How the World Works- Week 26

Our unit How the World Works is coming to end. This week the students observed their plants to see if any changes had occurred since last week. Unfortunately, most of the plants haven't sprouted yet so the children were unable to document changes. 

However, the students did learn what it means to make predictions. All of the students were asked to think about what will happen to their plant. Some have hopes that it will grow soon and some predicted that the plants will not grow. Hopefully after the break there will be some changes.This week the students did observe that cheery blossoms have grown on the tree out in the playground. In the spirit of this the students made their own sakura tree art. I will send these beautiful pieces home with them today.

Have a great spring break!

-Miss.Leeza

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It's now spring time!
We will be able to enjoy so many different kinds of flowers soon.
Hopefully Kindergarteners can go and enjoy Ohanami"Cherry blossom viewing" in a park.

This week, we practiced again how to say colors in Japanese.
They picked their 3 favorite colors and made tulips with Origami.

How the World Works- Week 25

This week the students completed their animal life cycle books; the books serve as a summative task for the unit, How the World Works. The central idea of this unit was to inquire about how all living things go through changes. The students have a strong interest in animals which is why the focus of the books was on their favorite animals.

JIES also had our celebration of learning as well as our parents morning. On this day the students had the opportunity to plant different seeds with their parents. The students were each given an observation journal and they will record their observation of the plants over the coming weeks. The plant observation will serve as a transitional project into our next unit, Sharing the Planet, wherein the students will focus on how people interact with, use and value local environments in different ways.

Thank you to all the parents that attended and supported us during this event!!

Have a great weekend!

This week students from grade 5 came and helped us pick out books from the library.

Thank you to those parents who brought seeds!!!

Friday morning in the park.