SKG Weekly Updates November 17-21,2014

Theme-Sharing the Planet.

Unpacking the first line of inquiry.

Students are learning about the characteristics of plants.


Students learnt about "the parts of a plant" through videos and books.

Students will learn about the function of roots and stems.


We are scientists! Students are doing different experiments in class and making predictions.



Making little saplings for each child is fun! Students learnt the process of planting.


Students began working in the OIS Community Garden Project




Learning about the lifecycle of a plant.



Literacy and Math integration with the unit
  • Literacy integration-
Sequence the pictures of the lifecycle of plants.
  • Math integration-
Students maintained a plant log daily and recorded the growth (measurement) of the plant.




Math-

Students learnt to create a pictograph of their choice.

Measurement:
Students learnt the tools they can use to measure things.

Students learnt to measure things using a non-standard units of measurement.

Students worked on Estimating the number of objects in a container.


Literacy-
Students learnt new vocabulary.


Making meaningful sentence using no excuse words.


Science Journal-Students are writing their observations and predictions.

Students learnt to read, draw and write -i family words through pictures, stories and videos.


Students are reading and listening to read -aloud's everyday.

Role plays


Show and tell