Our principal, Ms. Smith was able to find time in her busy, busy schedule to give our students their honor roll certificates for second marking period. Like me, she was very proud of their hard work! Speaking of awards, Mia S. earned her Xtramath certificate for addition this month. Way to go Mia!
We had some special visitors in our classroom this month. Two Dracut firefighters came to teach us all about fire safety. We learned about the importance of having a meeting place in case of a fire, when to change batteries in your smoke detectors, how to safely get out if there is a fire among other things.
We also had a recycling presentation by “the recycling lady” who works with the company that does the recycling collection in Dracut. She taught the children about the importance of recycling and what can and cannot be recycled. She had a lot of information and was able to answer the students’ questions. The students also made objects out of recycled items in art this month with Ms. Mullins, the art teacher.
We have been working on a special author study model curriculum unit in balanced literacy featuring Tomie dePaola. The students have been learning about his life and his work. Here is an example of one of the activities we did so far in this unit. The students were learning about character traits and had to identify character traits for both Strega Nona and Big Anthony, two of Tomie’s more popular characters.
We studied States of Matter in Science and the class really enjoyed the hands-on science activities we explored together.
The students were put into groups and had to observe and discuss the properties of a paper cup filled with frozen water (ice) colored with food coloring. Then they peeled away the paper and placed the ice into a ziplock bag and we taped it over the heater. When they returned from special, they observed that the water had changed from a solid state to a liquid state. They also observed that the liquid takes the shape of the container. They then decided that they wanted to put it in the freezer again to see what would happen so into the teacher’s room freezer they went. Science is more meaningful when we get both our hands and minds involved!
The students shared their timelines that they created at home as a combination social studies/balanced literacy project. After they shared the timelines, we proudly hung them in the hallway for everyone to enjoy! Thank you for helping your child with this special project. I hope it was a meaningful activity for your child.
Finally, we celebrated baseball’s “Opening Day at Fenway Park” by wearing our Red Sox attire and standing in front of a photo of Fenway Park!
We were all ready for our spring break this past week but we have lots more to learn before the month and school year is over!
I love seeing all the awesome things you guys do!! Nick is having a great year and really learning so much ☺
I love sharing what we do with our families through this blog!
Of course I love to see the science activities they are learning. It looks like they had a blast!
I knew you would! 😉 I love being able to do science experiments with them and witness the excitement in their little faces.
Thanks for the update!!! I love seeing all of the activities the class does!
I do this blog to keep families informed and involved! Seeing the photos can help start conversations with your child. Thanks for checking it out!
Great job students of C-8 Thanks Mrs Riordan for the blog we really enjoy it
Thank you for the praise! The C8 students are working hard!
I really happy to see that ours kids are doing great activities in the school and thanks to Mrs. Riordan who is sharing all these activities on her blog!
I think the class enjoys the activities and are learning a great deal from them.
Great pictures!! Looks like fun.
Thank you! I hope the students are having fun while they learn.
I really love being able to see what the kids are doing and enjoying at school! Keep the pictures coming!
I will keep the photos coming!
Thank you so much I love going on your website and seeing what the class is doing 😊.
Lots of great learning happening every day in C8. With this website, I am trying to keep families informed and involved.