News for April 13
This 4-day week was filled with films and fractions!
The students worked very hard to finish their written fables that had lessons at the end of the stories. They also brought their stories to life by creating short films using shadow puppets. These films can be found at our sister site:
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE STUDENT MOVIES!
In science, the students presented their posters to the class by talking about the invention that they researched. We learned that the "DS" in the name Nintendo DS means "double screen" and that the flute is thought to be the oldest man made instrument, plus a whole lot more. To view the posters and listen to some more fascinating facts, please see the video at the end of this posting.
In math, the students reviewed for and wrote the test on Motion Geometry. The class began the unit on fractions by talking about fractions and equal parts of a whole and how one half of a pizza means a different amount than one half of an M + M! They also learned about how to write fractions as numbers with numerators and denominators and as the number on the bottom (denominator) gets bigger, the amount gets smaller.
Books read aloud this week:
Banjo of Destiny by Cary Fagan (chapter book continued)
Thing Thing by Cary Fagan
Kidsworld (magazine) - Our guided reading groups discussed the features of a magazine.
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