FRIDAY...We continued with Harcourt's first chapter in math. Today's lessons focused on comparing, which lends itself to comprehension and reading skills. The students are all voracious readers, and love the books in the classroom library. But how much detail do they really soak up from those books? That is the true test of a good reader.The math and reading connection keeps the kids on their toes, making them very aware of the details of every chart, number, and graph they see on their math book pages. This helps in retaining information that they will need later on when problem solving and reviewing.
We also began our journey into science today, with a huge topic...THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The kids loved the first part of this series of lessons, which was about stars, hydrogen, super novas, and how they made the universe (and every living thing in it) possible. The very real video footage of the very first hydrogen bomb being tested surprised the kids, especially when it was explained just how much hydrogen was needed to level a huge field of shacks and old autos...just enough to fill a balloon.
We will be continuing our lessons on The Solar System next week, when we review what we saw on Friday. I'm hoping the homework wasn't too taxing, and helped the students review what was learned during the week.
Good job this week, students! Enjoy your long weekend and I'll see you on Tuesday!
2 comments:
Thanks, Kristina. I think Darren really enjoyed the first week of school. He was explaining the whole SuperNova thing to me and of course, I was secretly wishing that he wouldn't have any questions for me! THANK YOU!
Oh, you're more than welcome, Judy! Time to brush up on your astronomy...like I am!
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