Lately we have been learning about chain reactions and cause and effect relationships. The students have been writing fiction and non-fiction stories that include chain reactions and have recently started creating Rube Goldberg machines. Yesterday we made a plan for a machine that will help us with a simple, daily task. Students have created a plan in their journals. Next week, we will be starting to build our machines. If you have extra materials around your house that we could use, please feel free to send them in with your child. Some of the things we are looking for include: cardboard, paper towel rolls, wrapping paper rolls, dominoes, old marble tracks, old train tracks, old hot wheels tracks. Please ask your child about their machine! We will be presenting our Rube Goldberg machines during our Celebration of Learning on Friday, March 6th. Parents are welcome to come in to our classroom between 11:30am and 12:15pm on March 6th to see what we have been learning!
Upcoming field trips:
A list of field trip dates for the rest of the year will be available on Monday, February 24th. So far we have two confirmed trips. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these, please email your child's teacher.
Wednesday, April 1st - Leighton Art Center (all day)
Wednesday, May 13th - Kamp Kiwanis (all day)
Reminder:
No school Thursday, February 13th
No school Friday, February 14th
No school Monday, February 17th
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