We wrapped up our gardening project this week by exploring one of the most important parts of a garden--soil! Students learned about what makes up soil -- water, air, organic matter, and minerals -- and spent time observing soil samples from the school grounds. We also learned that the living critters in soil are super important for having healthy soil and healthy plants because they allow air and water to travel through the ground. We read various books that taught us about the importance of earth worms and other critters in the ground, and went on a worm scavenger hunt to see what critters we found in the soil around school!
In E.L.A. this week, students worked on spelling and reading at their individual paces, in small groups and individually with me. In math, we began learning about money through various read alouds. Students observed the different coins -- pennies, dimes, nickels, quarters -- and practiced sorting coins by type and graphing how many of each coin we had. We also practiced adding coins together by holding a mock auction!
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About MichelleMichelle has been a part of the Summers-Knoll community since 2015. Before teaching Kindergarten, Michelle taught 3rd and 4th grade. Archives
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