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Monday, March 28, 2016
Thursday, March 17, 2016
The high school musical ensemble came to visit the Early Elementary today. They performed several songs from "Aida!"
We listened to the soldiers sing...
...and the princess!
We heard some amazing voices...
...even from the evil character!
The entire cast was so talented! (One of the BUGS said the last song made him cry a little!)
Get your tickets today to see "Aida" this weekend at the high school PAC...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
In addition to learning about landforms and bodies of water, we've also been learning about the processes that change and shape our land. Today we had some hands-on experience with wind and water erosion and we thought about ways to prevent it!
Grant, Keagan and Naomi make landforms. Then they used straws to create a model of wind erosion!
Students found evidence for various kinds of erosion and learned that some changes take thousands...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
This week we are studying words that have "-tch", "-dge" or "-ck". The BUGS are learning WHY these letters are in each word (this really helps them to spell ALL words that follow the pattern, not just words that they practice this week!)
Can YOU explain why there is a "t" in a word like "patch" or "catch" or "itch"?
How about the "d" in "fudge" or "dodge" or "edge"?
Finally, do you know why we include a "c" in words...
Thursday, March 3, 2016
We are learning about Earth in our science unit, in particular the processes that shape the earth and what land and water looks like on the planet. We studied key terminology on landforms and bodies of water and then we put our new knowledge to the test by making them!! We used salt dough to make landforms and construction paper to make our own version of earth, including bodies of water!
Devin is referring back to his notes on landforms...
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