News for January 29
This week we concentrated on our math data management unit. This involves doing research using surveys and then making graphs to help communicate the results. As a class, the students ate 3 different kinds of rice cakes. The class then voted on the one they liked the best. We tallied the results and graphed the information. The results were:
This week we concentrated on our math data management unit. This involves doing research using surveys and then making graphs to help communicate the results. As a class, the students ate 3 different kinds of rice cakes. The class then voted on the one they liked the best. We tallied the results and graphed the information. The results were:
cheddar cheese rice cake 8 votes
buttered popcorn rice cake 7 votes
caramel corn rice cake 2 votes
We decided to tell the company that makes the rice cakes about our research so we wrote a letter together to The Quaker Company. We also told them about our suggestions for new flavours.
The students then each created his/her own survey question for the class to answer. The children then tallied and graphed the results and wrote about what the research told them about the students in our class. For example, one survey showed an equal number of students have a brother than do not have a brother and another survey showed that all the students like pizza! The students did a good copy of their projects and these are now on display in our hallway.
In writing, the class talked about the "big idea" in a story. This is a difficult concept for children so we discussed this for several days. For example, we read the book "Henry The Dog With No Tail". The big idea in the story could be friendship or being careful what you wish for. The next step for students is to be able to tell/write why they think it is the big idea by using information from the story (proof) and their own ideas (making connections).
The class learned about the 6 elements of design (colour, line, texture, space, form, shape). We read several books about being an artist, about developing an "artist's eye" when creating artwork and when looking around at the world and how everyone is an artist in his/her own way. The children experimented with 8 different types of art materials to see how the materials made different kinds of marks on paper. At the end of the week, the students started creating a new artwork using the elements of colour and line.
This week we started our dance unit. The students experimented with moving their bodies to different types of music, using their arms and legs to show the different rhythms. They even used long pieces of yarn to help them create dance moves!
In computers, the children did some computer artwork on these sites:
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