Week 25

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Week 25

Week 25 was short and sweet. Wednesday, many students walked through the door for the first time in nearly 2 years without a mask! It was so great to see their smiles and hear their voices clearly! Understandably, we are not all comfortable going maskless quite yet, but this is a huge step in our return to "normal" (whatever that means).

Wednesday morning also saw the return of ECO! This week we our focus was Grouse Houses, where students learned about what the grouse does during the winter to adapt to the colder climate, then they worked to construct grouse houses in the snow. We were lucky to have a fresh fluffy snowfall which provided the perfect conditions for this lesson. Thanks to our parent Volunteers, Mike McCarthy, Caitlin, Mahoney, and Everett Dryden for taking time out of their day to join us! We are very lucky to have so much family involvement!

Students were eager to get back to writing their non-fiction (informative text) books this week. On Thursday, students used checklists to reflect on their work and make improvements. To conclude this unit, all students will be researching their ECO Nature Name animal. They will be create a teaching poster to tell all about their animal.

During math this week, level one students worked on subtraction strategies using ten frames. Level two students used subtraction to solve word problems involving comparisons. Level three students used multiplication and division to solve word problems which involved finding the perimeter of various polygons.

During Science students explored with magnets to experience how magnets use force to push and pull metal objects (in this case, paperclips) made from (or containing) iron.

Thursday, March 10th will be our last day going to Spruce Peak for outdoor winter recreation this year. I will send an email early this week with details for volunteers. Fingers crossed the weather will cooperate for us this week!

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