cubes
rectangular prisms
spheres
triangular prisms
cones
cylinders
pyramids
Perhaps your child can create these at home as well. They all got a small clump of play-dough to take home. Our next explorations will be to start comparing the attributes of these different shapes. What attributes are similar between them? What attributes are different? How can we describe each shape?
News and Reminders:
- Pajama Day all day on Harmony, Friday 12/21
- Winter Break-No School, 12/24-1/2/19. Students return to school on Wednesday, January 3rd 2019.
- Report Cards go out on January 18th.
Maria
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