Las matemáticas
We had a lot of fun celebrating the 50th day of school this week. We are counting all the way to 50 by ones, tens, and fives. We also worked on number bonds in several different ways this week. The number bond turkeys are just one way to represent this concept.
Painting an Native American sunset scene
History & Geography
Wampanoag bags
This week we finished our unit on Native Americans. The students drew pictures to complete our class chart and to identify shelter, food, and clothing of the Wampanoag. On Friday we took our assessment and had a mini “appanaug”. We made butter to go with our cornbread and also had local honey and clams. The class had fun making a Wampanoag woven bag out of paper.
Making butter!
Our objectives this week were:
• understand that Native American still live in the United States today.
• identify the environment in which the Wampanoag lived
• understand how the Wampanoag tribe lived
• identify the Wampanoag as a settled tribe
• describe the food, clothing, and shelter of the Wampanoag
Let the “feast” begin!
Science
This week in science we learned about our sense of taste. The class learned about the different specific types of tastes: sour, bitter, salty, sweet, unami (savory), that we receive from our taste receptors. We used our “appanaug” feast to try out our different types of taste. Each student worked on their own sensory book. We also watched a short science video on taste.
Our objectives were to:
• identify the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch
Working on our senses book
• demonstrate understanding of the sense of taste
• identify the parts of the mouth and their functions
• provide simple explanations about how we taste food
Specialists:
Character Education with Ms. Jennie We have focused on the theme of gratitude, thankfulness and being content this month of November. We made a Thankfulness Book where each kid illustrated little pictures of things they are thankful for. We read a great book called “Those Shoes” about a boy really wanting a new pair of trendy shoes, but his family not having enough money to buy them. Our quote is “The best things in life are not things” and we talk about what this means. We are also reading the funny poem “The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven” by Jack Prelutsky. In December, we will set up our Giving Tree for Share so please look for it in the hallway and consider purchasing a gift for someone in need in our community!