- Engineering Inspired by Nature: Over the past several weeks in science we have explored the question “How do animals’ bodies and behaviors help them survive?” As part of this unit, students learned about adaptations such as claws, horns, and shells that help animals to protect themselves. This week students will learn what they know about animal adaptations to design a safety item that would help to protect a human. We have building supplies such as cardboard, tape, aluminum foil, and fabric scraps available. Students are welcome to bring in other materials on Tuesday or Wednesday to use for building their inventions. Please do not send anything sharp or breakable, but students may appreciate materials such as paper, plastic wrap, Styrofoam, small plastic or cardboard containers, or other craft supplies, depending on what they plan to make. You can send supplies for your child’s specific project or for the class to share; just make sure your child knows the plan for the items. We will do all of the building, testing, and rebuilding in class and develop our understanding of how engineers create solutions and solve problems. The prototypes will be on display for the Discovery Fair.
- Please sign up for Spring Parent Teacher Conferences here
- Webber Discovery Fair: Webber’s annual Discovery Fair is scheduled for Friday, March 8 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. This family event is a celebration of science, technology, and the arts. This year’s Fair will include a student art show, live animal exhibit, LOCS Robotics teams, Lego projects from Brick It Up, a kids’ workshop, make and take projects, an engineering challenge, and more! Your child is invited to participate by submitting an individual Project of Discovery; entry forms came home this week. RSVPs are not necessary. We’ll see you there!
M.I.R.M. Dates:
- 3/4 - Dress like a Pirate Day (students will be given eye patches)
- 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27 - Wacky Wednesday Bucks for Books - $1 donation recommended (see calendar)
- 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29 - Friday Read In's (send in a beach towel)
- 3/29 PJ or Dress like a Pirate day (students are given a pirate themed snack)
Important Dates:
- 3/8 - Discovery Fair
- 321 & 3/29 - Half days for students
- 3/21 & 3/26 - Spring Parent Teacher Conferences
- 4/1-4/5 Spring Break
Learning This week:
- Writers will...
- fix up pieces for publishing
- make anthologies
- begin writing book reviews
- make comparisons in book reviews
- create a class book review
- Readers will...
- make a plan for their reading
- get help when they need it
- think about the story to problem solve
- think about what kind of word would fit
- have a read in - bring a beach towel
- Mathematicians will...
- explore representing data
- organize categorical data
- use stair steppers to represent data
- look at data with 3 categories
- collect data
- In phonics we will...
- continue to practice the ou and ow vowel teams
- investigate oo vowel team
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