Weekly Summary: 11/14-11/18

On Monday, our attention was drawn to the moon.  We started the day with a beautiful poem about the moon, Silver by Walter de la Mare.  In the afternoon we discussion why the full moon this month's full moon is called a "super-duper" moon.  We watched a brief video from NASA that explained the reason the moon was so close to Earth.  We learned that the moon travels in an ellipse not a circle.  Later in the week, the children continued working on a project exploring the school.  We did an experiment that showed that liquids have different density. This week, the children interviewed people about their offices. In math class, the children played an game in which three children each got a number card and they needed to arrange themselves to make the biggest and smallest number they could.  Silver Slowly, silently, now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon; This way, and that, she peers, and sees Silver fruit upon silver trees; One by one the casements catch Her beams beneath the silvery thatch; Couched in his kennel, like a log, With paws of silver sleeps the dog; From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep; A harvest mouse goes scampering by, With silver claws and a silver eye; And moveless fish in the water gleam, By silver reeds in a silver stream. Walter de la Mare Daniel and Lila interviewing Rachel Thomas, Edison, and Eli interviewing Karen Roxanne and Oliver interviewing Mary Esh and Billy interviewing Kim The density of the liquids  enable them to be layered Experiment with liquids      The results were even more visible when a stick was added The children were able to take home the masks they've  been working on in Art class for weeks, but not before a "photo op"