This morning we reread Listen to the Wind, the story about a man who helped a small town in Pakistan build a school. After that we read the responses from Mrs. McBride's questions that were posted as an earlier blog challenge. We discussed why Dr. Greg shared his story and believes that education is so important to help the world. We thought about ourselves and our school. Everyone made a quilt square that shows: our name (written as fancy as we’d like), our school, our favorite subject to learn about, someone special in our school, and a way that people help each other here. Even though our schools and kids here are different from children in Korphe, we want to learn and work hard to do so. We also have special people who make our school a great place to learn and grow.
During math, we reviewed using inch rulers. Everyone chose a partner and had to search around the room for objects that were 1 inch to 12 inches in size. Stephen thought that finding smaller stuff was harder than finding bigger stuff. Arlo kept on finding objects that were about 3 and 6 inches!
We had art today. We started making pictures of funny faces called caricatures. The way that you make one is by drawing a really big head and a really small body. Then, you choose a silly face. Nancy made an angry face on a body that was the size of a mouse! Sasha made a happy face with a very big mouth. Her background was outside. We think we will finish working on them next time.
We talked about tomorrow’s trip to the Museum of Natural History. We finished looking at all of the exhibits that we are going to see on the interactive map. Then saw a few minutes of a video that showed some of the dinosaur fossils there. We talked about the rules and expectations for our trip. Safety is SO important! Everyone understands and agrees that we need to be by our assigned adult’s side for the entire trip. We will only touch things that we are told we may touch, walk quietly and slowly to learn and observe the objects around us, and do some great thinking! After our discussion, we worked with partners to record some of our wonderings or questions about things at the museum.
Hunter/Eesha/Nancy: Why is it called the Museum of Natural History? Is there a section about monkeys?
Amanda/Adam/Sasha: How did they get the blue whale there? How big is it?
Jacob/Lauria: Where did they find the dinosaur bones? What are the animals stuffed with?
Stephen/Emma: What is the biggest dinosaur? How many dinosaurs have been discovered?
Victoria/Dylan M.: Why are dinosaurs extinct?
Meghan/Drew: How old are the dinosaurs?
Sarah/Dylan: How many bones are in the big blue whale?
Dylan A./Anthony: Where do the things in the museum come from?
**Please remember to have your child wear his/her SOCES t-shirt or a red shirt on the trip and pack a bagged, disposable lunch as well as a small, quick and easy snack. Additionally, in order to be fair to all of the children, no one is allowed to visit the gift shop during our time together at the museum.
Parents, I will be forming groups based on the response forms that I received last week. Please alert me of any changes. Chaperones may meet us at school and follow the buses or go directly there. Remember to ask about discounted parking and admission for accompanying school groups. We should be arriving at the Museum of Natural History around 10:00 a.m. Thanks!
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