March 20-24

 

Upcoming Important Dates

• March 24-April 2: Spring Break (no school) 
• April 7: Good Friday (no school) 
• April 10: Easter Monday (no school) 

Math Groups 

Our class has begun Math Group Rotations. Similar to our Daily LA structure, students are grouped with like-minded peers and work through a variety of focused rotations to improve their skills and abilities in math. Students are very excited about this new routine in our classroom! Ask them about the different stations at home. 

Social Studies: Communities

Students have been examining and discussing the communities they are part of and what makes a community. Things such as clothing, symbols, language, landmarks, as well as things like what we do, see and feel within our communities. Students will be assessed on their knowledge of what makes a community through their visual journal page titled, My Communities. They were asked to reflect on 4 communities they are part of and draw or write a minimum of 5 things that represent that community. Check out some of our work below! 

                                Example Work                     Non-Example Work 

Science: Signs of Spring!

Happy Spring Equinox! We attended an online session with Elder Saa'kokoto and learned about how Na'a shows us that Spring is coming. Our new student teacher, named Ms. H, read us the story "Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring" and we went outside to look for signs of Spring. We found new growth (greenery) coming from the soil, mud, puddles, buds, and listened to water dripping and birds chirping. We will do more Spring Equinox work when we return after Spring Break! 

Wellness: Bucket Filling

We have been reading stories and hosting sharing circles focusing on kindness, bucket filling, problem solving, and sharing our thoughts or emotions in respectful and safe ways. Throughout the week, students did acts of kindness and then we recorded these acts of kindness in our Bucket! Take a look at some of the things we did to show kindness, respect, and safety:

 

March 13-17

 

Upcoming Important Dates 

• March 24-April 2: Spring Break (no school) 
• April 7: Good Friday (no school) 
• April 10: Easter Monday (no school) 

Math: Shopping Spree Addition Project

As a way to wrap up, showcase, and assess our learning in addition, students are completing a Shopping Spree Project! Students are working within a set budget of $20, $50, or $100 and must buy, record, and add a minimum of 10 items. Here is the beginning of our work so far! 

Social Studies: Identity Projects 

A big shout-out to the students for completing their Identity Projects! They were beyond proud to share their thoughtful, reflective, and artistic work with you at Student-Led Conferences last week. Here are some photos of their process & completed products! 

Science: Building Leprechaun Traps

Students were so excited to invite our guest Engineer, Mr. Brad into the classroom to teach us about the design process last week. We were even more excited to welcome him back into the class this week to support us with our building! Students were able to share their blueprints and the beginning stages of their building process with Mr. Brad in order to get feedback, suggestions, and lots of encouragement! The students were AMAZED when they came in this morning and investigated evidence on the leprechaun(s) in our classroom! Sparkles galore!