HomeroomWelcome back to school. We're off to a great start. We spent a lot of time in homeroom talking about what it means to be a learner and a community member here at SK. Students brainstormed what that means using a chalk talk. You can find their ideas on the Learning and Community Expectations page on this website. During curriculum night next week on Thursday (9/12) I'll be asking you all as parents to come up with some expectations as well. During curriculum night we'll also go over what students will be learning this year and how that will happen. Students also learned to use the Mood Meter to help them build their emotional vocabulary. We'll be using that to as a tool throughout the whole year to build their social and emotional intelligence. MathIn math this week we focused on creating dice games. This is a great way to get back into thinking about math because it's super fun and engaging. Students started by playing Yahtzee and then spent sometime creating their own games. On Friday students shared their games. It was really fun to see them using both their creativity and math knowledge. Project TimeWe started our project on Michigan Ecosystems. Check out the project page to learn more about the specifics. This week we focused on how to identify organisms. Students learned about flow charts, tables, and dichotomous keys. They practiced creating keys by making one for five random objects around the classroom. On Friday we collected leaf samples from County Farm Park to ID and make keys for next week. Questions to Ask Your KidsIn this section I'll try and give you a few questions to ask your kids to see what they learned this week or some of the ideas they were forming.
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