March 31st

 

March 30th

 Today we explored moving on a scooter. We thought about how much force did it take to scoot across the rug, how long did it take, and was it easy or hard.

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Monday 29th

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Today the children began exploring with forces and interactions. The children created beautiful books about things that can be pulled and pushed.

March 26th

 

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Today we created a fish in it's habitat as an informal assessment of what we learned as we explored the life of fish.

We created a list of questions and scientific drawings with Dr. T. also about her presentation about fish.

March 25th

 

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Today we read a wonderful story about a garden. We connected it with the gardens we have outside of our classroom. We are weeding and watering our gardens each day to help them grow and stay healthy.

March 24th

March 23rd

 Today we welcomed spring. The children made beautiful spring flowers out of community paper and we spent lots of time weeding our garden outside of our classroom too!

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March 22nd

 

Today we read a wonderful story about an exclamation mark. The story helped us think about and explore when and how to use punctuation when we are writing and illustrating. 

The story helped us think about how punctuation can help us tell our story too.

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March18th

 

Today we read a wonderful story about kindness and friendship. Later we wrote a persuasive piece about why it is important to be kind and share with others. 

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The children did a wonderful job of writing pieces about why it is important to share.

March 17th

 

March 15th

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Today we explored persuasive writing. We wrote about why we care about fish and how important it is for others to care as well.

Today the children worked on details for their paper mache fish and enjoyed a wonderful story about a goldfish who helped Norman learn about care and responsibility.

We watched a great video about a unique fish, a carp and how it helps to keep the water clean in Japan. Here

March 11th

 

Today we explored marshes and swamps. Both of these habitats have lots of fish. We learned that swamps and marshes have different types of water. Some have fresh water and some have saltwater. Lots of different types of birds live in both of these habitats.

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March 10th

 

March 9th

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Today we were cartographers. The children had fun identifying land and Lake Champlain. Later they created a map key of some of most common fish found in Lake Champlain.

March 8th

 

Today we started our new writing theme of persuasive writing. Persuasive writers..

1. Think

2. Write

3. Draw

4. Share

We are exploring ideas of what is important to us and how we can persuade others to join our idea.

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March 5th

Today we read a wonderful story about what the habitat is like under the water in a lake. The children then created a 3D habitat. Many of the children identified that some of the fish and animals are part of a food chain. Wonderful scientific thinkers in kindergarten.

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March 4th

 

Today we explored the different features that freshwater fish have. We explored the different patterns fish have and how this helps identify the type of fish too.

We explored what an aquarium is and what it offers to people.

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March 3rd

 Today's Inquiry Challenge:

March 2nd

 

Today we explored the different types of pollution. This helps us understand what causes pollution and think about ways we can not be so wasteful.

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March 1st

 Today we began our new exploration of fish. We are learning about the features of fish, their special adaptations, life cycle, and the difference between salt water and freshwater fish.

We are thinking about reasons why we need to care for fish and how important it is to keep our water clean for fish to live.

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