The students worked intensely on finishing their folded circle paper sculptures. There were lots of different ways to put tetrahedrons together: face-to-face, vertex-to-vertex and edge-to-edge. Then the children wrote a reflection on their projects by thinking about what they did well and what they could do better next time. The students had photos taken of them holding their structures. Finally, they created posters showcasing their projects and these are now on display in the classroom.
After reading the book, The Paper Dolls, the students learned how to accordion-fold strips of paper and cut their own paper dolls. Then the class went to visit their reading buddies in Room 101 and showed them how to create paper dolls.
The class began to plan and create a "Lego City". After brainstorming all the different kinds of buildings found in a city, the children each chose a building to make. Then the students began to plan and write a fiction story with the buildings they made as the settings for their stories.
In guided reading, the children learned more about the features of cartoons and comics to help them with a project they will start next week.
In math, the class finished up the geometry unit by reviewing what they learned. After reading the book, "The Honeybee Man", the students got to look at a piece of real honeycomb, that is made of thousands of hexagonal prisms.Then they had a chance to taste the honeycomb! On Friday, the children wrote the unit test.
As a visual art connection to the book, "You Are Stardust",( that we read two weeks ago), the children made wooden cube frames to make dioramas like those in the book.
On Friday, the class attended an anti-bullying assembly.
Books read aloud this week:
The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson
The Honeybee Man by Lela Nargi
Hey Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose
A Million Dots by Andrew Clements
Learning American Sign Language With Room 5 - Episode 11
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