We had a great start to the new semester, I think everyone was eager to learn about their bodies. Over the next three weeks we will be learning about the Skeletal System. This week the kids watched a you tube video from kidshealth.com and they were encouraged to answer a true/false quiz while viewing the video. They adding to their flap book with a image of the diffident kinds of bone cells and added a to their human body poster. Each one of them went home with a science experiment to do over the week. They are to see what happens to a chicken bone when it is soaked in vinegar.
Next week we'll take a look inside a real cow's bone, add to their flap book by labeling a cross-section of an image of a bone and each kids will make a x-ray of their hand and learn how many bones are in their hands. This will be added to their flap book.
We'll wrap up our study of this system by learning how bones and muscles work together to help us move. This will be accomplished by viewing a video, building a working model an arm bone and adding to their flap book.
While I enjoyed the break, I'm so glad to be back teaching, its such a delight to be with your child helping them love learning.
--Teacher April
