We had a very busy day today. We began our day writing 2 MAP tests. The scores that these differentiated online tests give us, will help us further guide your child learning, and fill in any educational gaps. Between tests we explored different math and language tools. After testing was done, we worked on our ideas writing trait. We started by making a list of things that we wouldn't want to live without. Families, ipads, and candies, being a reoccurring theme. We will use these ideas to write repetitive sentences this week to help our students continue to work towards mastery of writing simple sentences. During our UOI time, we learned about roots and their purpose; holding the plant up, and 'drinking' water. We then cut up a pineapple, tasted it, and peeled the leaves back looking for roots so that we can replant it. This is a trick I learned at a pineapple farm in the Philippines. We are looking forward to seeing if our roots take to the soil. We also learned about germination, and began germinating bean seeds. They are the start of our classroom greenhouse and have been taped to the windows in plastic bags. As scientists, we will be recording their progress and drawing our observations. We will be learning more about the parts of a plant as they grow.
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