Our field trip to Shelburne Museum on Tuesday will mark the beginning of a unit on "Life Long Ago". The children will compare and contrast how life is lived today with life in the past. Part of this unit will also include learning about Hinesburg long ago. If you know of any elders who grew up in Hinesburg and would like to share their stories with our class, we would love to have them visit. Please let us know and we will be happy to work around their schedules. Please make sure your child has warm clothes for the field trip. The buildings at Shelburne Museum are not heated and we will be spending the entire day in unheated buildings that often feel colder than outdoors!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
We are participating in the Journey North Tulip Project . Feel free to click on the link and read more about it. This is another citizen science project that monitors the arrival of spring throughout the northern hemisphere. The children will be planting their Journey North garden on Monday. In addition the children have planted an experimental garden to see whether or not bulbs will grow if planted in unusual ways. Some of their experiments include planting a tulip upside down, wrapping a tulip in paper to see if it will grow, planting the tulip 18" deep instead of the recommended 6", and placing the tulip in paint to see if it will change the color of the flower! Springtime will be exciting this year! We can't wait to see what happens!
In literacy, the children have just about completed their non-fiction text feature books. Next steps will be to use these features to write their own non-fiction books on research they have just about completed on either insects, spiders, owls or bats. It has been exciting to see the enthusiasm of all the children towards their different topics. In this unit, the children have learned how to take notes on the most important information and have used a variety of sources to collect their note facts. Organization of note facts will then help the children to begin writing their books. These books will eventually be sent home for you to enjoy!
On Friday the children will participate in Fun-O-Ween which has been a tradition in the primary wing for many years. Your child is welcome to bring a costume to school in a bag to change into for the afternoon. Please do not send any accessories as your child will need their hands free to participate in the activities. Also please no masks or face paint, just costumes only. We thank you for your cooperation!
Have a great week ahead!