This week, the students had a special day on Tuesday. The grade 3 students went to Black Creek Pioneer Village and the grade 4 students stayed in Room 5 and had a Medieval Day with me. They learned about the legend of King Arthur, made marshmallow-launching catapults and created stained glass-like art. They learned about Robin Hood and archery, labyrinths and mazes and made their own butter to spread on bread for a snack! Then they went to the computer lab to try out electronic mazes, archery and a Robin Hood game.
http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/games/sports/archery/archery.html
http://www.freeonlinegames.com/game/the-legend-of-robinhood
http://www.prongo.com/maze/index.html
They also saw the Daffy Duck version of Robin Hood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS5R6ztNTqc
In math, the children finished up the measurement unit on area and perimeter. They discovered that shapes can have the same perimeter but different areas or the same areas but different perimeters! Finally each child measured the area and perimeter of their hand. On Friday, we began the unit on probability by doing a class math experiment where the students predicted the colour and number of cubes in a sealed box.
The class worked on reading assessments this week in prepartation for the final reading assessment scores that are required by the school board this time of year. As well, the grade 3's have accelerated their preparation for the EQAO test at the end of the month.
The students worked hard to make gifts for Mother's Day. They created beads out of polymer clay (Fimo) and used these to make necklaces. Ms. Stark showed the children how to make large flowers out of tissue paper. The students were all excited to give their gifts to their mothers!
In our guided reading groups, the children each read instructions on how to make a pioneer style toy and discussed why pioneer children made toys and what materials were available to them. At the end of the week, the students tested how clear the instructions were by making their own balancing acrobat toys. A video of the results can be found about the text of this posting.
The class worked with Ms. Stark to review how to create a complete and well-designed invitation. The students decided which kind of party they would like to have and made an appropriate invitation, that provided not only the required information, but would also want someone to attend the party.
Books read aloud this week:
The Way to Start the Day by Bryd Baylor
The Party by Barbara Reid
The Black Book of Colour by Menena Cottin
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