In Religion class today, we talked about Lent. We talked about the season itself, how it begins on Ash Wednesday, and the three facets of Lent (prayer, fasting, and almsgiving). We made a giant prayer and almsgiving chain that we will be using in our classroom throughout Lent. We then made a Lenten calendar that you can do with your child throughout the season.
In Language Arts class, we wrapped up the story I'm a Caterpillar. We reviewed r-controlled er, ir, and ur words, contractions, and our sight words. We choral read our story before taking a test on it. We also reviewed helping verbs and practiced using them in sentences. Finally, we worked in our literacy centers.
For a little extra work, we looked at the life of George Washington. We completed a Scholastic News magazine on him and read a biography about him. Next, we wrote facts we learned about his life and added them around a craft of Washington.
Then, it was time to celebrate Valentine's Day. We had lots of fun partying and learning. We used candy hearts to complete a graph. Each student was given a cup of hearts and had to graph them. After graphing them, they colored in their graphs and then answered questions about their graph. Here is a sample graph:
Next, we completed a science experiment using candy hearts. We predicted and then experimented with whether the hearts would sink or float; they sank. Next we let hearts sit in water, soda, and vinegar to see what would happen.
For the party part, students played roll-a-love-bug and then passed out their Valentine cards. Their bags were quite full by the time they were done.
Have a great night. Just a reminder that tomorrow is Gym class!
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