During this four-day week, we started a novel study project and finished our math unit on fractions.
The novel we are studying, is The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. The students have read the first two chapters , drew pictures of what was happening and wrote answers to comprehension questions. The class is practicing using the strategy of making pictures or movies in their minds to increase their remembering details and following what is happening in the story.
In cursive, the children learned the letters, m, n, x and q.
The class learned the rules around writing and spelling the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives (ex. small, smaller, smallest and happy, happier and happiest).
In our social studies unit on pioneers, the groups began working on researching different buildings in a pioneer village. They also began to build the buildings using wood blocks. The students also began to watch a series of National Film Board films about the pioneer experience.
In math, the students learned about mixed number fractions and reviewed the information in the unit in preparation for the test. The class wrote the unit test on Friday.
The students have begun taking turns reading two books we have read aloud on the iPad. This is a more interactive experience using iPad apps to read the books, The Heart and the Bottle and You Are Stardust.
In computers, the students visited a site about robots. Here is the link:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/robots.html
Books read aloud this week:
Alphabests - The zany, zanier, zaniest book about comparatives and superlatives by Helaine Becker
My Healthy Body by Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein
The Story of Longitude by Dava Sobel
Who Needs a Jungle by Karen Patkau
The Room 5 Interview Show!
This week, Caroline and Danielle interviewed Ms. Breslaw. She is a kindergarten teacher at our school and teaches our Reading Buddies class.
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