This week the students spent a lot of time getting ready and celebrating our reading 100 read aloud books. The final activity was on Thursday morning when the class welcomed almost 300 people through our classroom for our 100 Books Party! The class also made hundreds of bookmarks with hand-dyed wool and a candy taped to the back to remind our guests that reading is "sweet". We even made homemade chocolate fudge to serve on the snack table. A video of students presenting information about our books can be found in a separate posting.
In math, we spent the first part of the week applying math concepts to analyzing some characteristics of our 100 books. The students weighed the books on a scale (36 kg) and measured how tall the pile was (79 1/2 cm). They laid them end-to-end along the hallway and they measured 27 m and 33 cm long. The students also counted up the number of pages read, the number of fiction vs non-fiction vs near-fiction books, the number of male vs female authors and finally, the number of books published before 2006, in 2006 and after 2006.(The year 2006 was the year the students were born.) The children presented this information in the classroom on the day of the party and in a video. (This video can be seen in a separate posting).
At the end of the week, the children began the new math unit on probability by reviewing the key probability words: certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely and impossible.
In writing, the children finished their book reports and wrote out the good copies to display on their desks for our party. The class also learned about dictionaries and how to use them for looking up word meanings and spellings.
The class continues to prepare for the EQAO test. This week they read a long poem and answered multiple choice and short answer questions after reviewing strategies for answering these kind of questions correctly and completely.
In social studies, the students continue to learn about living in Canada 200 years ago. The class watched a few National Film Board films about life in Canada in the 1800's. They also learned an easy form of knitting called corking, spool knitting or French knitting. In the pioneer spirit, they actually made the corker they are using to knit, using recycled materials..Recall that most of the fabrics humans use (then and now) are either woven or knitted.
We visited our Learning Buddies in Mr. Grundy/Ms. Standing's kindergarten class this week. The grade 3 students each chose a book to read aloud to their buddies and then after discussing the book, helped their buddies to complete reading response worksheets.
Books read aloud this week:
What! Cried Granny by Kate Lum
The Velveteen Rabbit (short chapter book) by Margery Williams
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