It is hard to believe that we are over halfway through the school year! Time flies when you are having fun!
Our primary students celebrated our 100th day of school with a variety of activities. Kindergarten students got creative and made pictures with one hundred objects. This was an opportunity for our youngest students to represent one hundred. Another activity required students to make patterned necklaces showing multiples of 10. Kindergarteners ended the week by parading through the school dressed as 100 year olds.
In other grades, classes set a goal of reading one hundred books and reflected on what they loved most about the first half of the year. First graders also wrote what their life would look like when they turn one hundred. Their responses described their new appearance (white hair, glasses, no hair!) and hobbies (napping).
Students at all grade levels are enjoying hands-on math and science explorations in the S.T.E.A.M. lab. In the last math rotation students in kindergarten through third grade made all the different coin combinations for an identified amount of money. Second and third graders “shopped” for favorite items and made change. The scenario of spending money on desired toys was especially motivating! Fifth graders assumed the role of a Fedex employee charged with the task of packaging multiple boxes in the most efficient shipping method. Students applied their understanding of volume to this real world scenario to determine how to fit boxes within one another.
Students are also having fun in their current science rotation. Younger students are studying life science. They are dissecting flowers and discovering how water flows throughout their plants. Older students are examining mixtures and solutions. They are noticing how butter can melt and then reform in a slightly different state.
Students enjoy collaborating on problems and watching math and science come to life!
