This week we continued our study of rocks by creating casts and molds of sea shells.
In Math we have been exploring attribute blocks, categorizing blocks by color, shape, thickness and size.
We have also been working on line segments, including parallel lines.
The students are continuing their practice with the partial sums strategy, this week using base ten blocks as a visual:
This week we celebrated the life and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Each year all the classes at Angell hear the same read aloud in preparation for our all school assembly (which will be held this coming Tuesday). This year we read "I Have a Dream". We also heard some stories from past years this week:
Tristan also shared his Junior Ranger badge from the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site!
This week Amelia celebrated her birthday by showing us a dinosaur robot she built at home!
Amelia's dad came in on Friday to teach us about his job at Ford! We learned a lot about the many safety tests that are performed on cars, as well as new features that make cars safer.
Thank you, Mr. Wu!
This week Tristan celebrated his half birthday by showing some magic tricks!
Illustration by Conrad of our new bird feeder. We have been visited by many winter birds including chickadees, nuthatches, and mourning doves!
Snowy winter fun!
Thank you, Ms. Halabu! Jaye loved learning about car safety from Amelia's dad this week!
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