April, Is that You?

It's no joke...we've actually made it to April! Now if only the weather would catch up to us :) That said, we have been as busy as bees in here! This time of year brings along new units of study and renewed energy. This week has been no exception with a visit from Stony Brook, the start of our Persuasive writing unit, and an introduction to geometry.

Here is a little peak at what our week looked like:

Stony Brook
During science we have continued learning about organisms and their habitats. We have planted our seeds and are watching them closely to see the first sprouts! As we learn about habitats we focus on the habitats that are found here in Massachusetts including ponds, meadows, and forests. We will get to explore all of these during our upcoming field trip to Stony Brook.

This week we had a visitor from Stony Brook come to our class and teach us a little more about the habitats we would get to visit on our field trip. We learned about the animals that live in each of the habitats and we even got to meet a little friend.

Brainstorming about habitats...

 Working in groups to draw habitats found near us...

Sharing our posters with the class...

 And finally, making a new friend...

 Persuasive Writing
Today was our very first day learning about how writers write about their opinions and try to persuade or convince others with their writing. We started by judging our very own collection and deciding which item in our collection was our  favorite.  We started an anchor chart to help us think about how to judge fairly and how to give reasons for our opinion. The children just love this unit of writing. They get to show and tell about something that is special to them and they get to try to persuade others of their opinions! Day 1 was so much fun!

Judging our collections...

Geometry
We are learning all about 2-dimensional shapes during math! This unit is so hands on...the children really enjoy it. We will learn how to put shapes together to form new shapes and take them apart to decompose larger shapes. Children will learn how to use attributes to describe different pattern block shapes. We will look for and  notice shapes in our environment and learn language for comparing various 2D shapes.


Fill ins...

Games...

So glad you stopped by to learn more about our week! 

Enjoy the long weekend ahead and Happy Easter if you celebrate!