What We Did This Week
May 14th, 2024
All of our friends focused on angles today. They learned that an angle is the amount of space between two lines that meet at a point. The point is the vertex of the angle. The lines of an angle are called arms. During circle time, we used our arms to make angles! We learned that a right angle stands straight up and looks like an L. An acute has less space between the arms. Obtuse angles have big arms that open wide. Obtuse angles have more space between the arms than right angles. After this, our friends spent independent work cycle building with different angles and shapes.
May 15th, 2024
Do you know how astronauts throw a party? They PLANET! Today, we learned about the planets in our solar system. We learned that there are 8 planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. We also learned that Pluto was a planet, but it’s no longer classified as a planet, it is a dwarf planet. We listened to a planet song to help us remember the name of the planets. If you would like to listen to this song with your star at home, please search for dream English kids, I can name all the planets on YouTube!
May 16th, 2024
Today, we learned about the atmosphere of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and the moon. We learned that the planets that are closer to the sun are the hottest planets. Mercury is the hottest planet and its year consists of 88 days. That’s about three months of “Earth time”! Venus is covered with over 1000 volcanoes so we can’t live there either! Earth's atmosphere is just right. It has oxygen for us to breathe and gravity to keep us from floating away. Mars, also known as the red planet, is the second smallest planet. The moon is a big rock, and it has craters from asteroids bumping into it. People have been to the moon before, but we can’t live there because there’s no gravity and no oxygen. We also talked about some of the planets that have their own moons! We used smush art to make our own planets! First, we traced a circle onto a piece of paper. Our friends chose paint colors for their "planet". Plastic wrap covered the paint, and the children spread the paint under the plastic wrap to create their own unique designs. The planets were then cut out and glued to black paper.
