Peregrine Press
February 22-26
Schedule
Monday: Art
Tuesday: Out and About (making solar ovens)
Wednesday: Art and PE at Pacific University
Thursday: Music
Friday: Fitness Friday
Last Week
We wrapped up our solar system unit last week with activities based on the phases of the moon and seasons. The students acted out the different phases of the moon, how the seasons happen and what day and night, and a year look like in small groups. The students also used bagels with cream cheese to represent the phases of the moon. We watched a fascinating movie on the Mars Rover to finish up the week! This unit went by very quickly, but I was very pleased with how focused everyone was and the amount that they all learned. The other main focus for the short week was the Treasure Book. Students have all been writing their sloppy copies and will soon be turning those into very nice rough drafts after editing and revising.
Thursday we met up with our ELC buddies again and did things a bit differently. The little buddies told stories to the big buddies who wrote them down. This coming week the big buddies will type up the stories and then when we return in another week they will do some illustrations together that go along with the story. We also got to play out in their very cool play yard. Some students created an obstacle course that turned out to be quite fun for everyone. The All School Meeting was full of many different announcements and the class did a great job of being a respectful audience. We followed that up with Fitness Friday at Central with Gretchen's class. It was fun to do that together-seeing so many kids exercising together is always a great site!
This Week
We are returning to a full week this week. Students will be starting a new unit on energy called "PowerHouse." It is a great unit that will teach about renewable energy with great hands on experiments. In the coming weeks students will be creating solar ovens, using mini-solar panels, getting electricity from lemon juice and learning about a variety of other ways to harness energy and use it without harming the environment.
Students will also be working on their treasure books. I would like their sloppy copies turned in to me by Wednesday so students can start editing and then start writing their rough draft. The rough draft will look almost as good as their final draft so they will need to slow down and put even more effort into that stage than the sloppy copy. From what I have seen so far, these books are going to be great!
Upcoming Events
*Celebrations of Learning: March 3rd 5-6:30 (This is an open house type event where you can come check out things that have been going on in the classroom and the school. Please come!)
*No School March 12th
*Final Draft of Treasure Book Due March 15th
*Spring Break March 22-26
**Garden Club is on Fridays after school and we would love to have more students involved. If your child is interested they can pick up a permission slip from me. We really want to get this going!
**We are out of pencils. We have noticed that Ticonderoga is a brand that doesn't seem to have as many problems with sharpening so if anyone can donate that brand in particular that would be great. I am also happy to have students bring in their OWN mechanical pencils that they can keep in a small pencil pouch with them throughout the day. The room is constantly cluttered with broken pencils, and I am willing to try letting students have their OWN pencils if that would mean less trips to the sharpener and less of a pencil wasteland on the floor. If they do use mechanical pencils they will need to have their own lead refills.
February 22-26
Schedule
Monday: Art
Tuesday: Out and About (making solar ovens)
Wednesday: Art and PE at Pacific University
Thursday: Music
Friday: Fitness Friday
Last Week
We wrapped up our solar system unit last week with activities based on the phases of the moon and seasons. The students acted out the different phases of the moon, how the seasons happen and what day and night, and a year look like in small groups. The students also used bagels with cream cheese to represent the phases of the moon. We watched a fascinating movie on the Mars Rover to finish up the week! This unit went by very quickly, but I was very pleased with how focused everyone was and the amount that they all learned. The other main focus for the short week was the Treasure Book. Students have all been writing their sloppy copies and will soon be turning those into very nice rough drafts after editing and revising.
Thursday we met up with our ELC buddies again and did things a bit differently. The little buddies told stories to the big buddies who wrote them down. This coming week the big buddies will type up the stories and then when we return in another week they will do some illustrations together that go along with the story. We also got to play out in their very cool play yard. Some students created an obstacle course that turned out to be quite fun for everyone. The All School Meeting was full of many different announcements and the class did a great job of being a respectful audience. We followed that up with Fitness Friday at Central with Gretchen's class. It was fun to do that together-seeing so many kids exercising together is always a great site!
This Week
We are returning to a full week this week. Students will be starting a new unit on energy called "PowerHouse." It is a great unit that will teach about renewable energy with great hands on experiments. In the coming weeks students will be creating solar ovens, using mini-solar panels, getting electricity from lemon juice and learning about a variety of other ways to harness energy and use it without harming the environment.
Students will also be working on their treasure books. I would like their sloppy copies turned in to me by Wednesday so students can start editing and then start writing their rough draft. The rough draft will look almost as good as their final draft so they will need to slow down and put even more effort into that stage than the sloppy copy. From what I have seen so far, these books are going to be great!
Upcoming Events
*Celebrations of Learning: March 3rd 5-6:30 (This is an open house type event where you can come check out things that have been going on in the classroom and the school. Please come!)
*No School March 12th
*Final Draft of Treasure Book Due March 15th
*Spring Break March 22-26
**Garden Club is on Fridays after school and we would love to have more students involved. If your child is interested they can pick up a permission slip from me. We really want to get this going!
**We are out of pencils. We have noticed that Ticonderoga is a brand that doesn't seem to have as many problems with sharpening so if anyone can donate that brand in particular that would be great. I am also happy to have students bring in their OWN mechanical pencils that they can keep in a small pencil pouch with them throughout the day. The room is constantly cluttered with broken pencils, and I am willing to try letting students have their OWN pencils if that would mean less trips to the sharpener and less of a pencil wasteland on the floor. If they do use mechanical pencils they will need to have their own lead refills.
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