Building an Anemometer!

We have been working on building an anemometer (wind meter) as part of our weather unit.  More pictures below and in the photo gallery.

EXPO is Approaching!
Our Spring Expo is Thursday, March 30 from 5-7pm.  Is is important that you arrive on-time at 5:00 PM because we are planning an all class presentation. These are the full grade level presentation times:
5:00 - 5:30 Grades K, 3, & 6 
5:45 - 6:15 Grades 1, 4, & 7 
6:30 - 7:00 Grades 2, 5, & 8 

Home Reading Book Bags
Send in your home reading book bags this week so I can get new books out for students.  If you do not send yours in I will contact you to see what's up.

Snacks
I've been surprised about the number of sugary, cookie-type snacks that are coming in.  I know different families have different views about this, I have found that healthier, less sugary, snacks tend to help kids stay focused in class.  Please send your student with healthy snacks.

Email a Picture to Ms. Reader!
A2STEAM students have a chance to “get caught” reading during March is Reading Month. Simply take a picture of your child reading their favorite book and email it to Ms. Reader (reader@aaps.k12.mi.us) to be added to our community Get Caught Reading Wall.

Did you know Room K-3 has a twitter feed?
You can view it here, it is also linked on the right of this page.

Curriculum Overview
PBL (Project Based Learning) Weather Project - We are finishing up our anemometer and getting ready to present our learning at EXPO!

Math - We are learning about bar graphs, line graphs, and tally charts.

Literacy - We are reading fiction books where weather causes problems for the characters, ask your students about It's Mine and Dump Truck Dash.  Take a look at the screen shot of a story arc we created during a lesson below.

Writing - We are revising and publishing (checking spelling, editing, making it the best we can) our writing about weather.

Word Study - After noticing the th blend in words like THunder and weaTHer students are studying the th, ch, and sh blends.

We created this story arc to track how weather creates problems in fiction books.

Send in your Home Reading Book Bag this week.

We have been working on building an anemometer (wind meter).