This week we reached Day #71 of school! Only 116 days of school left. (We like to count things in Room 5!)
In math we continued the unit on geometry by learning more about two-dimensional or flat shapes (polygons). The students learned the three parts of each shape sides, vertices (corners) and angles. The students learned that the number of sides is the same as the number of vertices and angles for any shape. The class is required to name and understand the properties of all shapes from a circle (0 sides) to an octagon (8 sides). The students also reviewed the shape names and properties while learning how to fold a paper plane (as a connection to one of our read aloud books).
Our school has a tradition of having a Holiday Post Office in our school to have children practice their letter writing skills. The students reviewed how to write a letter and learned how to properly address an envelope.
The class learned how to play the word game "Mad Libs". Before starting the students learned what a noun and an adjective is. A noun is a word that is a person, place or thing (for example, Domo, school or pencil). An adjective is a word that describes a noun (for example, big, dry or blue).
There was a twist in our guided reading this week. The students learned about the history of various popular holiday songs and read aloud the lyrics. Then we sang the songs together.
The students finished their fiction animal stories featuring the same type of animals that they researched for their science posters. The children shared some information from their posters in a video. This video can be seen at the end of this posting.
The class finally finished the measurement of the distance from Room 5 to the gym using the non-standard unit of a paper chain. It took 750 paper chains to go all the way down the hall. What a great way to practice counting by 10's and 50's.
In science, the students began to learn about the properties of solids, liquids and gases by experimenting with water. The children looked at ice and watched it melt. They watched water boil. They learned how to use thermometers and how they are used to measure how much heat is in something. They learned the basic temperatures that are important to humans, measured in degrees Celsius:
0C - water freezes
20C - room temperature - water is a liquid
37C - human body temperature
100C - water boils - water becomes water vapour or steam
In computers, the students had a chance to create snowflakes on the computer! Here is the link:
snowflakes.barkleyus.com
Here is the class sharing some of their animal research information:
Books read aloud this week:
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
The Christmas Alphabet Pop-Up Book by Robert Sabuda
The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
Water - Up, Down and All Around by Natalie Rosinsky
A Porcupine in a Pine Tree (Canadian 12 Days of Christmas) by Helaine Becker
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