We've had a wonderful week full of learning here at Rick Marcotte Central School. On Monday, we were lucky to have beekeeper Jen Savas in to our school to teach us about how honeybees make honey and help with the pollination process. We learned that it takes a lot of hard work to make even the tiniest bit of honey. Jen even brought in some samples of her own bee's honey for us to try!
We also had the opportunity to do some more planting of our own with Amy Simone, master gardener. We helped to plant kale and chard in our school's garden. We planted our seeds, covered them with hay and then watered then. Mrs. Simone even watered us :)
We've continued our plant, seed and pollination study during science workshop through new science stations including Like Fruit? Thank a Bee, Plant Parts, What do Plants Need to Grow? and Flower Power. During these stations, students have lots of academic choice. Students can choose what short text to read or video to watch, what kind of questions they want to answer and what activity they want to complete to show their understanding. We've been having a blast! Ask your child about their favorite station!
Save the Date
Our end-of-the-year Poetry Writing Celebration for families is on Tuesday, June 4th beginning at 12:15pm (30 minutes prior to our school picnic). We look forward to seeing all that can attend!
Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
- Using a line plot to show our height
- Color Poetry
- Blackout Poetry
- Writing toy store picture problems
Have a wonderful week!
Kelly
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