Glorious Sunshine!

 

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What an amazing week of weather!  The songbirds are in full song, peepers are being heard in some places, and daffodils are blooming.  

This week in Social Studies we explored a map of our school and tried to identify all of the rooms and doors that are located in the building.  Then on Friday, we began looking at the town of Underhill and what special buildings and places are in it.  We began creating our 3-d map of Underhill by painting pieces of wood to represent these areas in the town.  Of course, students wanted to paint their houses to include in our map as well.  Next week we will draw some details on our models and then place it all together!

We practiced some of our heart words. Heart words are a way to teach high-frequency words if I haven't mentioned this before. We teach them to sound out the words that are phonetic…and the parts that aren’t, we teach them to know by heart. Here is an example:  Many times we place a green line under the letter that makes the predictable sound. In the word said, the s and the d would have a green line under them. 

In math we had a guest come in and do a lesson on decomposing numbers. We practiced all the ways/combinations we could come up with. If our total was 7.  It could look like 3+4, 2+5, 6+1, etc. 

During ECO we explored songbirds.  We began walking around different areas on the school grounds to listen to birds. At one moment it was very quiet so I took out the Merlin Bird app and played a chickadee sound and then we began to hear chickadees call back.  We did the same with a crow sound and then heard a crow caw back.  Kindergartners thought this was a hoot!  We used a map of the grounds to mark where we heard certain birds.  Students then listened to a puppet show that shared why birds sing.  Then it was time for free exploration, some chose to journal next to their tree, some built fairy houses, and some played ACDC songs on a rotting log! 😃 

There are some trees down along the trail if anyone has any time to clear them that would be helpful!