What do you know about presidents?

We worked in groups on a "write around" activity.   We shared what we knew about presidents and wrote our thoughts on chart paper. Each person in turn added their idea to the write around chart.  When we compared our ideas to the poster about what presidents do, we realized that we knew a lot! 

We will be researching presidents on the Pebble Go site and then moving on to 2 presidents in particular - George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We will connect our new learning to upcoming holidays (Patriots Day, Flag Day, July 4th...), units of study (American Symbols) and past learning (MLK).     

There is still so much learning to come and Room 13 is up for the challenge!

 

Welcome Stony Brook!

Ms. Marla from Stony Brook came to visit our classroom on March 31st.  We were really prepared for her visit and eagerly shared our knowledge of habitats around Medfield and what organisms need in their habitats to survive. Go Room 13!  

Ms. Marla brought stuffed animals for us to draw habitats for. We made sure our habitats had food, water, shelter, space and safety. Ask your child which stuffed animal they drew a habitat for - a praying mantis, beaver, mouse, frog or squirrel.  Ms. Marla also brought a real turtle for us to look at!

Exciting News

Did you hear???  We are the proud guardians of 7 baby guppies, possibly more!  We first noticed a pregnant female a week or so ago. We quickly put her in a separate tank and kept close watch. Our guppy friends were born Tuesday afternoon. Here is a picture of 1 baby below. They are quite small as you can see and difficult to locate in the tank. 

Habitat Central

We have found 2 spots in our classroom to house our new pets. The children are really enjoying the aquaria and terraria during free time. They are keeping a close eye on things to ensure our organism friends are getting everything they need in their temporary home. 

Millipede Excitement

As it turns out, millipedes are just as exciting as tales of leprechaun sightings!  Each table had a guard who was responsible for keeping the millipede out of harms way. They are quite the acrobats!

Guppy Thoughts!

We have spent some time learning the difference between writing what you see vs writing facts about what you learned. Here we are writing our observations about male and female guppies. 

True or False?

We have been learning a lot about each organism!  Prior to observing and writing about them, we participated in a true/false activity.  The children paired up with a friend to determine whether a fact about their organism was true or false. Majority ruled when we voted as a class. We then read mini organism books about each critter, confirmed whether our facts were true or false, and wrote facts in our own words. Here are some pictures of our true/false charts and our class voting about each fact.