Last week, we continued to read great non-fiction animal books to learn about the amazing animals in our world. We talked about how non-fiction readers read about things they are interested in, helping us develop passions that we want to learn more about. As we learned things about animals that were really interesting to us, we wrote the things we learned down on post-its to share with others. We also talked about how non-fiction readers can look for answers to their animal questions in non-fiction books. We started generating questions about things we want to know about animals and will spend time next week looking through our non-fiction books for answers to these questions. We will be putting some of our questions on a kidblog on Tuesday, which we will link to this site so that we can continue our non-fiction learning at home as well.
Using Our Science Writing to Capture and Share Our Learning!
Comparing the Bodies and Behaviors | Exploring the Bodies and Behaviors |
Idea Workshop!
Thank You Auction Helpers!I would like to thank all of our Room 203 parents who were involved in helping make our QAE Auction last weekend such a huge success!! It was an amazing event and took a lot of time and energy to plan and make happen. Thank you! Thanks also to the families that attended and contributed to the financial success of the event. If you did not have a chance to see the awesome video at the event, here it is! | Welcome to Full-Time, Ms. Wiegand!Last week was Cassie Wiegand's first full-time week with us. She has been with us two days a week since September, but will now be in our classroom every day. For now, Cassie is teaching Math and Science. After Spring Break, she will be taking on more teaching responsibilities until she is teaching the whole day. This is an exciting time for us, as the extra support she provides will allow us all to engage in lots of exciting learning this spring. It also gives our students a chance to strengthen the self-directed learner behaviors they have developed with me as they adapt to another teacher. This ability for young students to be flexible and respond productively in new learning environments is so valuable, and we are lucky to be able to provide this extra practice for our kids prior to their transition to first grade in the fall. |