The Lower Grades started their new math block this week meeting four gnomes that must find the Secret of Numbers to break an enchantment cast upon them. We reviewed basic numeral formation, Roman numerals, and the concepts of odd and even numbers. The students enjoyed being able to tell if a number into the millions was odd or even! Next week, we will spend more time with both addition and subtraction and work on discovering the secrets and math facts for both operations.
The children wet-on-wet painted a mountain scene and also drew another mountain scene with block crayons while we worked on layering colors. For clay modeling, we turned our spheres into cubes and then into boxes. It takes patience and dexterity to create sharp corners for both cubes and boxes using clay. Hats and flute cases are on our knitting needles, and knitting is a popular free-time activity. During creature feature, the children met a turtle and a bearded dragon, each having a turn to feel the dragon. All the children touched her, and were impressed with how her skin actually felt. We also enjoyed nature study with some creek time on a warmer day as well as time in the garden this week.
The rain seems to be here to stay and the cold isn’t gone yet either. Please send your child with boots, raingear and extra clothes daily. Each child has space in the shed to store extra items, so feel free to send them in to be kept at school.
Our Fundraising event is Saturday evening, March 9th. Please consider buying tickets and attending, and bring friends if you’d like! We are a small school, so all parent participation is helpful, needed and deeply appreciated! We are also sponsoring a Media Lite talk in March 22nd at 10:00am. We’d love a solid parent turn-out for that event as well! It promises to be an informative and positive session to help us all tame that media monster!
Warmly,
Melissa
