What a week! From being evacuated to Hodgson on Tuesday to Canadian Tire Play Day on Friday, the students in Room 204 were very busy...
On Tuesday, our whole school was evacuated to Hodgson Senior Public School because our school building had no electricity and no water. The basement had flooded and caused an electrical fire. Luckily our friends at Hodgson Senior Public School gave all the students at our school a place to go and be safe. Unfortunately, I had just come from home myself and I had no materials for the children to use, but I managed to scrounge some paper and crayons for the students. Francesca was amazing, leading the children in games and the students were able to talk and play games among themselves. Luckily the power and water were back on at our school building by the end of the day.
The students finally learned the secret to a card trick I showed them last week and then practised doing the trick with a partner.
The children learned about the French art technique of "papier mache" (layering paper and glue to create a rigid structure). They then covered balloons with three layers of paper to make a three-dimensional forms that they will turn into sculptures next week.
The students rehearsed and rehearsed the play "Honesty is the Best Policy" and finally presented it to all the grade 1, 2 and 3 classes on Friday afternoon. We had two presentations of the play, one with grade 2 actors and one with grade 3 actors. The children did an amazing job!
The class attended two assemblies this week to watch performances by other classes and to see various presentations to students.
On Friday morning, our school was very lucky to have staff from Canadian Tire come to our school and organize a Play Day. The students participated in a variety of activities from standard athletic games to colouring designs on t-shirts!
On Monday, June 20th at 6:34 pm, it was the official beginning of summer. The class discussed why this happens...it's because the axis of the earth is tilted and now the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun in it's orbit around the sun. This year it was also the night of a rare "strawberry moon", when the first day of summer is also the time of a full moon. (The last one was seen in June 1967 and the next one will be in 2062!)
The students watched an old Looney Tunes cartoon ("One Froggy Evening - 1955) about a time capsule and then remembered about the time capsules they created in October of last year. After being hidden away (along with Flash Domo) 10 months ago, it was fun for the students to look at the letters they wrote to the "future" students of Room 204. They also read their wishes and predictions and compared their heights and the sizes of their hands and feet! A lot has happened in our 10 months together in Room 204.
Books read aloud this week:
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott
The Runaway Beard: A Hairy Tale by David Schiller
How Summer Came to Canada retold by William Toye
The Boy with Square Eyes by Juliet and Charles Snape
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