News for October 16
Well, it was a short week but we were still very busy in Room 5!
The students focused on the tricky homophones "they're/their/there", how to spell the words and when to use them.
We talked about "imagination" and used our 5W's strategy (who/what/when/where/why) to help us think more deeply about this idea. The students wrote their answers to the questions...Who has an imagination? What it is? When do you use it (and when do you not use it?) Where is it? Why do we have one? They drew a picture of their imagination and the stories and art are now on display in our hallway.
After reading the book, "Everybody Needs A Rock" by Byrd Baylor, the students each chose a special rock to keep and to write a fiction story about. They learned about using a graphic organizer (story planner) to help them think about their story before they write it. One of the key things to think about is what the problem in the story will be, because without a problem, the story isn't very interesting.
In math we started the new topic on linear measurement. The students are learning about centimeters (cm), metres (m) and kilometers (km) and how and when to use these units.
The class learned the "Kookaburra Song" and we read about this interesting Australian bird and saw some videos and learned why this animal is also called the laughing kookaburra. Here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc_-icFHwQo and
Ms. Mok taught a movement/drama class in the gym. The children worked alone and in groups to make different kinds of shapes with their bodies: smooth, big, small, tall and twisted.
The class used permanent markers to draw on orange fabric to make the other side of their pillows.
In science we talked more about solids and liquids and after watching some demonstrations, we discussed the rules on what is a solid (hard/doesn't change shape/can break into pieces/dry) and what is a liquid ("runny"/takes the shape of the container/wet). The children also used an internet game to help them learn about solids melting into liquids and took a short "quiz" to show what they have learned. Here is the link:
We took some time on Friday to talk about the Hindu celebration of Diwali (Oct.17) or the Festival of Lights. And finally, after studying the Cadbury "eyebrows" commercial last week, we made our own version!
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