News for April 27

News for April 27

This week the students concentrated on our Medieval Times unit as they prepared for the field trip on Friday.

The class learned some tips and tricks on how to take notes for research. The children read information about castles and used highlighters to highlight important information. Next they took this highlighted information and wrote notes in their writing journals.

The students read information about the various levels of society in medieval times, different types of jobs, how a boy became a knight and the different buildings found in a typical medieval village. We spent all day on Friday at the Medieval Times Dinner and Theatre. The class had a great time and learned a lot! Thanks so much to Amelie's father, Tom and Julia's mother, Gabi for volunteering their time to help on this trip. A video of our trip can be found near the middle of this posting.

In math, the class continued the unit on fractions by reviewing the concepts and writing the unit test on Thursday. When in the computer lab this week, the children played a variety of fraction games on a math games website:
http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

In science, the class continued the unit on sound by experimenting with different instruments and creating a small stringed and wind instrument. They had a chance to play a ukelele, may different types of drums (including a "talking" drum) and percussion instruments (including a "cowbell"). The class even had a chance to participate in a "drum circle" by playing a variety of drums and percussion instruments along to music.

We were also lucky to have Natasha's father, Joe, visit our class to talk about (and play) the saxophone.