We will have a chance to practice appropriate behavior as community members attending a performance in a special public setting and expand our quality world in the performing arts. On the morning of March 4th, we will attend a performance of CIRCO COMEDIA in the beautiful Mt. Baker theater. Circo Comedia is a side-splitting comedy and daredevil stunts act starring the fantastic duo of Jean Saucier & Patrick Côté from Montreal. You can read more about it at the Mt. Baker website. This is part of the theater's education series and made more affordable through the generosity of the Wade King family. Each student will need a signed permission form to attend.
Math -We have been solving problems of area and perimeter. As the shapes we analyze grow more complex, our dialogue will lead naturally into more geometry. For example, we have been exploring angles in geometry. Ask you student about right angles, obtuse angles, acute angles. We have been exploring symmetry and the names of geometric shapes, such as rhombus', parallelograms, squares, triangles, etc.
Literature Workshop -
We continue working with non-fiction texts and the students are writing weekly reports that share their learning in expository pieces, using the terms and features of non-fiction texts. We are starting our research work in non-fiction texts, as well. Each student will use organized research tools to answer essential questions on the topics of their choice. They will find information, organize and present that information in a draft report, revise and edit that report, and complete a final to present to the class. To help that presentation be memorable, they will plan and prepare a visual aid, emphasizing specific points in their writing.
Science -
We continue practicing observation skills and identifying properties of rocks. Careful observation and recording of observed properties is one of the most basic scientific skills. Children have a natural curiosity about rocks, rocks are everywhere, and our study will lead us on a small foray into one of the most important ideas of modern science, plate tectonics. As we develop our skill to observe properties, we will use it to sort specimens, just like real scientists, and use our study and observations to identify igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
Social Studies -
We continue to dialogue about the power of choices people make in their every day lives, why people make the choices they do, and how problem-solve when poor choices affects their lives. As we follow Salamanca Tree Hiddle, across the northern U.S. in Sharon Creech's, Walk Two Moons, it gives us a perfect opportunity to make sure we all know what states comprise these United States that we live in.
