The Weekly Roar
Week 1
Week 2
Math:
Practiced our multiplication facts, learned about factors and fractions, and played bingo and snowball math!
Practicing multiplication facts at home will help support your Black Bear at school!
ELA:
Studied nouns and adjectives through the outdoors and started language lessons involving the basics of the writing process. Many Black Bears entered into the Young Writer's contest for a chance to win $100 and have their work published!
Culture Studies:
Defined and role-played democracy in the classroom as well as in our survival game. Next week starts formal lessons on colonial times which will be largely connecting to survival.
Each tribe created fags and defined different areas for different functions within their outdoor space, including sleeping quarters, farm, production area, and more!
Science:
Introduced our new yearly theme of water and dove into defining and metaphorically representing the hydrosphere of the Earth.
STEM: Stations and introduction to science!
-use what you know about thermal energy to quickly unfreeze a frozen cloth
-mystery bags: use evidence in the bags to infer what animal you are identifying.
-myth busters
-how to write detailed instructions
Art:
Designing our art folders for the years using various mediums including painting and collaging.
Montessori Math
Science in the Outdoor Classroom
Ask Your Black Bear ...
- What they are most excited to learn about this year.
- Democracy and how we use it at school.
- Their survival tribe.
- Our first book study - The One and Only Ivan.
- All the Earth's water in a jar.
- Hammocking in the woods!
