Thursday Thoughts

Thursday, April 4th 2013

As the Cardinals have participated in more school-wide experiences, we have become aware of the Abington Friends community and the people in it who work together. One of the important people who is a vital piece of our Abington Friends team is our caretaker, Dave, who is responsible for our grounds.  Today, the Cardinal class celebrated Dave's 20th year of service here at our school. We used colorful foam stickers in a variety of shapes to create a display of our appreciation on a large card. This provided the opportunity for us to continue to take ownership of our work and practice our fine motor and writing skills by signing our names.

Our Cardinals have truly formed bonds with their peers and through their interactions, have developed heartfelt relationships with each other's families. During morning drop-off, children often form pods around a parent reader or a family member who is assisting in one of our morning routines such as question of the day!

During Choice Time, our children enjoyed continuing their Mondrian-inspired art pieces today. They used glue sticks and the black strips of construction paper to create structured layouts forming shapes such as squares and rectangles.

During Morning Meeting, the children were invited to revisit the invitation of seed packets and starter pots provided by Wyatt's Mom, Lauren. As Paula showed the list of seeds with the details relating to each type, one Cardinal recalled, "That's the seed directions!" The Cardinals are excited to begin the planting process tomorrow. The teachers explained how we began soaking the seeds today in small tins of water to prepare them for germination and allow the seeds to break open easier and begin sprouting.

The discussion of planting seeds led us to review our results and data of our Science Investigation: "Do all apples have the same number of seeds?" We examined each child's napkin of data with the scientific label including the name of the scientist, the type of apple, the written number of seeds and the picture representation of the amount of seeds with each glued on the napkin. We compared each category of apples and the number of seeds on each and asked, "Do all the napkins with the red apple seeds have the same number?" After comparing the numbers in each category color, we came to the scientific answer of our question and determined that all apples do not have the same number of seeds. The answer to our question is: No.

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