A Blizzard of Learning

 

We had another packed week of learning and discovering.  The children did a lot of group work and independent work as the week progressed.  We had Monday off so that was a nice little treat.  The rest of the week we went through our Wonders, Reveal, Amplify curriculum and preparing for International Night.  

Wonders:

We are at the end of the 3rd Unit in Wonders.  The children have been working together and completing assignments.  They collaborate and participate in daily conversations.  The children read stories, work in the reading/writing companion and work on vocabulary.

The children have access to the focus wall all week long so they know exactly what we will cover throughout the week.

Reveal:

We have been working on division in Unit 7 of Math.  The children are learning about equal groups, partial quotients and remainders.  The children love to pair up and show what they know and explain their work to others.  Collaboration at its finest happens in our room.  The children enjoy pairing up and learning from each other.  

Amplify and International Night (Social Studies);

The children have been researching Bolivia and getting ready for International Night.  We began a new unit in Science titled Vision and Light.  We are learning about the rain forest and why some animals are diminishing in the habitat.

They have been spending the afternoons working within their group to do the research on Bolivia.  Some groups are working on Geography, others on the food, important people and festivals to name a few.  They are also working independently on travel brochures and country reports.

Virtual Learning:

Today (1/26/26) the children participated in distance learning thanks to all the snow we got this weekend.  It is not the ideal situation for learning but I think that most of them were able to join and participate.  It is good knowing that we won´t have to make it up in June.  It is not the ideal learning situation but it worked for the most part.  I hope we will not have many more days like this, as I truly feel it is better to be in the classroom , but the weather is out of our control.  Hope everyone stayed safe and warm and that the children were able to get the assignments completed.