Posted by kavery508 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on May 20, 2019
Students have been working hard on their projects for Floral Goes Green! After learning about the value of repurposing plastic, they’re working with teams of students from our class to design, build, test, troubleshoot, and customize games using all plastic parts. My favorite part of this process? The projects are 100% student work. I merely asked guiding questions related to engineering and design, and stood ready with a hot glue gun! These games will be set up in the gym on Thursday for all the school to try, with our students on hand to lead them. Can’t wait!
On Thursday, we will also engage in peer-assisted learning by visiting other classrooms. The Ridder classroom will be teaching us to repurpose t-shirts into bags! To do this, each student will need a t-shirt sent in from home that will be cut and tied. All sizes are welcome: the bigger the shirt, the bigger the bag! Please send them in by Wednesday this week. Extras for students without are always welcome.
Students are making great strides with Informative Writing. The big idea is to develop a topic with enough detail so the reader understands. Here are some great examples from: 1. Alivia, on Butterflies; 2. Ronav, on Cricket; 3. Aislinn, on Stars; and 4. Ekansh, on the Solar System: 1) For one thing, they hatch from an egg, then they turn into a caterpillar. Then they go into a chrysalis and turn into an adult butterfly. 2) Another important thing about Cricket is you can get extra runs to win the game. For example, if you hit the ball and it bounces and goes out, you get 4 runs. 3) Another important thing about stars is the sun. The sun is a star, too. It’s a big fireball of gas like other stars. 4) There’s comets and asteroids. Asteroids are made of hard rock and gas, while comets are made of ice and gas. Super!
This week in math students will be learning to identify 2D and 3D shapes by their properties; to recognize them in figures and models; and to create designs and structures with the shapes of properties in mind. PBS Kids has game apps that let students take advantage of mobile technology to apply math and literacy concepts. In general, the skills taught in grades 2 and 3 match the shows for these grades, such as Cyberchase, Arthur, and Word Girl. If you’re looking for fun ways to keep the learning going this summer, give them a try!
