Well, we ended the week with Friday being day #99 in our count of the number of days of school so far...with only 88 days left to go!
In math, we continued to practise reading and writing analog and digital time. The students began to talk about elapsed time or the time it takes to go from the beginning of an event to the end of that event. The students also worked together to create small analog clocks to represent all the transition times listed on our daily schedule.
At the end of the week, the class reviewed the features of the six coins in Canadian currency and how to use what they know about skip counting to help them count the value of groups of coins.
Each student finally finished making his or her art journal by counting out 15 sheets of paper and folding and sewing the paper to the journal cover. Then, the first art lesson to do in the journal was how to draw the Olympic rings since the 22nd Olympic Winter games in Sochi, Russia began on Friday.
During a whole group choral reading activity , the children read aloud (then sang) the lyrics to the 1967 Centennial song "A Place To Stand" that celebrates living in Ontario.
The students each wrote a reflection on their weaving projects. They used the helper words, first, next, then and finally to guide them in remembering the steps in creating their woven bookmarks. They also wrote their opinions on what they thought was the easiest and the hardest part about making the bookmarks. This writing and the fabulous bookmarks are now on display on the bulletin board in the hall outside of our classroom.
The students learned how to use a spinning wheel and how it is very important to twist fibres to make them stronger. Using pieces of sheep's wool the children discovered how weak the fleece is at first but then how strong it was after it was twisted. Other examples of the "power of the twist" are sewing thread, rope and steel cables. Later in the week, each student worked with a partner to twist some yarn that they dyed to create a twisted cord friendship bracelet.
We talked about the 50th anniversary of The Beatles first performing on American TV and how important not only this event was but also the importance of The Beatles contribution of over 200 songs to popular music. When we were in the library, the class saw the actual clip from 1964.
As a link to a book we read and our last science unit, the students went outside and each made a snowball and put it in a ziplock bag. We put these snowballs in the freezer and plan to take them out in June to remember winter!
Books read aloud this week:
Groundhog Day by Michelle Becker
Sadie and the Snowman by Allen Morgan
The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) by Kathleen Krull
Penguins: Unusual Birds by John St. Denis
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (chapter book)
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