9/9/15
- Friend of the Day- getting to know our classmates through picking out a name from a hat and asking that person questions about themselves. Students create an individual page for the Friend of the Day that is put into a book that the Friend of the Day takes home that afternoon.
- Question: What is a seed?
- Collect information from students about what they know or think they know about seeds
- Read the book Seeds and add to our chart of what we know about seeds
- Record additional questions we have about seeds
- Exploration: Observing and diagramming a lima bean
- Introduction to Scientific Method:
- Explain observation, hypothesis and conclusion.
- Use these terms to make a hypothesis (as a picture with labels in “Seed Journal”)
- about what will happen to dill seeds planted in eggshells with one wet cotton-ball and one dry cotton- ball
9/14/15
- Friend of the Day
- Spanish: Introduce days of the week and the current month
- Seed Study:
- Read aloud How A Seed Grows
- Revisit scientific method
- Demonstrate what happens when you dip a finger in dishwashing liquid and then into a bowl of pepper
- Create a hypothesis about what might happen with other types of soaps (shampoo and regular bar soap)
- Test hypothesis
- Plant Kidney beans in jars with damp paper towels
- make a hypothesis in journals what will happen to the beans/how they will grow over time
9/16/15
- Friend of the Day
- Spanish
- Seed Study:
- Read Aloud Seed is Sleepy
- Graphing
- Taking surveys of favorite ice cream flavors, animals, etc.
- Modeling how to show results of survey on a bar graph, students create their own graphs
9/21/15
- Friend of the Day
- Spanish
- Seed Study:
- Read Alouds- What do Roots Do? How do Flowers Grow?
- Mystery Science video: students get a “plant card” that tells them what conditions their plant grows best in. Students decide where to plant based on information about sections of a garden given in video.
- Area and Perimeter:
- Model how to find the perimeter of items in the classroom with objects in the room (popsicle sticks, marbles, crayons, etc.)
- Students find items in the room to measure (glue bottle, table, book, etc.) the perimeter using these items and record findings
- Model finding perimeter using square grid paper--counting sides
- Finding area by counting number of squares on the inside
- Students design a play area for their pet on square graph paper and record area and perimeter
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