Science Walk a "Success"

Homework tonight (Thursday)- Word Wisdom p. 11

Thank you to all of the parent volunteers for coming to Lodge today to help our students with the Science walk today. The students used their knowledge of science concepts by applying themselves outside the school, as they may have realized for the first time that science is all around them, literally!

We have been discussing specifically the Earth's changing surface, and we continued our scientific conversations discussing terms such as sediment, erosion, deposition, and weathering. The students found real-life examples of all the scientific terms we discussed. I was worried because I knew it was going to be scorching hot today, but we weren't outside too long, and the students enjoyed getting sprayed with water at the end!

Our lifeskill of having a positive attitude continues this week. The quote of the day was from Betty Smith, "Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." The students have seen the playground hundreds of times, but they may have never thought of the playground as having so many scientifically-related items within. I even learned new things myself today from the students. It's important to remember that we learn from each other! =)

Our week is winding down, and I hope everyone has a nice holiday weekend.

We have a quiz tomorrow over the ten Word Wisdom words for the week. The words are found in pp. 6-11 of their Word Wisdom books. We will conclude our "Science week" tomorrow. Until next time!

~Mr. Polk

Homework tonight (Thursday)- Word Wisdom p. 11