Are your senses working to read the blog?

Here in first grade we are working on senses and the students have already learned a ton and are looking forward to more that is on the way. During a lesson I taught today I wanted to find out some questions that the students have about our 5 wonderful senses. The questions they came up with were very insightful and meaningful to them. These are also questions that there is no simple one-word answer. They are questions that require thought, research through experiments and readings. Some of the questions that the students had today included the following: How do you get your sense receptors? How are the senses connected to the brain or how is the brain connected to our senses? I was very impressed as the students said things they still wanted to learn and things they have already learned. We also love doing tons of experiments to learn especially about senses. Even though stations can get a little crazy that's exactly what we did today. The students moved about the classroom completing different tasks as they learned about each sense. One of my favorite stations included the tasting. I had three different cups of water with one being regular water, one with salt, and one cup with sugar. The students needed to describe what it tasted like and put on the map of the tongue where they felt each flavor. All of the stations make the students realize their senses are an important part of their body. They notice their senses outside of school more then ever before. This is perfect and exactly what we hope to achieve! It is nice to have the students become excited to learn that they want to take the learning home with them! 

Highlights for tomorrow include:

Dress down day where all of Timothy House can dress in clothes not normally found at school. This means we are allowed to wear jeans! This applies to teachers and students. 

Betsy is having a baby shower after school!!

Going to Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) 

Going to look at the ten-dollar purses in Times Square! 

Friday! 

Low-points for tomorrow include:

One less day to be spent with our teachers and students :(




Happy Friday! Heidi