News for March 12

News for March 12

The big news this week was our 100 Books Party! The party was a great success with over 100 visitors to Room 5. A big thank you to all the students, teachers and parents that came to see all the wonderful work of the students.

The class worked hard to get ready for the party. They wrote book reports detailing the parts of the story (characters, setting, problem, solution), the big idea and if they would recommend the book to other students. The students also finished the artwork inspired by their favourite books. The children thought about how they could measure 100 books:

1. The length of 100 books... 23 m and 80 cm

2. The height of 100 books ... 77 cm

3. The weight of 100 books... 29 kg

For comparison, the 18 students were measured end-to-end and it measured 25 m. So the students are longer than 100 books! The students also figured out that the books lined up or 18 students lined up are both taller than the school! Next the students worked in small groups to make posters using words and pictures to communicate what they learned. We also made a movie to show the details of our project on the school's morning news show (and at the party) and, finally, the children were all responsible for jobs at the party. After the party was over, each student wrote a reflection on their hard work, writing about what we did well and what we could do next time to make the party even better (one suggestion was a book-shaped cake!) Great job everyone!

In math, the grade two students finished the unit on time. The grade three students began the unit on time. We also did a lot of math review with our 100 books project.

The children finished their sock puppet stories (these are now on display in our hallway). The students worked in small groups to create a singing and an acting audition for our future sock puppet movie. A movie documenting this process can be found at the end of this posting.