E is for Egg

This week in co-op we learned about the letter "E". My friend Angela, whose turn it is to teach the young 5's this month, read some books about eggs. They did a neat experiment where they rolled an egg to see that since it's not perfectly round it doesn't roll away from you like a ball, but since it's oval it is designed by God to roll back around to you (or its nest). They also cracked a raw egg and found all its parts.


And then they colored boiled eggs!







It rained all day and we couldn't have recess outside, so we had recess INSIDE!





Meanwhile, down in Sally's schoolroom, the IEW writer's class took turns sharing their work from last week while everyone listened respectfully and then clapped.






This shows more of the schoolroom. My friend Sally has a beautiful, spacious schoolroom in her walkout basement. Lots of light and very comfortable!


The students all shared their final paragraphs from units 1 and 2 of IEW (making a key word outline and re-writing the paragraph from their outlines) and then during class we watched a lesson on dvd about how to write a story based on the story sequence chart (unit 3 of IEW). I love this story writing model! It breaks a story down into its parts so it ties in with literature very, very well. We are learning to identify the characters, the setting of the story, the problem or conflict of the story, the climax point of the story, and the resolution. We will spend the rest of October on this unit and then move on to another unit for November (when it will be my turn to teach the IEW writers class).