We have been reading excerpts from Tom Sawyer the past few weeks. Today we began comparing and contrasting character traits based upon both their dialogue and actions. While maintaining our social distancing, students held discussions as they analyzed portions of this week's text.
In science, we started a long-term observation lab where we set up a mini-ecosystem today and will place composting worms in (red wigglers) on Wednesday. The goal is to observe how nature "recycles" items such as leaves, left over food waste, and even paper.
After studying the Iroquois and their Rabbit Dance, students got into groups and creating a dance that honored an animal they felt early Native Americans could have created a dance for. We performed these dances on Friday.
In P.E. this year we will work on a variety of different units that helps students become educated in different sports and skills. We are starting off with disc golf. Today we learned the basics of a backhand and a forehand throw. Each student found a "target" around 20 yards away and worked on accuracy. Next, we learned some techniques for throwing the discs a further distance.
