Dear RiverRun Families,
This week the children have explored
air pressure, suspension and deposit of particles, magnetism, and density. Demonstrations are available on the science
shelf for the children to manipulate and observe. After experimenting, the children record
their observations on science note pads.
As part of the Cosmic Story Lesson,
we are reading creation stories from different cultures. The children have noticed that many of the
stories involve giants, gods, and some sort of violence. Many of these gods kill each other or what
they created, over disagreements on how the world should be. We made connections between the stories and the action packed Cosmic Story; how there were spinning
particles in cold dark space, explosions occurring from the spinning and colliding particles,
how earth was a hot unsettled planet of volcanos and the long dance of the hot
particles rising to cold space and then falling back down to Earth and
eventually cooling.
The whole class has been working on
the Parts of Speech. Those new to the
class have been working with the noun family (nouns, articles and adjectives)
and the remainder of the class has been creating sentences with their spelling
words and symbolizing the different parts of speech. Cursive lessons continue for all. The emerging readers have been working hard
every day as the new readers work on fluency.
The big news in the classroom is
that we now have a full-time assistant.
Rachel Cira started yesterday and will bring a great energy to the
school. I want to thank Ruth, Fatima,
and Niti for their efforts in filling this important position.
The children continue to work on
their Long Houses. Rachel will be working
with the children in small groups of two or three to complete this labor
intensive project. Most of the children
will also be bringing home the wampum belts they have made. I hope that they show you their beautiful
works and are able to give you a little bit of the history behind the belts.
Enjoy the
beautiful crisp fall weather,
Amy
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