Hello Explorer Families!
Please remember to return permission slips for our walk to Rotary Park and visit with a crash test engineer.
End of the Year survey links:
Students
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Parents
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ELA
Students are reading 1:1 with Debbie so that we can wrap up running records.
Students are also adding work samples to their portfolios. Students have been so excited to see the progress they are making. Looking back at the work they did in September brings squeals of disbelief, “I didn’t do that! You must have put the wrong paper in my folder.” Sometimes, “I didn’t write sentences at the beginning of the year. Now, I write a lot of sentences!” Yet another student noticed, “I was really messy at the beginning of the year. Now I am better at writing and sounding out my words.” A portfolio is a celebration of a student’s learning journey. Just like their author, each one is special and unique.
Science
We continue to explore animals and plants. First graders are learning about animal characteristics and second graders are learning more about a variety of animal habitats.
We used two fun apps this week; Seek and Merlin Bird id. Both are available for phones or tablets. Seek enables us to identify plants and animal around us. Merlin Bird id helps identify birds you can see and hear.
Math
Our first grade level mathematicians are continuing with determining whether to add or subtract to solve a story problem. Using a model often helps the children form a visual representation to aid in their work.
Our second and third grade level mathematicians have enjoyed working on a mini geometry unit. We explored 3-D shapes this week and made representations of pyramids, cubes and rectangular prisms by creating our own patterns on triangle and square paper. It really took some concentration and skill as well as determination to find the best ways to create our models.
Social Studies
Our first graders worked on our mapping skills. We love listening to clues and following those clues to find our way around a map. Our mapping skill this week asked us to read a map to find our way around in a zoo. We also had fun creating our own zoo maps to see if our classmates were able to follow our directions and locate the various animals at our zoo.
Our second graders started learning about our place in this world including our home, neighborhood, city, county and state. We are learning how we are part of a bigger place in this world! Each student is making a small book to show our learning.
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