This geeky writing teacher had so much fun with your kids today. We focused on peer revision, offering feedback on a “fake” story that I wrote. I wanted the kids to practice offering specific feedback (thinking about things like sensory
Art: Ice Spheres
Sorry for the late update, but this past week the Quarks read a charming story of mischievous Curious George wreaking havoc on the ski slopes and then we decorated ice spheres. First we sprinkled some (or gobs) of salt on top and
Art/Drama: Pictionary & Butterflies
We started with a game of pictionary. We used cards from our charades game. It was largely way easy but fun and silly. We then explored symmetry by drawing one half of a butterfly on orange paper. A friend then
STEM: Creative with Math?!
Yesterday we got creative with math! Whaaa?? Each student received 4 identical shaped and sized isosceles triangles (at least two sides are the same length). Our first challenge was to see how many different shapes they could make where each
Math/Science: Catching Snowflakes
Today we started off talking a little bit about how snowflakes are formed and how they are each unique shapes. We attempted to use black construction paper to catch and investigate the snowflakes. The fact that it wasn’t snowing didn’t
Art: Name Creatures
In art today, the Neutrons and Electrons crafted creatures out of their written names. They folded a paper in half lengthwise, then wrote their names on it. Some kids chose cursive writing, some bubble letters, and some printed letters. Then
Math/Science: Snow Volcanoes
Today we made…snow volcanoes! Everyone created an individual volcano, and then we made a rainbow volcano together as a group. These kids impress me so much with how well they work as a team. Once half the Neutrons were freezing
Gym: Sled Relays
The snow was a bit too powdery for snowballs today, so we substituted dodgeballs for target practice. The kids did a relay race to knock all the cones over with the balls instead of snowballs. Next they relay raced pulling
Writing Workshop: First Drafts
We continued writing first drafts (aiming for 6, but at least 4…narrative, expository, persuasive and 3 genres of their choice) & sharing. Next week will be the same, then we are going to transition into choosing a favorite piece to
Science/Math: Winter Trees & Pinecones
Winter trees was the theme of our last science class. We started off by chatting about what happens to trees during each of the four seasons. The students got to color a sheet divided into four quadrants (each one having