Weekly News 1-23-26

 Weekly News for 2-P 1-24-26

     *Thanks for sending coats, mittens, hats and boots, plus indoor shoes daily! *We are in need of clorox cleaning wipes for desks/high touch surfaces in the room.

*In math we finished unit 6 with two days of problem solving, both one step and two step word problems. Then we did lots of review and practice with subtraction strategies. We finished the unit 6 test on Friday and will hit unit 7 next week - measurement is up next!

*We enjoyed our field trip to the Maine Maritime Museum. The kids loved seeing the Chris Van Dusen exhibit and enjoyed learning about old ships and how cargo is transported from place to place.

*We continued our force and motion unit with an investigation about the patterns of motion exhibited by a trapeze. In the activity, “Trapeze Tester,” students built a model trapeze. They made observations and took measurements of the motion of that model and used that data to predict the motion of a real trapeze. Then in our next investigation, “What Can Magnets Do,” students explored the surprising properties of magnets and experimented with an invisible force that acts at a distance. In the activity, “Magnet Discovery,” students used ring magnets and common objects to discover the push and pull of magnets and how magnets attract certain types of metals. The magnets were a big hit!

 

*In writing workshop we worked on descriptive writing. Students chose a place to describe and brainstormed sensory details to describe this location. Our grammar tie-in was adjectives so students got lots of practice coming up with interesting words to help the reader picture their chosen place. 

*Our focus was on dipthongs (oi, oy)  in spelling this week. During our phonics time we practiced the /aw/ sound and different sounds /ea/ and /a/ can make in words like bread and water. . 

*In Go2 Science we went along with Curtis and Beth as they investigated a very interesting animal on the way to La Loberia! They found a feather floating in the water, but we had to wonder if it was really evidence of penguins? On Thursday’s livestream they explored the Rookery on San Cristobal Island as they searched for evidence of penguins. Along the way, they find a creature that sneezes salt! We are fascinated by the sea lions in this mission. 

Magnet exploration

We loved making a magnet float