Aquaponics

Our Bulletin Board

Our Aquaponics Kit

We are growing lettuce:))

We are so lucky to have the time to study science!!  Last year in a half-day kindergarten program, it was difficult to fit science into our day.

 This year in our Full Day Kindergarten program we are learning A LOT about science.    I wrote a grant earlier this year and received an Aquaponics Kit.   Aquaponics is the science of raising vegetables and fish in a closed recirculating system.  The fish waste provides nutrients to the plants and the plants provide clean water for the fish. This hands-on learning project teaches students how living things affect each other.   It will allow students to experiment, problem solve, collaborate, and teach responsibility through the development and maintenance of a small-scale freshwater fish aquarium in our classroom.  Last week we wrote speech bubbles from the fish and the plants.  This is part of our ongoing water project this year at Ridgeview.

This week will be very busy.  Students will be tested for the winter EASY CBM district assessments.  This will individually be tested on letter sounds, word reading, phonemic segmentation.  I will let you know your child’s scored when the testing is done and recorded. 

As we head into the second half of year, we will shift to word/sentence reading as our focus vs letter sounds.  Thank you so much for all your dedication helping your child at home with their homework.