{"id":767,"date":"2016-04-07T11:43:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/?p=767"},"modified":"2016-04-07T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:43:32","slug":"week-of-april-4-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/2016\/04\/07\/week-of-april-4-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of April 4 – 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week of April 4-8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kindergarten:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

New unit: “My Earth”<\/p>\n

Kindergartners are investigating some of Earth’s materials. \u00a0This week they explored soil. They observed what was in soil using a magnifying glass. \u00a0They found some interesting stuff like: twigs, rocks, bugs, worms, grass, clay, etc. \u00a0Ask them about it.<\/p>\n

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First Graders:<\/em> <\/strong>\u00a0Missed this week they were on a field trip. Can’t wait to see them next week to start new unit: “Animal Life”.<\/p>\n

Second Graders:<\/strong> <\/em>\u00a0Missed this week they were on a field trip. \u00a0Can’t wait to start next unit with them on “Plant Growth and Development.<\/p>\n

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Third Graders:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The students demonstrated comprehension of how animals are classified into groups (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds, and insects) according to specific characteristics. \u00a0They enjoyed playing a card game where they had to place various animals into the correct group.<\/p>\n

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Fourth Graders:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The students demonstrated comprehension of why we have seasons by creating a model to show the reasons Earth has seasons( tilted on an axis as it rotates, revolves around the sun, and the amount of direct\/indirect sunlight received).<\/p>\n

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Fifth Graders:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

New Unit: “Animal\/Body Systems<\/p>\n

The students were introduced to what a system is. \u00a0Then they participated in a “Chew and Swallow” activity that is part of the Digestive System. \u00a0They were asked to get paper(food) into a straw(esophagus) to the balloon (stomach). \u00a0They had a blast trying to do this and discovered many things. \u00a0The paper needed to be ripped (chewed) into very small pieces and water (saliva) helped to take it down the straw.<\/p>\n

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Week of April 4-8 Kindergarten: New unit: “My Earth” Kindergartners are investigating some of Earth’s materials. \u00a0This week they explored soil. They observed what was in soil using a magnifying glass. \u00a0They found some interesting stuff like: twigs, rocks, bugs, worms, grass, clay, etc. \u00a0Ask them about it. First Graders: \u00a0Missed this week they were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gruczl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}