Monday, April 22, 2013

What's going on in Room 13?

Science:
This is the perfect time for studying plants!  Everywhere you look there is green to be seen.  Students participated in a flower lab last Friday and saw first hand the different parts of a flower. 

Learning targets:
- I can describe plant parts and what they are used for.
- I can explain the different life cycles of plants.
- I can explain how to use a Dichotomous key to identify things.

Some ways to help at home:
- Go on a nature walk and compare different plants (leaves, stems, flowers).
- Grow a plant at home and observe the different stages of a plant.


Social Studies:
We have been studying current events the past few weeks.  Now that students have had some experience reading different news articles and picking out the main idea, they will create their own news stations and report the news!   This week will be spent working out the details of how they want to run their news station. 

Learning targets:
- I can describe the main idea and details of something (i.e. article, news story, event)
- I can identify and describe the functions of various non-fiction text features (i.e. caption, heading, table of contents, index, etc)
- I can participate and and make positive contributions when working in a group.

Some ways to help at home:
- Watch or talk about the news at home.  Discuss why it is important and reasons why people watch the news.
- Discuss different topics that can be covered on the news (i.e. sports, weather, local, national, etc)
- Discuss various events and the 5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why)




 
 

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