We were so excited to welcome back all the children after a long and restful vacation. We now know that all the kids and their families truly enjoyed the break! We certainly did too!
Mrs. Martin had a wonderful time in Ohio, spending time with family and friends. One highlight of her vacation was getting snowed in and watching her two kids play in the snow with their cousins!
Mrs. Rosen also had a great break! She spent her time here in New York, with family and friends as well! One highlight of her trip was taking her girls to Manhattan and playing with them in Central Park. Lila, her three year old daughter, thought everyone was waving to them all day long! (They were really hailing cabs!)
Room 13 came right back to school ready to catch up on each others lives and work hard.
Math
We are wrapping up our fourth unit in math...Bar Modeling! Through this new experience our goal was to expose the children to the art of drawing the correct Bar Model for a word problem. Our mathematicians learned to:
1. Read a word problem
2. Draw the bars
3. ? ( decide are they solving for a part or a whole)
4. Plug in the data
5. Solve the problem
6. Explain the solution in words
Phew! That is challenging work for everyone! Next up....Introduction to Multiplication and Division!
Poetry
We are also finishing our second writing unit on Poetry. Our writers were truly immersed in this unit. By utilizing poetic elements such as similes and metaphors, personification, repitition, and word choice, children enhanced their already amazing poems. Students then further explored their creativity by utilizing the white space to present their poems in a fun and creative way! We are looking forward to our second Writer's Celebration, sometime next week.
Scientist of the Week
Lauren was a whirlwind this week as our most recent Scientist! She demonstrated to the class that a tornados form when warm, moist air from a thunderstorm meets cooler, dry air which then creates a spinning funnel cloud or vortex. We were truly enthralled in her experiment. Thank you Lauren!
Video up...Lauren creating a tornado!
Dear Team Marsen,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the posting of your latest blog post - it is AWESOME!! I am so impressed by all the work you are doing and loved hearing about your teachers spent their break with their families - sounds like a great time. I really enjoyed learning about bar modeling and I understand it much better now! I also cannot wait to see your published poems - I know they will be AMAZING!
Keep up the great work - I am so proud of you!
Sincerely,
Mr. Sinanis
Awesome experiment Lauren! You did a wonderful job. A very professional presentation :)
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Lauren! We're so proud of you! Such a wonderful audience, too! Big thanks to Team Marsen for getting the video online!
ReplyDeleteLauren's Mom & Dad