HomeroomThis was a short week because of our trip to Howell Nature Center to take part in the Global Village program. The program focused on learning about how resources are distributed around the world and who has access to them and who doesn't. Students did a lot of role playing. This culminated in them being split into different group based on different geographic locations. At group had a different set of resources. Some had extra and some didn't have enough. Students then had to negotiate with each other to get the necessary resources for making dinner. This led to a lot of great discussions on what it's like to live in other parts of the world. MathMonday: Because of the short week we spent all of our class time working in our books. Tuesday: On Field Trip Wednesday: On Field Trip Thursday: Book Checks Friday: Game Day. This is our last game day that everyone will received no matter what progress they made in their books. Starting next week access to game day will depend on the book goal we set this week. ScienceWe worked on three activities in science this week. The first being the completion of our forest poster project. Students spent a lot of time researching different forests around Michigan and turning that research into a poster. Part of the process was creating a series of drafts to think about how the information would be displayed. If students didn't finish their posters they were asked to take them home for the weekend and turn them in on Monday. Students also started the 4th Spotlight Lesson. The topic covered was biodiversity. We discussed what it is and why it's important to an ecosystems health. These lessons will continue next week. Lastly, we started preparing for our second park visit to Huron Meadows Metropark. Students started working on their Park Visit Sheet. Before we visit each park students are asked to research the types of ecosystems they might see, list a few species they might see and how to identify them, and create some learning goals to see if they can connect what they're learning in class to what they're seeing at the park. We also worked a little bit on how to read trail maps. We'll be visiting the park on Thursday next week. Make sure they come to school on Thursday prepared to take a walk in the woods. Questions to AskIn 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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