Dear Barn Swallow Families,
Last
week we were busy! On Wednesday we had a 'math in the garden' Out & About. We estimated the quantity of fava beans in our seed envelope. Then we grouped them by 10's and 1's to quickly find the total. Finally, we divided the fava beans between 6 garden beds and amazingly, we had 36 beans! We used standard measurement (inches) and non-standard measurement (hands, fingers) to figure out how deep and far apart to plant the fava beans and flower bulbs. Be on the look-out this spring for tulips and daffodils!
On Friday we made handprint trees with leaves to express what we were thankful for. We continued to work on our stories using play dough, watercolor paint,
colored pencils, shadows, and natural materials.
Students are writing fiction and non-fiction stories. In
math first graders worked with odd & even numbers and used them
to make equations. Second graders continued learning about
regrouping ones into tens. They learned how to use the hundred
grid as a tool for adding and subtracting. Students also began learning about inches, which came in handy for flower bulb
planting.
Home Bags will now be coming home on Tuesday, but please continue to bring them to school on Monday. There was a conflict with the space needed to prep the bags on Mondays. Thank you for helping your children to return their homework each week. We are using a class bar graph to keep track of how many Home Bags are returned each Monday. Last week we had 14 and this week we had 15. We hope to get to 21 regularly!
Thank you families!
Sincerely,
Sherry
A special note from Sherry and Karen:
We are thankful for students who are curious and inquisitive, and willing to take risks, for students that make mistakes and learn from them, for eager and diverse children that walk into our rooms each morning and work hard to come together as a strong community. We are thankful for all you do to support your children as they learn and grow. Thank you!
Karen & Sherry
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