Almost Spring Break!

I would like to thank all of the families who came to family night and donated materials to our disaster kits. Our disaster kit is almost complete for auction! Today we made models of volcanoes to show when we present our projects.

Yesterday we assembled our raised planter boxes. In addition to having raised beds, we are digging up the soil in the back so we can amend it with gypsum. We are finding the work to be very difficult due to the very rocky, clay-soil we are dealing with. If any families have a pickax, we could surely use one!

In writing, we are drafting our persuasive essay about making a change at our school. Right now we are looking for evidence to support our reasons. Don't be surprised if your child starts coming up with some convincing arguments for what they want! We have been practicing doing just that. Ask your child what issue they are writing about. They have so many great ideas on ways to make our school better.

In math this week we made fraction kits. Fraction kits are a great way to see the relationships that exist between equivalent fractions. We played a game called "cover up" where we rolled fraction dice and added the number we rolled to our one whole. The object of the game was to see that one whole can be made up of many different sized fractions.