Posted by kavery508 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on May 25, 2015
Floral Goes Green is coming! Classrooms have been busily engaging in science, math, and literacy learning around a wide assortment of environmental topics. Each class will display their findings, along with environmentally positive messages, around the school that we might learn from each other. It’s a great example of school-wide collaboration!
For our part, students have learned what a precious resource potable water is locally and globally. They have explored the many steps involved in getting water to our school and houses, including creating their own aquifers (see pictures below). They have researched potential dangers to our water supply and how people try to solve them. This week they will learn all about water conservation inside and outside our homes and buildings. In addition they will create graphs to show the data they collected at home regarding water use; write Informative Writing pieces based on research of groundwater, aquifers, wells, and more; and advocate for ways we can all use water more wisely.
There are a few things we’re asking you to do to support this learning:
1. If you haven’t sent in the tally sheet titled List #2–Ways I use water at home that went home last week, please do so by Tuesday. We need them to create our graphs!
2. Please send in a 1-liter size bottle, rinsed and with label removed (actually, send a few if you can). Second-graders need them to take part in a planting station available during FGG.
3. Send in pictures of your child finding water tanks around Shrewsbury so we can add them to our display by Wednesday. See our blog from the past two weeks for directions and map.
4. See the Falcon Flyer for ways you can participate before, during, and after school on Thursday and Friday.
Our lessons for water conservation come largely from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s educational pages, Water Sense Kids. Click the photo above for information and games your family can use at home!
This week we wrap up our learning on data and graphing by examining line plots and bar graphs. What’s important for kids to know at the end is that information can be shown visually in a variety of ways; that a “key” holds important information for interpreting graphs; and that there is a difference between reading a graph (just saying what you literally see) and interpreting them (telling what the tallies, bars, numbers, and words mean). This page from the student book illustrates these points well:
Field Day is right around the corner (June 4, 12-3 PM). We still need volunteers! Please sign up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/904094faca622a13-field1 A current CORI is needed.
You’re invited! Our End-of-Year Celebration will be held Friday, June 12, 9:30-10:15 in our Cafeteria. Similar to our Winter bash, we will be performing on the stage for family and friends, and we will remain after for photo opportunities and congratulations!
Here’s us building our aquifers and discovering how contaminants (in red) seep all the way down to the deepest layers:
