Lower Elementary Newsletter - February 27, 2015

February 27, 2015

Dear RiverRun Families,

 

We were all happy to see our classroom pets.  Thank you to Nathaniel and his family for taking care of Lizzy and to Ava and her family for caring for Hopper and Moss over break. 

After writing a description of their favorite dinosaurs, the children sculpted clay dinosaurs.  Once all the children are finished they will show each other their work and descriptions.

Our worms are well feed.  It is our hope that they reproduce quickly.  We need more worms to breakdown all the scraps we are giving them.  We have been weighing our compost prior to adding it to the worm bucket.  Sometime we weigh the scraps in kilograms other times we weigh in ounces.  This is a great way for the children to visually see what a portion of food looks like in both kgs. and oz.

This week we continued our study of our Earth.  We talked about the mantle and the crust.  I used a piece of foam pad to represent the mantle and rocks for the crust.  After this demonstration we talked about the tectonic plates and the different types of movement on Earth. The first type of boundary between tectonic plates we discussed was divergent boundaries, plates that move apart.  An example was the Rio Grand Rift.

During Spanish lessons this week we learned how to ask each other what the date is and how to respond up to the number 15.  We continue to practice all we have learned as we greet each other in the morning.

Upcoming Dates:

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