Today was a S.T.E.M. Friday. We did a repeat of the building with spaghetti
and tape with a marshmallow on top. In
general there were taller buildings and we had more structures that were stable
and strong enough to hold the marshmallow.
The kids are doing a good job of working together on these projects.
We started our biography unit by
reading about Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are using this book to practice the
skills we use when we read non-fiction.
We are also reading parts of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Next Friday I hope we have opportunity to go
around the school and recite the speech to any willing audiences we can
find. Eventually each child will pick a
person to study, they will write about the person and create a poster about
that person. There is a lot of learning
about Social Studies, Reading, and Writing that goes on with this unit.
We will be finishing up with money
this week. Your child should have a
paper or two of math in their folder.
Upcoming dates:
MLK
Day, No School, Monday, January 20th
Colonial
Day, Friday, May 29th (you will want to come to at least some: if you only have an hour come around lunch,
if you can take a half a day—join us for the morning).
Best,
Caren
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