2nd Grade: Read outloud Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon. Then, everyone diagrammed a bat using Excel. We compared bat parts to human body parts. Bats are the only mammal that can fly! For more bat information checkout http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/ .
3rd Grade: Discussed the history of the compass rose. Originally, the compasss points were not N,S,E,W. The compass points were named from the winds.
The students read and followed directions in order to draw a symmetrical compass rose using KIDPIX. More compass rose information at http://pages.prodigy.net/pizzabagel/CompassRoses_Links.htm
4th Grade: Read the interactive Living in Space website with partners. We learned how to design a space station.
5th Grade: Continued researching explorers and recording findings using the readwritethink.org online timeline. We practiced using multiple texts and recording the main ideas.
5th Grade bilingual: Continued researching the CAUSE and EFFECTS of volcanoes. Information is gathered using books, encyclopedias and Internet. Using Kidspiration, a mind map is created. Then, notes are turned into a paragraph writing piece.
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