Weekly Summary January 11-15

During the week, students have been excitedly reading 'Number the Stars' anxiously waiting to see what happens next.  While reading this classic story, we have been practicing our lit circles roles which begin next week.  In science, students have been learning about the properties of matter: mass, weight, gravity, density, buoyancy, conductor, insulator, and volume.  We've also been reading and discussing the early settlements and colonies of America and thinking about what motivated the first Europeans to come here.  Finally, students have begun the writing process for their opinion essay.  We have some great opinions students are eager to argue, such as: the existence of big foot, Hallmark Holidays should/ shouldn't be celebrated, we should get rid of the February and April vacation and replace it with a single vacation in March, hunting for sport should be made illegal...just to name a few!

On Friday, our class began their art project with the 'Artist in Residence' program.  They will be making finger puppets and we began molding the heads for these yesterday.  Next week they'll move on to painting their faces.