Parent Child Night & A Field Trip

One of my favorite events at our school is Parent Child Night where I get to go to my daughters' classrooms and be taught by each of them. During this evening, I am treated to demonstrations of learning activities mastered during the school year as well as previews of work accomplished. Katie and Lacey's Parent Child Nights were last month, and Madi's is coming up next week (can't wait to share!). Katie's evening started with a performance by all the 4th, 5th, & 6th graders.
{I have some video that I hope to post soon.}

In this picture, Katie takes us through a PowerPoint presentation that she prepared about Russia. At the beginning of the school year, Katie did not know how to type and you should see her fingers move now! Wow has she learned a lot!

With a few of her friends, Katie taught us a game that helps you to identify different types of triangles - we got a refresher on the meaning of obtuse, equilateral, and isosoles trianges. Sorry I don't have a picture of the game to illustrate.

Meet the 1000 chain. Lacey introduced it to us at Parent Child Night. She has learned to count to 1000 by 10's using this chain of 1000 beads. In the picture notice the red & blue tabs. Each little red tab is labeled with 100, 200, 300, etc. while each blue tab is labeled 110, 120, 130 . . . 210, 220, 230, etc. Lacey first organized all the little tabs from 10 to 1000, then she placed them around the 1000 chain.

Last month Lacey and I also went on a fabulous kindergarten field trip. We went to a marine lab at a local elementary school and then had lunch & played at the park. Here, Lacey gets treated to a ride in the swing by her beloved teacher, Ms. Rosie.

Oh so much to learn about the ocean! 5th grade students at a local elementary school teach children from neighboring schools about some of the intriguing life that abounds below the water. Lacey's kindergarten classroom was one of the beneficiaries of this school's program. I was impressed with the teaching skills of the 5th graders - who seemed oh so big to the 5 & 6 year-old kinders!