Orange Band: Seed, Week 1

On to the next one!This week, we kept up with our routines and started a new exploration together: SEED. We even got out of the school a few times!We had literacy workshop featuring writing in shaving cream, playing Boggle, and reflection journalling. We have also been talking about NaNoWriMo. we're getting ready by thinking about what we would like to write our stories about, and talking about elements of stories. We'll be writing graphic novels, maybe with some help from a pro! We also took the next step in our numberline math project. Last week, kiddos practiced writing numbers, and also built some familiarity with multiples of 2, 5 and 10 by drawing a giant hopscotch outside the school. This week, we talked about the strategies we used to recognize these multiples, then got started working on a numberline for our bandspace.We're really hit the ground running for our next arc topic, Seed. This week we went for a walk around the neighborhood hunting for seeds, went on a seed scavenger hunt at the grocery store, started reading a great story about a boy and a giant seed, went to the library to get lots of books about seeds, and were shown how to dissect seeds by students form the Green Band.  So far, this arc is delicious!