We have been having fun in Grade One! Lets first talk about our Montessori Great Lessons. We first learned about how the Earth was formed. We discussed the layers of the Earth. When it first began to form, the Earth was so hot that it was just made of whirling gasses. As the Earth spun in space it began to cool quickly as its size is so small. The particles at the outer edge became cold and they shrank, huddling together they hurried toward the center of the earth. They then became hot though and as they became hotter they expanded and hurried back toward the edge - the coolness of space. For hundreds of million of years this dance continued. Finally, the particles cooled and settled down. The heavier particles sank to form the core, the lesser particles formed the mantle and the lightest particles remained on the outside and slowly formed a crust. We demonstrated this concept by using honey, water and cooking oil. Even when shaken, the particles of the three materials demonstrated the nature of things. Honey (heaviest), water (medium heaviest), and the cooking oil (the lightest). Here are some photos of our experiment. After the demonstration everyone made their very own Earth with the layers out of playdough.
Our second demonstration for the Great Lessons was on volcanoes. The heaviest particles on Earth sank to the center of the planet. They became solid because of the great pressure Earth exerts on its core. The mantle, between the core and the crust, remained liquid and it was very hot. This molten rock wanted to expand; it wanted to rise up to where it was cooler, but the crust was blocking its way. So it burst out!
Crazy Hair Day
On Thursday, October 14th we had a crazy hair day. We had many original and fantastical hairstyles at school. Students in Room 10 drew Zentangle crazy hair pictures using our knowledge of lines.
Science
In science, we continued our discussion on translucent and opaque colours. We made our very own stained glass window ornaments using white glue and food colouring.
Language Arts
The letter/sounds reviewed this week were Tt and Ss. Next week will be the letter/sounds Hh and Rr. We also started learning about story writing. Our focus this week was telling a story using first, next, then, last. The students brainstormed ideas as a class. After the story was written the students in their table groups drew illustrations for a part of the story.
Math
We recently have been focussing on how to make ten which leads us into the introduction of the Montessori golden beads and place value. Questions answered during this lesson is what happens when you have ten ones? "They move to the tens place." What happens when you have ten tens? "That makes 100 so they move to the hundreds place." In the following weeks we will be focussing our math work periods on teen numbers. "ten and 1 make 11", "ten and 2 make 12", etc....
Reminders
October 18th - PD Day (No school)
October 21st - PJ Day
October 22nd - LBS shirt day or white/blue day
October 29th- Wear your Halloween costume/ Halloween school parade (please no Halloween masks or weapons)
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