This was a short week, but the students worked hard to finish their research posters. After completing a research planner on his/her chosen country, each child wrote the information into sentences in the writing journal. After editing, the students wrote the "good copy" of the sentences on the poster. The children also researched the flag and map of each country and put these on the poster. The students learned how to find Canada and Toronto on a globe and then saw where their research countries were starting from Toronto.
The children welcomed a guest to our class this week. "Flat Stanley" has come to our class from a school in England (via the Walsh family). Together, we are now choral reading the chapter book, "Flat Stanley" (thanks to a gift of books from the Madni family) and learning about his adventures as a 1 cm thick young boy. You can do a lot of cool things when you are as thin as a piece of cardboard! We are also thinking about the adventures we can take him on.
In science, we began a unit on magnets by watching a video about this natural force.
In math, the focus was on addition and subtraction. The students now write a FMMF (five minute math facts) quiz every morning. We learned and shared different strategies to help remember the math facts (doubles, near-doubles, using what we know about 10). The main focus was to help doing subtraction, use what you know about addition.
A lot of time went into our presentation at the Remembrance Day assembly this week. The class went to the office area of the school and saw the "1000 Paper Peace Crane Project" that was done a few years ago. We also looked at the display of names of people who attended Davisville Public School that went to war and those that passed away in the line of duty. The children used red and black paint to create a large poppy to hold during our performance. The students each read their "33 Words of Peace" writing aloud to the whole class (this was filmed and made into a movie posted below). We were also proud to have our paper peace crane tree on the stage during the assembly.
2 comments:
Hello Friends, We read your blog this morning. We enjoyed your Rememberance Day video. I also really liked the lights you made- what creativity. Could someone make me a larger version for my bedside table?
Thanks
Kimberly
Dear Kimberley,
Thank you for your comment. We're sorry that we can't make a lantern for you because we are so busy! Maybe Cole could teach you how to make one. thanks again.
From, Room 5
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