Smart Play Home School Group

THURS. OCT. 11, 2007

K SCIENCE - learned about which parts of plants we eat ie. tomatoes are a fruit, celery is a stem, carrots are roots, spinach is leaves, and broccoli is a flower. they had a plate with each of these (except the broccoli) and we dipped them in paint and painted a plant with the different parts. they remembered all the parts and had fun talking about which parts of plants they wouldn't eat - the bark off a tree, the leaves off a tomato plant, the seeds of an apple. it was a good day.

2 SCIENCE - learned about inclined planes, wedges and screws as simple machines to make work easier. a screw is actually an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder - we made a model of this so that they could see how the raised part of the screw is the same distance as the long side of the inclined plane. I forgot to put it in their backpacks - I'll give it to them on Mon. we compared the force needed to pull something up an inclined plane and the force needed to pull it straight up - it takes less force but needs to move a farther distance. they really understand these concepts. it was a good lesson, despite their obvious excitement about baby Eve!

NEXT WEEK - K SCIENCE - we need Unit 5 handouts
2 SCIENCE - we need Unit 4 handouts
2 HISTORY - we need Unit 5 handouts

CINDY - I'm teaching Unit 4 Lesson 4 on Monday so you'll be teaching Unit 5 Lesson 1 on Wednesday.

SUZY - can you ask your mom about a good day for the kids to come and sing Christmas songs at her work? we should probably get that scheduled soon....

ADD TO YOUR CALENDARS:

HALLOWEEN PARTY - rescheduled for Sat. Nov. 3. more details to follow....
K CHRISTMAS PARTY/GINGERBREAD MAKING DAY - FRI. DEC. 14 at Rachelle's.
MON. NOV. 26 - we'll have school this day (no French) and NO CLASS on THURS. NOV. 29