This week, we made nifty little models of the sun, Earth and moon.听 We learned that the Earth travels around the sun as the moon travels around the Earth.听 Hopefully your child showed you the model they made.听 We also learned about the phases of the moon this week.听 We found out why the moon can look like a circle, semicircle of crescent.听 Afterward, we used a very academic tool (Oreos) to create models of each phase.听 Chances are, you never saw these models.听 I wonder what happened to them鈥�.
听听 听 In writing class, both groups published a piece of work.听 Mrs Shaw鈥檚 writers completed personal narratives.听 They wrote across multiple pages, taking care to add details to make their stories interesting to readers.听 Mrs. Wold鈥檚 writers all completed a book about our first field trip.
听听 听 We鈥檝e been reading 2 kinds of books in class lately.听 In the morning, Mrs. Wold reads everyone an animal story that teaches a lesson. We鈥檙e doing this to help generate ideas for our work in drama.听 In the afternoons, Mrs. Shaw has been reading books around the theme of being 鈥渢he best you.鈥�听 The stories are about kindness and how to be considerate of those around you.
听听 听 If you鈥檙e looking for a fun activity this weekend, please consider examining your child鈥檚 scalp.听 We鈥檝e heard of a few new instances of head lice in K-1, including in our class.
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Choice tidbits from this week:
The colder weather meant I (Mrs. Wold) had to wear tights for the first time.听 As I sat at the carpet, a kindergarten boy looked horrified and exclaimed, 鈥淲hoa!听 What made your legs turn brown?鈥�
Mrs. Flinn (the drama teacher):听 鈥淲ho can tell me an animal you might see in the woods around here?鈥�
Child 1:听 鈥淎 dinosaur.鈥�
Mrs. Flinn:听 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a fun idea; but who can tell me an animal you could actually see around here?鈥�
Child 2:听 鈥淎 baby dinosaur.鈥�
