In science, we have been studying our Earth's resources. It was great to see the kids connect our our lessons in environmental responsibility with the agricultural discussions that we have had this year. I see a writing assignment in our future!
Spanish- The kids made their Spanish name tags today. Ms. Joanne is helping them prepare for the big night.... Be ready for a fiesta!Grammar- Everyone did a great job with their video lessons from Friday and Monday! We went over each sentence together. I am so impressed with their abilities to find the prepositions, knock out those prepositional phrases, and locate the objects of the prepositions! We had a review today of adjectives. Sometimes it can be difficult finding the subject or object of the preposition with all of those adjectives in the way. We practiced diagramming some very descriptive sentences so we don't forget how to break them down!
Math- We have been doing some hands on activities with division problems that result in a remainder. Today, we finally picked up the pencils and worked some problems. Their mastery of long division is a work in process, but we are going to stick on this topic for quite some time. I encourage you to spend some extra time practicing long division problems at home!Social Studies- The kids learned all about the Boston Tea Party today.
Writing- What an awesome writing assignment! A couple weeks ago, the kids drew names. They have been working on writing papers about the friend whose name they drew. Today was the unveiling of their projects! First of all, I loved that all of the anticipation this Valentine's Day was focused on excitement about getting to read their papers to their friends... and getting to give them the portraits that they made. So often the point of giving is lost at holidays. Although they were excited about playing and making our no-bake cookies, giving their “presents” was far more important to them!
Each child stood in front of the class and read their paper. It described their friend, told stories about him or her, and explained how he or she is a great friend.... without saying the person's name. After the paper was read, the class guessed whom it was about. Then, the “friend” came up and received the paper and the portrait that was drawn of them. I could not have been more pleased with the outcome!
Our no-bake cookies were super yummy. This is a recipe that two of our students learned at their cooking class at the recreation center this month. I must say, the highlight of the entire experience was crushing the graham crackers! Each student made their own mini-batch of cookies, which meant that each student got to crush their own graham crackers. FUN!
- 8 whole-wheat graham cracker squares, finely ground
¼ cup raisins (or however many raisins they want)- ¼ cup smooth natural peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons honey
- unsweetened coconut
Combine all ingredients except coconut in a bowl (or a baggie, like we did). Roll and squeeze into balls or pat into cookies and roll in coconut.
Music- Mrs. Beresford worked her magic yet again today, as the kids flew through music flashcards, practiced playing “In the Morning” as a group, and worked on “America the Beautiful”. It amazes me how much these kids get through in such a short amount of time!
Happy Valentine's Day!
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