Hello family and friends,
We have had an eventful week in the Aalva class! Monday our
intern Mr. Rodgerick helped us find giant leafs for a science project. He led
the class in an experiment about how plants get water and nutrients. In order
to show the class how plants soak up water he gave everyone a big leaf, a cup
of water, and red food coloring. Most
plants “drink” water from the ground through their roots. The water travels up
the stem of the plant into the leaves and flowers where it makes food. When a
leaf is cut from the branch it still “drinks” up the water. Coloring the water
with food coloring does not harm the plant in any way, but it allows us to see
the movement of water through the stem and the veins of the leaves. On day one
of our experiment we documented everything we saw by either drawing a picture
or writing words, just like real scientists! We have continued to monitor and
document our findings and cannot wait to see what happens after the leaves have
been drinking water for one week.
Last week we
planted basil inside of eggs shells. We learned that the egg shell gives the
soil lots of nutrients when it decomposes. When we came in on Monday we noticed
that a lot of our plants had started to sprout. Since the plant cannot stay in
the egg shell forever and we want it to eventually decompose we decided to move
the entire egg and plant into a pot. We spent Tuesday decorating our pots with
acrylic paint so it would last a long time. Then Wednesday after the paint had
dried we moved our basil into the pot, added lots of soil, and water the plant.
I hope you enjoy eating the basil we grew. I know the kids are SOO excited to
taste it; they have been talking about it for two weeks!!!
This week we have
had a great time with Morah Devorah learning about Pesach. We have read the
Pesach story and learned about the Seder Meal and the four questions children
should ask at the Seder. Everyone has made a Seder plate and Matzah cover to
take home for Pesach next week. One thing we have done with Morah Devorah this
week is play with Pesach toys. Morah Devorah brought in a HUGE bucket of
pretend Seder Plates, matzah, pretend food and so much more. The kid’s favorite
thing to play was hiding the Afikoman (a half-piece of matzah which is broken
in two and set aside to be eaten as a dessert after the meal). On Friday
instead of having our normal Shabbat party we had a mock Seder. Morah Devorah
decorated a room in the school to look exactly like a real Seder meal. We got
to sing songs, say our blessings, drink grape juice, eat Matzah, and egg, and
parsley and so much more! I know everyone loved the meal and I know they will
be excited to tell you all about it!
Love,
Ms. Michelle
- Show creativity and imagination using materials in representational play.
- Demonstrate increasing ability to identify and take appropriate risks in order to learn and demonstrate new skills.
- Show curiosity in an increasing variety of activities, tasks, and learning centers.
- Demonstrate self direction by making choices among peers, activities and materials.
- Stands up for rights most of the time.
- Responds respectfully to positive and negative feedback from adults most of the time.
- Use classroom materials responsibly, most of the time.
- Show interest in informational texts about familiar objects.
- Make relevant comments or appropriate responses to story events or characters.
- Begin to identify significant words from text read aloud.
- Investigate solutions to simple problems.
- Classify objects in their environment by color, shapes, size or function.
- Integrate mathematical ideas into personal representations.
Decorating pots and planting our basil...
Enjoying our Sedar with friends!...
Learning more about plants with Rodgerick...
We love playing in centers!...
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