We talked a lot about our teeth this week. The students learned why we need teeth and how to take care of them. We talked about the bacteria in our mouth and why we need to brush our teeth. We used eggs to simulate our teeth. Vinegar acted as the bacteria eating away at the enamel (shell). After 24 hours, all of the "enamel" had dissolved away, exposing the softer layers of our teeth. The second egg simulation involved soaking the egg in cranberry juice overnight. After one day, we could brush the juice slime off of the "tooth", however, after the second day, the egg was stained.
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I was not at school on Tuesday, because I was attending training. I am happy to report that it was a very successful day and I learned a lot of new information to bring back to the students.
I also learned about Symbaloo to help streamline information for parents. Under the documents tab, our classroom Symbaloo includes information about May Howard and SCCPSS as well as Bright from the Start (they set the learning standards for GA PreK). There are links to Scholastic Reading Club, a zeemap showing locations we "travel" so we can learn about our world, our daily schedule, and list of volunteers. There are a few online games and reading lists you can check out as well as math and literacy resources from the Illinois Department of Education. I hope this helps! Feel free to e-mail me if there is anything else you would like on the Symbaloo. :) The students learned about volume in the most age appropriate way I could think of...by measuring water. The activity was supervised, but not teacher directed. I was close enough to listen to their conversations and ask questions, but I did not impede with their explorations by showing them the "right" way.
It was fun watching them make their own discoveries. "It's so quick to fill up this white one because it's so small." "If I put all of this in, it will overflow. Watch!" "It takes too long to fill the big cup up with the spoon. I need something bigger." Their observations may seem simple and obvious to adults, but the students thought that they were breaking new ground in mathematical concepts. Or maybe they were just having fun and didn't even realize how much they were learning. On Friday, students created a groundhog burrow, predicted whether or not he would see his shadow, and graphed the results. One of our parents even sent in shadow/no shadow cookies for the students to enjoy after verifying their predictions. What a fun way to end our week!
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