HomeroomI'm starting a new homeroom activity called Community Focus. The goal of the activity is to highlight how we work, play, and communicate with each other throughout the day. It gives us a change to focus on one community skill and reflect on how we use it throughout the week. This week our Community Focus was: How are you creating space for everyone to be themselves? We had a lot of conversations about how we fill rooms with our different personalities. Some of us can easily fill a room while some of us struggle to do that or don't want to do either. We also talked about learning when it's time to speak up and share our ideas and when it's time to listen. As always we take the time to think about how other people might experience the world differently than we do and we have to be mindful of that when we talk to people. What's Coming Up in OWLThis week we started our conversation about puberty. We went over a lot of terms and definitions. If your kids haven't read through the puberty section of "It's Perfectly Normal" I recommend they do so this weekend. MathMonday: Book Work Day Tuesday: Word Problem #14 Wednesday: Number Talk #7 Thursday: Book Check Day Friday: Game Day! Project TimeThis week we spent the bulk of our time learning about cells and tissues. Student conducted individual research on the different types of cells found in our body. After that we focused on learning how to use a microscope and looking at different types of tissues found in the human body. This culminated on Friday when the 1st and 2nd graders visited us to learn about what we've been exploring. They are also studying the human body and it was a great opportunity for the 5th and 6th graders to share what they learned about microscopes and cells. The class did a fantastic job talking to the younger class about their experience. I'm extremely proud of them and the maturity they demonstrated with the 1st and 2nd graders. They were great role models. On Thursday we had our first guest speaker come in to share their experience in the medical and health profession. Jessica gave a talk on epidemiology and how diseases spread through a population. Students were given an event were a illness presented itself and they had to figure out the cause. It was great to watch them explore a real life scenario while they applied their knowledge about biology and math to solve a problem. We have a few more guest speakers lined up to share their experience with the class. To see the scheduled of speakers check out the front page of this website. Questions to Ask Your ChildIn 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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