Libby completed her interactive calendar. She read and discussed her vocabulary words. She finished her calendar talk. She worked on her phonics activities. She put together her daily sentence puzzle. She learned about the habitats of different animals and what they need from their environment to survive.
Teddy completed his interactive calendar. He read and dicussed his vocabulary words. He finished his calendar talk activity. He worked on his Spring sentence puzzle. He discussed the different habitats animals have, and what they need to get from their environment to survive.
Colson designed an earthquake safety brochure that demonstrates ways people can protect themselves during an earthquake. He read the text "Killer Quake" which discussed how earthquakes cause tsunamis. He watched an animation of a tsunami being formed by an earthquake. He answered the follow-up questions.
Chris read about how volcanoes form at divergent and convergent plate boundaries. We analyzed the diagrams and modeled the activity using his desks and some notecards. He answered the lesson questions. We went over how hot spots form volcanoes.
Teddy completed his interactive calendar. He read and discussed his vocabulary words. He finished his phonics activities. He worked on his calendar talk. He continues to learn about
different animals' habitats and environments.
Aiden read the book "Earth" which reviewed the topics of plate tectonics, mantle convection, layers of the Earth, and rocks and minerals. We discussed the concepts.
Colson reviewed how earthquakes happen most frequently at plate boundaries. He read about divergent, convergent and transform boundaries, and analyzed the diagrams showing the focus of each earthquake at the boundaries. We discussed the diagrams. He read about the effects of earthquakes: danger to people and structures, and tsunamis. He listed some of the hazards associated with earthquakes on land and underwater.
PJ read the sections about population growth. We discussed why populations grow and why some don't grow. PJ came up with great reasons for growth and declines of populations.
Libby completed her interactive calendar. She read and
discussed her vocabulary words. She finished her calendar talk. She worked on her phonics activities. She learned more about different environments.
Nico completed his interactive calendar. He read and discussed his vocabulary words. He continued to learn more about the
different kinds of energy and that energy is never lost.