March Beginnings

Here are some pictures to check out what we've been doing at the end of February and beginning of March. 

Students created replicas of Solomon's temple. 

70+ degrees meant that we did Social Studies outside at the picnic table (and on the swings and the playground). 

A windy, chillier day made creating our Hooverville a challenge. 

Students get inventive with tying blankets to the trees. 

Residents of the Hooverville enjoy their dinner from Miss J's soup kitchen. 

Once the house was finally made, students relaxed and read for a few minutes.

Math Videos 90, 91, 92, 94, and 95

Lesson 90: Reducing Fractions

Lesson 91: Simplifying Improper Fractions

Lesson 92: Dividing by Two-Digit Numbers

Lesson 94: Using Estimation to Divide by Two-Digit Numbers

Lesson 95: Reciprocals

Math Video 86: Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers

Here is the math video for Lesson 86: Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers.

Sugar Crystals, Dinosaurs, and Rudyard Kipling's "How the Elephant Got Its Trunk"

Our sugar crystals grew quickly!

Some students enjoyed eating them more than others. 

David vs. Goliath play

Inside Out and Backwards Day

Our Elephant Child talks to the giraffe on the smartboard.

The sneaky crocodile hides under the "mud" in the river. 

Students used their knowledge of coordinates to create complex animal pictures. 

We studied dinosaurs, including ones mentioned in the Bible.

Cookie Project, Budgeting, and Creating Soil

As we finished up our last full week of January, the students completed a unit on economics (except for Tuesday's "Cookie Project") and began a science unit on rocks, minerals, and fossils, including creating their own soil today. 

Students partake in a problem-solving scenario in math class.

We learned how to use store circulars to hunt for deals.

Our Scholastic bonus points earned us 15 free books this month! 

Students taught math lessons and checked each others' work. 

doing "whiteboard work" in math

Today, we worked at creating our own soil from humus (living materials) and broken rocks. 

Students pose by their Cookie Project fliers.