DUE TO PRESIDENT'S DAY, WHICH THE STUDENTS HAD OFF, I WAS AGAIN ONLY IN THE FIELD ONCE THIS WEEK. TODAY THE KIDS WENT TO COMPUTER LAB, WHERE THEY DID A "GROUNDHOG'S DAY" ACTIVITY (BELATED TO THE ACTUAL 'HOLIDAY'), AND THE TOPIC OF SHADOWS WAS ONCE AGAIN ADDRESSED TO THE STUDENTS, WHO SEEMED TO REMEMBER QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE BASICS OF HOW SHADOWS ARE FORMED (LIGHT/BLOCKED LIGHT)...THIS WAS A VERY QUICK EXERCISE THAT WAS CONCISE AND NOT EMPHASIZED, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY BIT OF SCIENCE THAT WAS ADDRESSED TODAY. LAST WEEK SOMETIME, HOWEVER, THE KIDS WROTE 'SNOW' POEMS. I READ THROUGH THEM AS I HUNG THEM IN THE HALLS; MANY KIDS TALKED ABOUT THE COLD WEATHER AND WINTER SEASON AND FUN THEY HAVE IN THE SNOW. THIS WEATHER TOPIC OBVIOUSLY RELATES TO SCIENCE, AND THE TOPIC OF SEASONS COULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AND DISCUSSED, AND WHAT MAKES SEASONS COULD HAVE BEEN BRIEFLY TAUGHT AS WELL TO BETTER RELATE THE ACTIVITY TO SCIENCE AND TO INTERTWINE MORE OF A LESSON INTO THIS ACTIVITY.