The kids have been really coming together as a class and their attentive scholastic questions and engaged note taking have been very impressive. We went into the Thanksgiving Holiday on a high note of cooperative work, individual effort, and fun.
We are working on math numerical sense and grouping, sets, and checking work by undoing what has been done. 'Always recheck the data set.'
There was full day trip to the Prichard Art Gallery, Mr. Blount's classroom to eat lunch (celebrate the win for bringing in the most box tops!) with pizza, and then we had the tour by Youth Educator, Jackie. All the kids checked out a least one book and got to see downstairs where the books are processed. So COOL!
(More pics to come.)
Good Samaritan Residents and kids played Jeopardy together. All were playfully competitive and then a super silly craft-- Turkey hats-- were made together. (Next blog with pics)
Kids Give!, Lisa Harmon came in and taught about the 104 nonprofits in Latah County. The kids had a list of 15 to debate and discuss which ones would get their group's $10 dollars. Our class was able to give a total of $50, thanks to this great idea from the Alternative Giving Market.
TOOTSIE POPS. This was our first true science experiment. It was hilarious and so interesting to see the persistence and listen to the claims and evidence once we looked at the 5 Tootsie Pops brought in. (pics in next post)
These past weeks have been terrific. Another wonderful thing was each student led their Conference. They shared about the Morning Meeting and two pieces of work with reflection questions. The parents enjoyed and learned a lot about what the students are doing. The kids showed great poise and after 20 minutes, each was very proud of what they had shared about their learning.
We are working on math numerical sense and grouping, sets, and checking work by undoing what has been done. 'Always recheck the data set.'
There was full day trip to the Prichard Art Gallery, Mr. Blount's classroom to eat lunch (celebrate the win for bringing in the most box tops!) with pizza, and then we had the tour by Youth Educator, Jackie. All the kids checked out a least one book and got to see downstairs where the books are processed. So COOL!
(More pics to come.)
Good Samaritan Residents and kids played Jeopardy together. All were playfully competitive and then a super silly craft-- Turkey hats-- were made together. (Next blog with pics)
Kids Give!, Lisa Harmon came in and taught about the 104 nonprofits in Latah County. The kids had a list of 15 to debate and discuss which ones would get their group's $10 dollars. Our class was able to give a total of $50, thanks to this great idea from the Alternative Giving Market.
TOOTSIE POPS. This was our first true science experiment. It was hilarious and so interesting to see the persistence and listen to the claims and evidence once we looked at the 5 Tootsie Pops brought in. (pics in next post)
These past weeks have been terrific. Another wonderful thing was each student led their Conference. They shared about the Morning Meeting and two pieces of work with reflection questions. The parents enjoyed and learned a lot about what the students are doing. The kids showed great poise and after 20 minutes, each was very proud of what they had shared about their learning.
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| The questions have gotten deeper and more informative. |
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