News for December 16This week the students spent a lot of time preparing for their performance at the school's Winter Concert on the evening of December 20th. Learning the lyrics to the songs and the dance moves takes a lot of time and practice to get it just right.
The students have finally finished their "good copies" of their opinion writing comparing the book "The Iron Man" and the movie "The Iron Giant". There is now a display of the writing on the bulletin board in our hallway, decorated with aluminum foil "iron men".The class has started a unit looking at snow. The children learned about "Snowflake Bentley" the first person to photograph snowflakes over 100 years ago. The students learned the science behind the formation of the ice crystals in snowflakes. The class then learned how to make hexagonal-shaped snowflakes, which are more scientifically correct that the usual ones people make that are based on an octagon.
In the computer lab, the students visited a site to cut virtual snowflakes:
In math, each day the children reviewed an aspect of measurement (mass and capacity, linear measurement, time and money) and on Friday, both grades wrote the unit test.
The grade three students continued to work on their paper chain project and have almost made it to the gym. The chain is now attached to the hall ceiling and travels from our class (almost) to the gym. This project shows a real-life application of non-standard unit measurement and estimation and how to use new information to update estimations.
The students also had an opportunity to try making a "house of cards" (this is mentioned in the Firework song the students learned for the concert). They also had a chance to watch the original 1969 cartoon, "Frosty the Snowman" based on the song from the 1950's.
The students also had an opportunity to try making a "house of cards" (this is mentioned in the Firework song the students learned for the concert). They also had a chance to watch the original 1969 cartoon, "Frosty the Snowman" based on the song from the 1950's.
Books read aloud this week:
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino
The Secret Life of a Snowflake by Kenneth Libbrecht
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