![]() Career day was a success! Students had a great time dressing up in their careers of choice. They also enjoyed presentations by a professor, an architect, and a fashion designer! Special thank you to Ms. Roula( Rafaella's Mom) for volunteering her time to speak to the students about her career as a professor at the American University of Dubai. The students also had a surprise visit from a real fire fighter and we got a fun photo sitting on the truck. Afterwards the students enjoyed shopping at a pretend Market. They earned tickets and were then able to use their tickets at the market to participate in different activities and buy goods such as stickers, juice and even donuts! Check our photos below.
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In KG2B last week students designed and built bird houses. We gathered information on the needs of birds in the U.A.E and designed a house that would accommodate those needs. We also looked at the problem of predators and developed sketches of our model to solve this problem. We observed which materials would be best suited. The students engineered their houses independently and I am so proud of their finished products!
Check out the photos below to see them working collaboratively with their group members. Science Standards covered in this activity : Standards covered. K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. K-2-ETS1-2. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. K-2-ETS1-1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. ![]() Suggestions on how to help a reader that makes mistakes.... Her # 1 tip WAIT! Don't correct mistakes immediately. Let them get to the end of a sentence and see if they catch the error. If they don't, ask them to think about the sentence. thisreadingmama.com/correcting-reading-mistakes/ ![]() In reading students have really been enjoying learning all about plants. By listening to the read-alouds in this unit students will acquire a fundamental understanding of the parts of the plants and how they grow. They have been learning what plants need in order to grow and stay alive and have also been introduced to the concepts of the life cycle of plants, pollination and photosynthesis. This basic knowledge about plants will lay the foundation for a broader understanding of ecology and the interdependence of all living things. As a class students enjoyed planting our very own garden outside our classroom. We are growing cucumbers, basil and flowers. How can you help at home? You may review the following new vocabulary words with your child plant, soil, photosynthesis, pollination, fruit,evergreen, deciduous, roots, petals, crops, year, survival, hero, cycle, bare. Comprehension questions: Questions you may ask your child at home to review the topics are: Name the parts of a plant. (roots, stem, leaf, flower, seeds) How does each part function? What does a plant need to survive? (nutrients, water, air, sunlight ) How do plants make food for themselves ? (photosynthesis) How does the plant life cycle begin? ( from a seed) For further review let your child watch these great educational, child friendly videos on the topics of plant parts and the plant life cycle and pollination: ![]() visit www.casdubai.com
A video on pollination, click below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=txv2k7OoY7U ![]() It's a new year and we have started Chapter 5 in Math- Addition. In this chapter, we present addition situations that represent adding to and putting together sets to find the sum- the total, or how many in all. Right now we are focusing on adding within the number 5. Next week we will move on to adding within 10. Students can represent addition through multiple ways, with objects, using fingers, mental images, drawings, acting out situations, verbal explanations and equations. The vocabulary covered in this chapter are: add, is equal to, plus, and pairs. In class we use many concrete objects to practice adding such as cubes, figurines, and counters. Experience modeling sums with concrete objects is an important part of learning to add. Children will rely less on models as they build an understanding of addition. Here is a website for students to practice their addition: www.softschools.com/math/addition/learning_addition_for_kids/ Check out some photos of the students working hard at addition! :) |
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