It was a short four-day week but the students were very busy!
In math, the children applied their math skills to our 100 books. They figured out how long, how tall and how heavy the books were. Then they counted the number of fiction and non-fiction books, the number of male and female authors, the number of picture books and chapter books, the number of pages altogether, the number published before 2004 and the number after that date and finally, how much all the books cost! The students worked together to compile the information then worked with a partner to create posters to share what they learned. This group work is presented in our 100 Books Party video:
The class also created over 200 bookmarks, complete with a candy to remind students that reading is "sweet", to give to guests as a thank you gift for attending our celebration.
In cursive, the students learned the letters w, b and v.
Our pioneer unit continued with the class learning about where many of the pioneers came from and how they got to Canada (for example, the journey from England took over 42 days across the Atlantic ocean). The children also talked about how the pioneers chose where to live and build their homes (access to fresh water and good soil being the top two priorities). The students learned an ABC rhyme from pioneer school days and worked together to create a banner with this poem on it. The banner is now hanging in the hallway outside of our classroom.
The class has been asked to read some of the books nominated for the 2013 Norma Fleck Non-Fiction Book Award. After the top ten of these books are read aloud, the students will vote for their favourites and write the jury to persuade them to choose the same book that they chose.
In writing, the students each had a chance to read another student's chapter book. Then she/he wrote a letter to the author telling them what they liked about the book, what the author could do next time to improve his/herr writing and finally, asking the author a question about the story.
Books read aloud this week:
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Going Up - Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top by Monica Kulling
Tim Hortons by Simon Rose
The Room 5 Interview Show!
This week Andjela and Lakshmi interviewed M. Thomas. She is the grade 3 French immersion teacher at our school.
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