The end of October saw the class celebrating Halloween and welcoming the month of November. We are now officially at 43 days of school with 144 days of school left to go. (We like to count things in Room 5!)
For Halloween, we read fiction and non-fiction books aloud. The children learned how to make caramel apples. Then they used what they have learned about procedural writing to write instructions (basically, write a recipe) on how to make this Halloween treat. The annual Halloween parade happened in the afternoon and the students' costumes were wonderful! If you look closely at the photo above, there is a rare picture of Ms. R (dressed as Domo)!
In writing, the students learned about how to write comics. For example, how to write a clear "speech bubble". They used this writing style to create comics to tell jokes. These comics are now part of a class book. Also this week, we received a letter back from Gillian O'Reilly, the editor of Canadian Children's Book News, thanking our class for the letters they wrote about the book "Counting On Fall". She wrote that the information the students gave her, was extremely helpful.
The students made little films using their sock puppets. Working with a partner, they created opening and closing credits for their joke shows. This video will be posted on Monday as one student was away on Friday.
In math, the children finished the numeracy unit by reviewing 2- and 3-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping and then writing a final unit test. The students began the unit on geometry by reviewing the basic two-dimensional shapes. They discovered that the most difficult shape to find in the classroom is the pentagon and the easiest shape to find is the rectangle.
In computers, the students had a chance to play some Halloween games:
http://www.thekidzpage.com/halloween_games/index.html
The class began to discuss Remembrance Day and why it is observed in Canada. The students learned how to sing (and sign in ASL) a song that the class will be performing at the assembly next week. The children learned how to fold paper peace cranes using what they know about geometric shapes to help them remember the folding steps.
The class visited their kindergarten reading buddies this week in Room 101. They helped their friends do some writing and make some bookmarks.
Books read aloud this week:
Halloween by Molly Aloian
Happy Haunting, Amelia Bedelia! by Herman Parish
The Tailypo by Joann Gladstone
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Learning ASL with Room 5 - Episode 8
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