During language time, the students explored what it would be like to live in a world without punctuation. They attempted to read a story about the class that had no spaces, capital letters or periods. It was very difficult to read! Then the students attempted to find all the mistakes...and finally read a corrected version (that was SO much easier to read).
After reviewing the proper steps to write a letter, each child wrote a letter to his/her family welcoming them to our school's Curriculum Night. These letters were put on the desks to greet the family members when they came into our class.
The children learned a new writing game. Working in pairs and using two different coloured markers and one die, the students worked together to write funny stories rolling the die to determine how many words he/she could write on his/her turn. When they shared their stories in our sharing circle, the stories they wrote had a lot of action and were very funny!
In math, the students tried to draw as many circles as they could in one minute and then used what they know about groups of 10 and place value to count them quickly and accurately. We reviewed the 4 ways to represent a number: numeral, base 10 name, words and pictures of base 10 blocks. The students also learned how to quickly compare numbers (greatest/least) and how to put a list of numbers in order from greatest to least or least to greatest.
In science, the students continue to write their questions about snails and post them on our research posters. We learned a lot about snails after reading from the encyclopedia and taking notes from www.snail-world.com during our computer time. Did you know that the science name for snails is gastropod (gastro=stomach, pod=foot)? The students also had a chance to make a plaster cast of different shapes and sizes of snail shells using Plaster of Paris and plasticine. (Of course, they also wrote about how they did this!)
Our class has begun a long-term project creating a huge 100 chart in the stairwell, outside of our classroom. We are counting 100 pairs of shoes, one pair for each day leading up to the 100th day of school. Each day the star student posts a new photo. So far, we have photos of 14 pairs of shoes!
In visual art, the students explored another element of design, line. Using pencil then black sharpie marker, the students each drew lines around the shapes and spaces they saw on their shoes. After colouring the drawings to look like their shoes, they placed them around our 100 chart of shoes, as decoration (and providing clues as to which shoes belong to whom).
The children learned about time capsules and how they are collections of current information that is packed away for a period of time and opened up later to see what has changed and what hasn't changed. The children began making their time capsules this week by collecting information about themselves (for example, measuring their heights) and collecting a treasure (they each selected a "lucky penny" and calculated how old it was). When these are finished next week, these Time Capsule Books will be put away to be looked at again after approximately 170 days (or the last week of school in June).
Books read aloud this week:
! (Exclamation Mark) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (chapter book)
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