The students started their week back by each learning how to "cork". Corking is a beginner's way to learn how to knit. In pioneer times, children would make a corker by hammering nails into the top edge of a wooden spool (empty spool of thread). The class is using the wool that they dyed to cork or knit a tube of knitting.
In math, the class continued the unit on fractions. They learned how to fold a piece of paper into equal eights and then fold it into an 8 page book. Then they folded and cut pieces smaller pieces of paper into various equal parts and labelled them with the proper fraction name. Later in the week the children learned how to apply what they knew about fractions, or equal parts, of a whole object to creating and identifying fractions of sets of objects.
In writing, the students did a few more steps in finishing their chapter books. They each wrote, edited and revised, an "author biography", telling about themselves, and put this on the back cover of their books. They also taped the photos they each took of the paintings they made (that inspired their stories), to the front cover.
In the computer lab, the students played fraction games. Here are the sites they visited:
http://www.primarygames.com/fractions/start.htm
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/fractionflags/fractionflags.html
The children learned how to sew a book together and made a "layered" book based on a book read aloud this week, Open This Little Book. Each student took the blank book they made and wrote their own stories.
The class learned about the amazing friendship between a baby hippo (Owen) and a 130 year old tortoise (Mzee). We figured out that Mzee was born in 1876, only 9 years after Canada became a country (in 1867). The children also saw a video of these two friends together:
www.timeforkids.com/photos-video/video/owen-and-mzee-36636
In cursive writing, the class learned the letters k, r, s and o.
In our pioneer unit, the students learned making maple syrup and how making it in the bush isn't much different from 150 years ago. They also learned about rope and how it was important to the pioneers. They also learned how to make rope and each child made a short piece of rope using the wool they dyed. Here is a video of traditional rope making:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnW7-M7aQpQ
The students used the newly-learned technique of folding a piece of paper into a little book to create invitations to our 100 Books Party (March 28th, 9:15-11:30) for families and school staff.
On Friday, our school observed Earth Hour from 2:00-3:00 pm, by turning off lights and other objects that use electricity. It was tricky walking in the hallways!
Books read aloud this week:
Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier
Owen and Mzee - The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Craig Hatkoff
Owen and Mzee - The Language of Friendship by Craig Hatkoff
! (The Exclamation Mark) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Matzah Man- A Passover Story by Naomi Howland
The Room 5 Interview Show!
This week, Danielle and Marina interviewed Ms. Kam. She is the grade 4 teacher at our school.
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