St. Michael's
Kindergarten
Week of January 8
This week we will be finishing our trees. The students will add leaves, roots, and label each part. I will be sending them home this week.
Week of December 18
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
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Have a wonderful break!
Week of December 11
This week is all about Christmas science! We will be make cookie cutter fizzles with baking soda and vinegar, floating cranberries in a magic liquid, mixing Christmas colors, and building gum drop towers. It will be a fun week before break!
Week of December 4
This week we will be assembling our tree diagrams. Last week we gathered twigs from our park. We will be labeling each part of a tree and using the twigs to create branches.
Week of November 27
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! This week we will be continuing to learn about trees. Students will be assembling tree puzzles and exploring tree silhouettes. We will learn more about conifers and deciduous trees.
Week of November 13
This week we are continuing to learn about trees. We will learn more about the parts of a tree and the differences between conifer and deciduous trees. We are starting our scrapbook this week. I will let you know when it is done, and you are welcome to come take a look!
Week of November 7
Welcome back to the second trimester! We are starting Earth Science. This week we will be learning about the trees in our playground. We will be creating a scrapbook of 3-5 trees. Students will learn the different parts and facts about them. We will measure the trunk circumference, too!
Week of October 30
Happy Halloween week! We will be engineering bone bridges this week. Students will work in groups to collaborate how to design a bridge out of Q-tips, pipe cleaners, and string to hold up pumpkin candy. The goal is to hold the most candy! It will be a spook-tacular time!
Week of October 23
We are finishing our skulls this week. They are coming along nicely! We learned many of the bones and why the skull is so important. Did you know that we have holes all throughout our skull called foramina? We also have a really amazing part of the skull called the sella turcica, which is like a saddle that holds our pituitary gland! Amazing!
Week of October 16
​Welcome back from fall break! We are joining forces with Maestra Iturralde to create a project for dia de los muertos. Each class will be labeling a few bones of the skull and turning it into art! We will color them and add glitter. It will be a fun way to be creative while learning some anatomy!
Week of October 2
We are moving to a new investigation - paper! Students will go on a paper hunt in the classroom to see what is made of paper. We will explore a variety of types of paper to see what is good for writing on.
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Last week we made particle board. They are being sent home Wednesday, so be on the lookout!
Week of September 25
​This week we are making our own plywood and particle board. The students will use three pieces of wood to glue together for plywood, and sawdust to pack together for particle board. We will learn the process and make our very own to bring home!
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Last week we explored sawdust and wood shavings.
Week of September 18
This week we are asking: How are sawdust and shavings the same? Different? We will be using screens to separate the two materials - a mixture! Students will then use water to see what happens to the shavings and sawdust when they get wet.
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Last week we sanded wood!
Week of September 4
Happy September! This week we will be testing the strength of wooden rafts. The students will be designing a raft with the five wood samples from before. Which wood can hold more paper clips? We will be collecting our data, and I will show them how to graph it!
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Water on wood and tree journaling! All the wood floated!
Week of August 28
This week we will be continuing to explore wood. We learned that some wood comes directly from trees, and other wood is made in a factory - plywood and particle board! We will now be using water to see what happens when wood gets wet. Will it bead up or absorb? What happens if it goes in water. Will it sink or float?
Week of August 21
Welcome to lower school science! This trimester, we will be studying Materials and Motion. We will begin with learning about wood! We will explore our classroom to find items made from wood. The students will be working with a variety of types of wood: particle board, plywood, basswood, pine, and cedar.