For those who follow my 5K endeavors:
I decided not to do another race this weekend. I haven’t been feeling well this week, so I’m
giving my body a break. It seems that my
record will stop at three in a row.
For those who follow my classroom endeavors:
I finally took my camera out again, so you can have a
look at what I’ve been doing recently.
It seems that Social Studies class with Saúl and Gaby is the most
picture-worthy.
We’re learning about weather and the four seasons. First, we compared the weather in Puerto Rico
and New Jersey for a week to learn about climate in different places. We were able to webcam with my dad a couple
times so that the boys could see New Jersey weather for themselves. They really enjoyed meeting my dad and seeing
the house that I grew up in as well.
(Thanks D!)
Then we learned about the four seasons. At first, I wondered if I should even teach
this topic because we really only experience two seasons here: hurricane season
and a coolish-dryish-but-then-rainy season.
I quickly recalled the countless times that I’ve come across the terms winter, spring, summer, and fall in various texts I’ve used with my
students. I concluded that this is
essential background knowledge that the kids will need—even though it is out of
their range of experiences.
There are few better ways to expand kids’ experiences
than through books. So we read some picture stories as well as our textbook, and discussed and acted out the weather during
each of the four seasons. We concluded
this unit (with a little help from Pinterest) by making a mobile.
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