Week of October 15th

This week was a short week. In math we have begun our new intergrated unit and are learning about ants. We watched a short video about ants yesterday and read 2 poems and have already learned a lot about ants. We started with making charts about "what we know about ants" and "what we wonder". I was very impressed with what the students already knew about ants. After reading the poems today we were able to answer two of our "I wonders". Check out our charts below. In science we are learning what an engineer does and what technology actually is. Have any of your children shared this with you? If not ask them. I was surprised by what technology actually is. Next week we have Hands on Nature and will be learning about beavers. Some of the book orders have come in and books were sent home today. The rest of the orders should be here soon and I will send them home as soon as they come. Just a reminder that the Unified Arts Curriculum night is next Tuesday along with gift wrap pick-up if you placed an order. Have a wonderful weekend, Nancy