The benefits of The Daily 5:
- students develop independence, stamina, and accountability
- less time consumed by classroom management leaves more for instruction
- improves literacy achievements
- behaviors of independence transfer to other content areas
Working on Writing station will hopefully look like this eventually!
The Data test on Monday went well! All students performed and passed their first test, Yaaayy!
We have started to move into our Patterning Unit and have been exploring where we see patterns in our daily lives and making charts to show what we already know about patterns.
Next steps will be making patterns with more then one attribute (ex. colour and shape). Then exploring patterns in Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication with Number line, Calendar and our 100's chart.
In Science, Our plants continue to grow!
We are exploring the process of Germination with this experiment in one of our centers:
Watching as the seed progresses through the stages!
We currently have 7 Science centers
1) Chlorophyll, what is it? making art with it!
2) Labeling the parts of a plant and writing about these parts
3) Labeling the stages of germination and writing an explanation of the various stages
4) Photosynthesis, what is it? Watch a video and read Anchor cards then write an explanation
5) Vocabulary practice with our pocket chart and matching cards
6) The inside of a seed experiment
7) Germination experiment (see photo's above)
