Last week was a short week, but the students were still able to learn a new poem and make another procedure.  We created a class procedure on How to Make Hot Chocolate.  If you were wondering why your child came home with a chocolate mustache last week, you now know why.  The students also continue to practice measuring length.  We are working on the importance of taking our time to be accurate in our measurement.  The students had a scavenger hunt to find different yellow strips that they had to measure using cubelinks.  You can practice measuring at home by using other non-standard units such as, paper clips, spoons, bottle caps or anything else you can find.  This week, we will be working on choosing the appropriate unit of measure.  In Science, We have been learning about different energy sources, but took a little break from it to discuss our five senses by doing a few experiments.  We listened to sound effects to see if we could identify the sounds, smelled different scents to see if we could figure them out and even tasted without using our sense of sight. Was your child brave enough to do it? Ask to find out and see if  they remember the five senses.

Happy Monday everyone!

The students continue to work on procedural writing in our Language program.  We started the unit by doing procedures together as a class and small groups and moving towards independent work.  Last week, the students created a procedure on how to make ice-cream. Yes, the students made real ice-cream AND it was delicious.  They learned the importance in being specific in their steps.  Ask your child why they needed to be specific in our procedure on how to make ice-cream. In Math, the students continue to measurie the length of different objects using non-standard units of measure, such as their own hands and feet, cubelinks, and paper clips. We have been estimating the measurement and then finding out the actual.  A few things they have measured books, desks, their feet/arms, and name tags.