Happy Earth Day!

Today we celebrated Earth Day with a visit from Cathy from the Leslie Science Center, who taught us all about reptiles.  Ask your child about the creatures they got to observe and touch. 

Today we also read books about our world, and did something towards caring for it: We all put on some plastic gloves and went out to help clean up litter on the Angell School grounds.  The children were very enthusiastic about doing this good deed!

UMMA Field Trip

We had a wonderful time on our field trip to UMMA.  Thanks again to all the parents who joined us!  Some of the following photos are courtesy of Mr. Stone and Mrs. Brennan-- thank you!

For her birthday celebration, Charlotte shared a beautiful slide show with us about her summer in Greece.   

Personification & Tongue Twisters

Last week we learned about the literary skilled called "personification" where objects or animals are given human-like qualities. We read books that use personification, and talked about examples in movies as well. The students wrote their own phrases or poems using this technique.  We also learned about tongue twisters, which are poems that are hard to say- often because they use alliteration or words with similar vowel patterns.  These were especially fun for the children to test out!

Creating our own Continents

This week the children created their own "mini continents" out of play dough, choosing at least two of the geographical landforms we have learned about in order to do so.  (river, valley, mountain, plain, island, etc).  Today they painted their creations and (hopefully) brought them home to share with you!  Thanks to Jessie's family for lending us all the paintbrushes!

Measurement

This week in math we have been working on measurement.  Students worked in partnerships to compare arm spans, height, head circumference, and long jumps. (That blur at the end is Aya in action!) :)