Designing Paintbrushes

After studying different kinds of paintbrushes, students drew up possible new paintbrush designs and then constructed one of their ideas.

Hello, keep sending in those warm snow clothes.  This week is Spirit Week and there is no school on Friday.

School-Wide Spirit Week Is This Week
This final week before winter break is a school-wide spirit week planned by the student council.  Here is the rundown:

Monday, December 19th - Hat Day or Crazy Hair Day, your choice!

Tuesday, December 20th - Students Dress Like Teachers/Teachers Dress Like Students!

Wednesday December 21st - Pajama Day - Again!  Your students were really well-behaved with their stuffed animals last Friday, so I am happy to do this again.

Thursday December 22nd - Sweater Day.  The student council didn't want to call it holiday sweater, or funky sweater, just sweater. 


Curriculum Overview
Science - We have been studying the design, structure, and function of different paintbrushes (visit the Room K-3 Photo Gallery and our twitter feed to more).  Last week students constructed a paintbrush.  This week they will evaluate their model by painting with the brush they created.

Reading -  We have been reading fairy tales as part of our Project Lead the Way unit on structure and function.  Ask your students about The Three Bears, and the The Little Red Hen.  This week we will also read Gingerbread Man fairy tales and compare and contrast different versions.

Writing - This week students will attempt to write and type a sentence about their paintbrush into Seesaw.

Math - This week we will learn about weight.  We also have been playing greater than and less than poker.

Word Study - This week we are studying the -ing word family (ring, sing, swing).  We will also examine how -ing can be used as a suffix.