We had great Halloween celebration on Friday! The children looked amazing in their costumes! The students did some Halloween activities, learned the history of Halloween and made caramel apples. We had a great parade through the school and party at the end of the day. Check our Instagram account for a photo. Follow us @planet5news.
In writing, the students wrote book reviews for one of the Martha the dog books we read. They reflected on what was his/her favourite part of the book, how the illustrations helped to understand the story and what the author might do next time to make the book even better.
In cursive, the class learned the letters k and b. We also read about the history of handwriting in the encyclopedia. Did you know that the word cursive means "flowing" in Latin?
The children learned how folding makes paper stronger. They used this knowledge to create 3D buildings with window to create the framework for a holiday lamp by putting a small battery operated tea light inside.
The students worked hard to figure out who were the winners of the perimeter contest. First we had to actually measure the perimeter of the school. Using pieces of pre-measured 2 meter rope, the students worked in pairs to measure around the school. The answer is 336 meters! The children delivered the prizes to each of the four winners and Mila was the winner in our class with the closest estimate to the actual answer.
The children did an experiment to test how strong glass is. They learned the basic steps of a science experiment (purpose, materials, observations before, observations after, next steps). Glass marbles were heated up then put into ice water. The marbles cracked and showed that glass is not stable under extreme changes in temperature.
In math, the class reviewed subtraction strategies and looked at fact families to help with addition and subtraction. For example, if you know that 7+8=15, you then also know that 15-7=8 and 15-8=7. The children used place value blocks to help them understand two-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping.
The children learned how to orally tell a Halloween story using a piece of orange paper and a pair of scissors. Did your child tell this story to you?
During our computer time, the students explored thekidzpage.com .
The students also spent some time measuring the food our class collected for the school's Halloween Food Drive. After putting all the cans and packages end-to-end they measured the line with meter sticks and it was 4 meters and 49 centimeters long. They also weighed the food on a scale and together it all weighed 14 kilograms!
Books read aloud this week:
Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe (chapter book - now finished)
The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop
Halloween Is...by Gail Gibbons
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