News for May 10
The big news this week was the participation of our school in the Canada-wide sing-a-long on Monday afternoon. All the staff and students gathered outside on our playground and sang the song by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and Ed Robinson, "Is Somebody Singing". This activity even made it on City-TV news! Here is the link:
On Wednesday, the class had a poetry workshop with Paul, Eric and Jason from "Train of Thought".
The class did a some creative activities to get them started expressing themselves through poetry. A video of this workshop can be found here:
The students learned how to use quotation marks properly in their writing. There are a lot of rules to remember!
In science, the class watched their chive plants start to grow and their bean plants continue to grow. They watched a DVD about trees and continued to write their daily observations in their science journals. The big news was the arrival of the box of Painted Lady caterpillars. Now the students are learning about the life cycle of the butterfly through daily observations of the changes in these caterpillars.
During our computer time, the children researched the Top Ten Cool Facts About Caterpillars. Did you know that caterpillars have 12 eyes? The students worked in pairs and then presented their facts in front of the class. Here are the sites they visited:
The students each created a gift, poem and card for Mother's Day. Using origami paper, a piece of glass and elastic cord each child made a necklace for his/her mother. They used their senses and understanding of metaphor to write a poem to include on a homemade Mother's Day card. The students wrapped their gifts and tied them up with a ribbon. They were all so excited to give their presents to their moms!
In math, the children continued with the last math unit of the year on patterning. They looked at growing (increasing), shrinking (decreasing) and repeating patterns with 2 and 3 attributes changing.
In the last few weeks before the EQAO testing period, the students continue to practice answering math, reading comprehension and writing questions.
Books read aloud this week:
Pippi Longstocking (chapter book) by Astrid Lindgren
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