Today seems like it has flown by in a matter of minutes! We had so many things to do that there didn't seem to be enough time in the day!
Mrs. Mangum is driving the bus for the 2nd grade swimming lessons this week, so instead of missing Science, I decided to continue with what she has been teaching... clouds.
We read the book Cloud Dance by Thomas Locker. This book is a very poetic story about different kinds of clouds. It explains different weather clouds, different seasonal clouds, and even different colored clouds! The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and we were able to recall the different kinds of clouds and when we have seen them in our own lives. The children are doing a great job remembering which clouds are dry clouds and which ones bring snow and rain. After reading, we took a trip outside to do some observation. I explained to the children that science is a lot about observation and that observation is going out and seeing things. We spent a few minutes talking about what kinds of clouds we saw and then the children got to work drawing them. When we were finished observing, we came back in and looked at the different clouds in the book to figure out which ones we saw outside. Then the children copied "Today I saw Stratus and Cirrus Clouds. These clouds are flat and wispy" onto their papers.
This was a fun way for us to integrate Science, Art, and handwriting all in one!
Today with our big buddies, we learned about our school's new sister school, the Sayulita School in Mexico. http://www.prosayulita.org/projects.aspx?status=new.
We looked at a power point that Dr. Frey sent us showing what Mexico and the school look like. We discussed how the school looks similar to ours and how it looks different. We also talked about the different things that we have in our school like smart boards, TV's, and computers and the fact that they don't have walls or air condition! The big buddies and little buddies worked together to put together a letter and picture of us and the things we do at school to send to the Sayulita School when Dr. Frey goes to visit later on in March. Each big buddy wrote the letter and the little buddies and big buddies worked together on the pictures. They did an awesome job! These will serve as our introduction to the students at the school.
After lunch, we had the opportunity to go visit the Science Fair at the church. The 3-5 grade students have been working very hard on Science projects over the past few weeks and this was a great opportunity for them to showcase this hard work! The students LOVED the dioramas of the solar system, electricity projects, and volcanoes! It seemed like we were in a museum! The children did an excellent job and I think it was great for our students to get to see the hard work that our older children have done and also to get to see how cool the projects turn out!
We did a lot of fun things today! I really do love when learning can be so fun :)
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