Erosion experiments

Hello,

We filled a couple of trays with a few different types of dirt, put them on a slant, and poured water on the high ends. The result was some winding rivers.  Deltas of silt and the smallest dirt particles formed pretty quickly. The grassy patch kept all of its soil, the sandy parts weren't so fortunate. The water carved canyons and ate away at the "mountains." Lots of predictions and questions made it an enjoyable lesson. We were joined by a couple of teachers from the visiting Chinese contingent. The language barrier made it difficult for me to understand whether they were able to take in all the facets of the lesson, but I think they got the main point.

We had a there/their/they're mini lesson today.  If they're there, ask your child if they're able to remember some of what their teacher taught them about their, they're and there. They may ask you if they are your heir.

More rounding was covered in math.  The math sheet that went home was the easy half of the intended two-sided sheet.  I was pleased with the progress today and I'll take a group that is ready to move on tomorrow and do just that.

Reading teams met today. Your child is on a team with the goal of reading a learning about fairy tales, legends, and fables. Coming up with team names was a bit of a chore this afternoon. It made me suspect that some of them might want to take the whole reading period to come up with a name, rather than reading. Hmmm.

We've been doing capitalization sheets and yoga for our morning work. I can say with 100% certainty that the yoga is more popular than the capitalization.

Thanks for reading,

Mr. Shea