Open House

What a wonderful evening! The students were fabulous hosts and were excited to share their learning with you. Please remember you are always welcome to spend time in our learning community. Just send me an email with some times and dates that work for your schedule and I will confirm a time!

Planting

We planted lima beans and are trying to sprout potatoes. The children are noticing changes and recording their observations.  We are learning about the function of plant parts.

LivBits- What is your message for the world?

 The children enjoyed meeting Liv for Livbits and learning how she uses a variety of media platforms to share her ideas and messages. This program was another in our series to showcase student leaders. Each of the students chose a book and created their own "Bit" to share.  These are available to view on your child's SeeSaw account.

Here is a link to some of Liv's work

http://www.thelivbits.com/videos.html

SeeSaw App

Have you checked your child's seesaw uploads?  Seesaw is a great app that provides a platform for the children to share their projects through video. Please let me know if you did not receive the information in your child's backpack. Most recently, the children shared their LivBit book talks and their coding project with the beebots in the learning center.


Seesaw is a digital portfolio that gives you real-time glimpses into your child's school day. Seesaw helps you stay in the loop and gives you an opportunity to support your child's learning at home. ... ∙ Available anytime on the web anytime at: app.seesaw.me.

Maple Sugaring Trip

We had a wonderful time at the Ipswich Wildlife Sanctuary. The maple sugaring program supported or study of plants and trees. It also supports the economic standard of producers and consumers. It was fun to think about what products we grow or produce in New England (lobsters, apples, pumpkins, maple syrup) and what products we consume from other parts of the world (bananas, oranges and nuts). The highlight of the trip is toasting the trees with a taste of maple syrup. Our thanks to the Hamilton Conservation commission for supporting this trip.

Observational Sketching

As part of our study of plants, the students completed observational sketches of a variety of fruits and vegetables. Our discussion focused on what part of the plant was edible.