Celebration

We have filled our penny jar half way, which means we have done lots and lots of things to take care of ourselves, each other and this place. 

To honor these good deeds I shared some tasty, and healthy, Popsicles.

Hoooooooray!!

Week of October 23

Our collection of sight words is growing and we can write simple sentences now!!

Math talk about what we notice.

Erosion means wearing away and carrying away. Boulders, rivers and wind are key factors in erosion.

Gravity and glaciers are also agents of erosion.

Experimenting with water as an agent of erosion.

Water and rocks working together to cause erosion.

Shake Shake Shake!

Lots of sediment was created by shaking the water and rocks

We compared water from a jar that wasn't shaken and the water was clean with no sediment.

Wind as a factor in erosion.

Week of October 16

Saying the works 'Apple' slowly to listen for the sounds in the word.

"I DID IT". What a proud writer. As a teacher, these are the best words to hear.

Bucket fillers: You Skills

Math Talk with partners. Discussing what's the same and what's different about the five frames above.

A partnership shared their math thinks with the class.

A mathematician explaining his thinking

A mathematician using her math hands to match the combination of 5 represented on the five frames.

Math hands!