Fox Kit Community: Highlights of the Week 1-17-20

Hello families,

This week we went to see the HS Theatre students who have been working on a theatre-for-young-audiences play called "Fairy Tale News". It was so funny and silly. The high schoolers did a great job. We loved the show!

We did some sound experiments in our PBL work. We've been passing around different percussion instruments during morning meeting to see lots of different ways we can produce different sounds. We used tuning forks to really experience the vibrations that create the sound waves that we hear. Then we looked at some slow motion videos of cymbals and drums to see the vibrations and what happens when their sound is produced. We also made a kazoo in 3 different ways: with tin foil, saran wrap and waxed paper. We noticed the change in the sound of the kazoos based on the material used and each decided which one we liked the best.

In math we worked in station groups to practice some of our skills as we wrap up this unit: skip counting, find 10, true/false equality representations, story problems and combinations.

We continue reading non-fiction during reading choices and read aloud. This week we practiced making our reading smooth and lively, telling a partner about what we learn in the book, and thinking about the key words or vocabulary in the book that helps us learn about the topic. In reading groups we are beginning to write some of the things we learn from the books we read. Together we have read Seasons of the Year, A Tree for all Seasons, and Martin's Big Words.

We added more to our non-fiction teaching books this week too. We wrote in twin sentences to give an idea and then say more. We used writer's carrots to add in missing words to make our writing even better. We also paid close attention to our illustrations, making at least one diagram with labels while focusing on the size, color, and shape of what we needed to draw to teach the readers about our topics. We also continue to add words to our word wall to help us in our writing of these common words.