Shelburne Museum: Life Long Ago

What a perfect day we had at the Shelburne Museum last week! The weather was perfect and our guides were full of wonderful information about life long ago. In the morning we made candles and ice cream in the Settler's House.

We had fun learning about games and toys that children played with in the past.

We visited the one-room schoolhouse and experienced what a spelling lesson might be like long ago.

In the afternoon we imagined we were preparing for a long journey. We bartered for needed items at the General Store.

Chose a wagon suitable for our journey....

and made post-cards and journey cakes to take along with us.

And we had a little time left over for the carousel!!

Sound Waves

Students have been exploring sound through lots of hands-on activities. They are practicing being scientists by observing: looking closely, listening carefully and feeling and touching. After visiting a sound station and exploring with sound vibrations, students record their observations in a science journal and share with the class during a Science Talk.

Mix It Up Day

Last week we met with our 5th grade buddies again during the school-wide Mix It Up Day. Every student decorated a butterfly with their big buddy. They will all soon be on display at school.

Valentine's Day Fun!

We had a great time exploring the art of "layering" with Sarah Ahrens while we decorated our valentine bags. On the big day we delivered our notes and had some yummy treats together. Very sweet!

100th Day!

We had a visit from "Zero the Hero" and used our 100 items to do some fun math!

Mystery Reader

Thank you to all our recent Mystery Readers!  The kids love meeting their friends' parents and having great read alouds. If you would still like to sign up, please let me know!

Non-Fiction Reading and Writing

For the past several weeks we have been immersed in reading and writing non-fiction.  We explored many of the unique features found in non-fiction books. These posters show the features we learned about:

Next, students went on a scavenger hunt in books and magazines to find examples of these features and cut and paste them into their own Non-Fiction Text Features Book.

After reading many non-fiction books, each student then chose a topic that they are an "expert" in and wrote their own non-fiction teaching book including chapters, table of contents, photographs and glossaries!
Our 5th grade buddies then joined us to help turn our books into a google slides presentation.

Now we are having a blast presenting our books to the class!