This week we switched our theme for read aloud books to do some research and learning on our new science topic: plants! This week we read many science related pictures books about the plant life cycle and photosynthesis. The books we read are: Plant Secrets by Emily Goodman, Watch it Grow: Bean by Barrie Watts, Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life by Molly Bang and Penny Chrisholm, and What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen V. Kudlinski.
We made many props and pieces of our costumes here at school. This upcoming Monday we'll begin painting our scenery with help from Ms. Campbell! Next week please send in any costume parts from home in a bag labeled with your child's name! These will be staying in their cubbies but sometimes things get loose and many gray or brown pants look alike! Please send in all costumes by Wednesday so we can do our dress rehearsal during class times!
Writers continued organizing their facts into topic paragraphs. They also searched for juicy words to define in their glossaries. Then they read their drafts to a friend to get friendly feedback on if it sounded smooth or choppy.
Scientists learned more about plant parts and how they are important in the plant life cycle. We noticed the difference between living and non-living things. We figured out that living things all have a life cycle! We learned about how animals and plants help each other and really couldn't survive without each other! On Friday we repotted the classroom plants (spider plants and jade plants) and identified all the parts of these plants. We made diagrams to show what we saw. It was amazing to see how different roots can look!
We also had a special science presentation with Karen. She taught us about 4 kinds of fossils. We got to sort real fossils and make some trace and mold fossils of our own! Here's some information she shared with us!
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| Comparing cast and mold fossils. |
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| Making our own trace fossils leaving behind prints from dinosaurs or mold fossils with imprints from shells. |
Have a wonderful weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox
Dates to Remember
Friday May 19 - Our Class Plays, 2:00 seating, 2:15 showtime!! (10:15 dress rehearsal)
Wednesday May 24 - Spring Concert 6:30 pm
Friday May 26 - 1st Grade only - Book Buddies @ U-32 9:15-11:15
Monday May 29 - Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday May 30 - All First/Second Graders Field Trip to the Montshire Museum of Science 9 am-3:30 pm
Thursday June 1 - Fine Arts Night 6:00 pm
Friday June 16 - Field Day @ Wrightsville Reservoir (rain date Mon.6/19) - Save the date! (More details to come.)
Tuesday June 20 - Step Up Day (moving up to meet their new teacher and gather with the new class for next year!)
Tuesday June 20 - Final All School Meeting, 6th grade slideshow & t-shirt presentation
Tuesday June 20 - Last Day 1/2 day, 12:30 dismissal
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