Science Scoop and other November News

We've been busy learning about the three stages of matter and physical and chemical changes the past few weeks. One of the ways students demonstrated their understanding of physical and chemical changes was by classifying picture cards as a physical or chemical change on the whiteboard...

The class conducted experiments to create physical and chemical changes such as a gummy bear physical change experiment. Students measured a gummy bear, then predicted what would happen when we left it overnight in a cup of water. Our prediction that it would grow was absolutely correct! We measured it to see just how much it grew...

In language arts, we completed our unit on nouns. One activity we did was go on a noun scavenger hunt and record if the nouns we found were singular or plural...

Another hands-on activity involved sentence strips and elbow pasta that we used to represent apostrophes. Children determined if the possessive nouns were singular or plural and where to place the apostrophe, then recorded their answers...

In reading, we've begun our Molly's Pilgrim novel study, including using student made "lapbooks" to do reading comprehension activities. Our novel study is being integrated with a Thanksgiving unit. We've been reading books about the Mayflower voyage, Plymouth Colony, Pilgrims, and Native Americans. We'll be taking a virtual field trip to tour the Mayflower, Plimoth Plantation, and a Wampanoag village using the Smartboard and record what we learn as well as examine Native American artifacts such as jewelry, musical instruments, and a model bark canoe. Mrs. Nussbaum's reading group has been practicing reading fluency and comprehension doing reader's theater. We were  excited to watch their fairytale they presented using Popsicle stick puppets...

Speaking of Popsicle sticks, the class has also enjoyed using Popsicle response sticks during our reviews before tests...

  Happy learning!