Monday, December 6

 Hi parents,

Today was a great Monday, and a bit more interesting than a typical Monday too.

In the morning, the students had gym with Ms. Brown, wrote in their journals, and started to practice this week's spelling words. Mostly we just talked about the words and did a 'pre-assessment' to figure out which ones each student may need to work on. The thing with sight words is once you've got them, you'll never forget, so there are probably a lot of words this week that students have already mastered. 

The afternoon was when things got especially interesting. Students were tasked with using thermometers to measure the water temperature at each sink / water station at the school. They recorded their findings in tables. I really enjoyed this activity because it was so cool to watch the kids delegating responsibilities within a group, working together, gathering data, and being excited to learn. Maria Montessori would've been proud of Room 4 today!

We watched and quickly discussed this video about why we shiver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzl7NwprVVE

And we ended the day with Music class.

Have a nice night,

Zac