What another lovely day it looks like it will be! I hope everyone was able to bundle up and get some play time in the sunshine yesterday!
A big thank you to all the parents who came in and celebrated their children's work. It was great to see everyone at our conferences. Your children were sooo happy to have you come in and share their worlds with you.
These last few weeks we have started some new topics.
In science we are learning all about the three states of matter and have talked about solids and liquids. We have looked at the properties of these two states of matter and what is different about these two states of matter. The children did some little experiments on them and have enjoyed melting ice ( a solid) and pouring liquids from one container to another to show how a liquid pours but a solid...does not. One of the unique properties of a solid vs a liquid.
We will be doing some more hands on experiments before spring break and then after spring break continue with a bit more.
In Writing we are exploring more types of Poetry and are writing different styles ourselves. Writing Poetry is fun for the children as they can express themselves creatively and actually not have to write as many words to show that they understand the concept. They have done acrostics and free verse. We will be touching on many other kinds over the next few weeks and the children will be coming home with their own home made poetry book for you to enjoy together!
In math we have been measuring. We have started with non-standard tools, then moved to standard measuring (cm and m). We are weighing things in grams, using our balance scale. Soon the children will be bringing their entire package home and you can have them measuring more things around the house...they love it!
It has been a wonderful term. The children have grown so much and I so much enjoy working with them. I cant wait to see what the third term has to bring for us!
Only one week left and it will be spring break for two weeks. I hope everyone enjoys this last week of school and is happy and healthy and then can celebrate their long spring vacation!
Here are some pictures of the children celebrating their learning.
Have a great Sunday!
teri
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