Self-Portraits

We read a book about Vincent VanGogh called Camille and The Sunflowers. It fit right into our planner about communities because the story was about how people did not like Vincent because he was different. This lead straight to the activity where we create our own self-portraits and notice how wonderful all our differences are!! I had a meeting in the office and noticed these mirrors and thought what a great way to show our reflections. Since I couldn't carry them all, the whole class snuck into the office and carried them upstairs. The class was noticed by several teachers because of they were being so principled and everyone was helping each other!

AAAAHHHHH Testing!!

It's true we are testing on Fridays! The Soaring Pilots did a great job being respectful of each other, raising their hands when they had a question and being risk-takers when they got a tough question. The tests will come home in the Tuesday Folders. Please take a minute to go over the work with your child. Discuss their strategies for solving the problems and review problems that are incorrect. I have been known to make mistakes when grading!! If you have a question or notice a mistake please return to my attention.

Habitats

We have discovered that there are many types of communities including animal communities. We spent some time researching about different types of habitats in small groups. Next, we had to teach the rest of the class about it. Did you know that there are cold deserts and three different kinds of grasslands?