Week 6: Daily 5 - Read to Someone and STEAM

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 We have enjoyed learning how to Read to Someone as part of our Daily 5 independent reading activities. It was great reading to a buddy, and listening to them read to us.


We started a STEAM unit with Room 7 called The Great Pioneer Town. Our first task was to design, make and test a water filter using found natural objects at school. Some groups made such good filters that the murky water was quite clean after being filtered!





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