Learning About The Human Body

Students created paper diagrams of the human body.

We’ve been learning about the human body in class and it has been really interesting and exciting for both the students and myself.  Ask your students about bones and the parts of the brain!

Schools Closed for Special Election Next Tuesday, May 3rd
Ann Arbor Schools will be closed next Tuesday, May 3rd.  The city is holding a vote on a Special Education Millage Proposal.  AAPS encourages all district families to participate and vote.  More information about the proposal can be found here.

Seesaw Learning Portfolio
A2 STEAM has been using an app called Seesaw in the primary grades to create a digital portfolio of some of the work your student does here at school.  A flyer showing you how to access your child’s work went home in student folders today.  When you access your child’s portfolio you will see many photos and videos going back to the fall.  Items tagged with green were created in Room K-3.  Some of the first items you will see reflect our current study of the human body.  You will also see work tagged pink from Sr. Steuer’s Spanish class.

Blue Book Bags
If you haven’t already, send in your child’s blue book bag so I can send out new books to read at home.  Also, thank you for helping them with their homework each night, I sent the March homework back with notes of encouragement because I really appreciate the work you do at home.

Curriculum Overview
Science - We are in the middle of our unit on the human body.  Students have been learning about bones, muscles, and the brain.

Math - This week we will work with fractions.  I will also introduce students to a function machine where one number is inputed and another number is outputed based on a specific rule.  For example if the function is ‘minus 2’ when you put in the number 10 you get back the number 8.

Literacy - We are reading books about the human body to support the learning of our Project Lead The Way unit on the structure and function of the Human Body. 

Writing - Students have been writing about what they have learned about bones and muscles.

Word Study - This week we will go over some more complex word families and look at how words are spelled with the oo and -ould sounds which can sometimes be confusing.  We will also study some initial consonant blends like pr- tr- and dr-.

Partnership Reading