Room 13 was VERY busy in the months of March and April. We have truly learned so much! Read on to find out about the great things that took place in school. Please leave comment or a question and one of our students will respond in our next blog. We look forward to your feedback!!!!!
As part of our Reading Workshop this year, the entire class participated in the Class Novel experience. We tapped into all of the useful reading skills we have learned in both Shared Reading and Reading Workshop to understand and "dig in" to a chapter book. This was different from the regular Reading Workshop because both students and teachers had a copy of the book in front of them. Ask your child about the deep conversations we had during this exciting experience!
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Earth Day!
Another Shared Reading had students discussing how each and every person can "Save the Planet!"Enjoy this special video presentation!
Needs and Wants/Goods and Services/
Producers and Consumers
We created collages to show visual examples of wants and needs/ good and services. We then wrote paragraphs explaining each term. We recorded the students reading their paragraphs. Finally, we created QR codes that can be scanned. Once scanned, these codes take you to the videos that were uploaded on our you tube channel. Check it out!
Science Fun!
We have made so many amazing projects in the science lab this year. We had planted seeds to observe how they will grow. How is your child's plant doing? An important focus was which direction did the plant grow....towards the light, away from the light, etc.
Right now, students are designing and building insects! Fun and creative!
Right now, students are designing and building insects! Fun and creative!
Measurement, Telling Time, and Money...
Our mathematician's have been learning so much in the last months. As we continue our math journey together, our students continue to learn and grow. We are blown away by all they are learning. We have covered the units of measurement, money, and telling time (since our last blog), and are currently back to multiplication of 3's and 4's. As always, we focus on real world application and problem solving in all units of study. The students have been challenged to think about how and why they will use these skills, in the real world!
Suzy Kline Author Visit
This was an amazing visit by a truly wonderful author! In the weeks leading up to Suzy Kline's visit, we conducted an author study of many Suzy Kline books. The children truly loved reading, listening to, and discussing many Horrible Harry and Herbie Jones books. The day Suzy came to Cantiague was exciting and interesting. She shared with us her writing process, and what she does as a writer. She shared her inspirations for many of her stories, and we loved hearing how she collected her ideas (the seeds). Some advice she offered was, "Always carry a small notebook in your pocket. You never know when a seed to a story will happen." Suzy then had the teachers perform a play from a part of her Herbie Jones series! Ask your child about our acting skills! Finally, Suzy took the opportunity to give the children and the teachers a couple of writing prompts. She had us share what we wrote, and provided positive feedback to all! Thank you Suzy Kline!
Hear Ye-Hear-Ye- Team Marsen has been HARD AT WORK preparing for our Royal Gala Event. See you Wednesday June 3rd at 8:45 AM (SHARP) for a magical showing of our writing, acting, singing, and creativity!
See ya' real soon!
