News for April 23This week the students started a special project. As part of our pioneer unit, the children made objects out of clay. Darryl, who is a gifted pottery artist, taught the class about how to use clay to make a plate and a small bowl. After they are dry they will go into a 1000C kiln (oven). In about two weeks, the students will glaze (paint) their plates and bowls.
The class learned the cursive letters p, s, o, h, k.
The students worked in groups to finish their pioneer village. They made a movie showing the model of the building they researched and reporting on the information they learned. This movie can be found at the end of this posting.
In math, the students started the unit on motion geometry. They learned about how to move around on a grid (up, down, left, right) and how to move an object (turn/rotation, slide/translation, flip/reflection).
The students learned how to "cork". This is a type of knitting using a wooden spool with 4 pegs on top. Pioneers would make these by hammering nails into the top of a used spool of thread.
The children used charcoal to make an illustration to go with their pioneer stories. The charcoal we used was made from willow tree sticks that have been burned.
The students worked with a partner to begin to design a map of a modern village. This is prior to our discussions on the things that are the same and those that are different between a pioneer village and a modern one.
The students set up a science experiment to watch lima beans growing. We will be observing these next week.
The children learned about the life of a real cat named, Dewey Readmore books who was a library cat for 19 years. They wrote about how they knew Dewey liked being a library cat and we saw a video of him in the library. You can watch this video at:
Here is the video of the pioneer village building projects.
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