One of the highlights from the week was finishing our Forces and Motion unit with a Marble Raceway Challenge! The children worked in partnerships to create a marble raceway that takes a marble the longest amount of time to go down. We were not looking for speed this time! We were trying to figure out how to make the marble go slowly. These engineers did a great job! Be sure to ask your child about his or her raceway! How long did it take the marble to travel from the top to the bottom?
During Literacy, we have been busy reading and writing! We read a Scholastic News about staying safe during the summer. We circled sight words in the the mini-book and looked for digraphs. As a part of our summer reading preparation, the children drew the cover of their favorite books to put on a book recommendation bulletin board in the front of the school. What was your child's favorite book? Speaking of reading, we are going to have a Lights Out Reading Party on Tuesday, June 11th. Your child can bring in a flashlight and blanket and we are going to pretend like we are camping and read in the dark! There is a note in your child's Friday Folder with more information. Lastly, the children wrote messages to my incoming Kindergarten students, sharing with them how to have a successful Kindergarten year! We brainstormed lots of ideas such as, bring a water bottle, make new friends, have fun on the playground, and read a lot Then they wrote a letter that I will send to one of my new students over the summer! They were very proud of their work!
In math, we continued to build our number sense fluency and our fluency with addition and subtraction. We looked at ten frames filled with a certain number of dots and then the children had to come up with as many equations as they could for that number. I was impressed with the subtraction equations they generated! We will continue to practice addition and subtraction through some fun games as we finish Kindergarten math!
Lastly, we had a wonder time walking to shop in our community: Matthew Taylor Designs. Penelope's family invited us to walk over for a tour of the jewelry shop and to learn what Matthew does as a jewelry designer and maker. The children then got to pick out stamps that were imprinted onto a little copper charm for a bracelet! The children were so amazed by all the tools that Matthew uses! Thanks so much for having us! We loved the bracelets!
Enjoy the sunny, warm weekend!!!
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