News for March 9

News for March 9

The last week before the March Break had a lot of special events. The students had two assemblies. One was a student recognition assembly that focused on fairness. The other was a presentation by an actor that taught the children about the power of masks. The children also went on a field trip to the Young People's theatre to see the play, "The Never Ending Story". (Thanks to Amelie's mom, Doron's mom and Dylan's mom for joining us on this trip!)

The class ended the unit on myths, legends, folktales and fables by learning the legend of King Arthur and the Greek myth of the Theseus and the Minataur. The students sketched out a key scene from the myths they wrote and combined these with a good copy of their stories. These will be put on display in the hallway outside our classroom.

In math, the students continued the unit on data management. They learned about different kinds of graphs (for example, vertical and horizontal bar graphs) and how to properly label and title the graphs. Each day the children practice their multiplication facts and graph the number of correct answers, to illustrate how they are improving. The students created his/her own survey question to ask the children in the class. Then the students answered all 22 of the survey questions, tallied the results of his/her own survey and graphed the results.

For many weeks, the class has worked with Mr. Hinrichsen to get ready for a dodgeball tournament.The class competed against the children in Ms. Brand-Jacobsen's class and everyone worked hard and had a great time.

In science, the students wrote down what they thought light was and what sound was. This documents their current thinking and when we finish the unit, the students can then review and reflect on how their thinking about light and sound has changed.

Books read aloud this week:

Frindle by Andrew Clements (chapter book - finished)

The Boy With Square Eyes (a tale of televisionitis) - a modern fable by Juliet and Charles Snape

The Book That Eats People by John Perry (a modern legend)

The Room 5 Interview Show!

This week Carson and Dylan interviewed Ms. Mantello. She is the French teacher and the librarian for our school.