Tomorrow we should begin our vermicomposting adventure. The worm bins are seeded with food waste, damp newspaper and shredded coconut husks. The students are amped and the worms were supposed to have been mailed yesterday by Priority Mail. I'm sure you'll get all the info you need from your student!
This is the last week for most students that spelling will come home on the pink sheets. After this, students will be working on individual vexing words and students will test each other on Fridays. For some students, spelling will continue as it has.
Today was a busy day (they are all, aren't they?). We added food to one of the worm bins, finished our people posters (all but three or four students are DONE!), returned to working on our All About Books (we read with partners trying to make sure we had facts not feelings in our books) and we participated in a survey in math. I showed three different ways to display the information gathered in a survey and tomorrow the students will have their own chance.
As we are headed to OMSI on Thursday and studying Australia, we have begun talking about the Great Barrier Reef. Today the students had a chance to hold some coral ad we talked about coral reefs being a live object. This was something I didn't fully understand until a few years ago. We talked about the things that we can do keep coral reefs healthy, as well.
Ask your student about the zones of the ocean. Today we talked about the fish that live in each zone. The fish in the abyssal zone had little bodies and BIG mouths!
Have a great Wednesday!
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