Lower Elementary Newsletter - February 13, 2015

2/13/15

Dear RiverRun Families,

 

To follow up on our visit to Union Collage, we’ve been working with three different types of volcanic rocks; obsidian, pumice and basalt this week.  We’re getting a close look at these rocks to see how they feel and also see if they sink or float; watching air bubbles as the rocks rise to the surface. 

We’re also writing up descriptions of our favorite dinosaurs.  After we return from break, we’ll use these descriptions to mold dinosaurs out of clay.  The classroom’s dinosaur books are good resource for our research.

Joel Tirado, introduced to us by Corinna (Arielle and Dylan’s mom), helped us set up our very own composting bin.  He explained how the process works and provided us with a pound of worms.  We are weighing our fruit and vegetable scrapes daily for the bin.  We’ll have to exercise a lot of patience because it will take a long time for our worms to process these scrape.

Spanish with Jessica is so much fun!  We have learned how to ask each other where we live and several ways to say good-by this week.

Water colors of ancient sea lilies were put into your child’s folder today, perfect for the Silver Graphics fundraiser.

Hasta Luego,

Amy and Rachel

Upcoming Dates:
February 16-20 – No School (Winter break)

March 2-3 – No School (parent-teacher conferences)
March 11 – Picture Day
March 12-13 – No School (AMS conference in Philadelphia)